another sad day
Monday, March 8th, 2010Something that I will never get used to is the fact that seeming healthy kittens can just fall over and die for no good reason. This morning I found Yogi dead in her pen. She was fine yesterday. She ate well, played with the other kittens, climbed me like a tree, purred like crazy. This morning she was dead. I don’t know why.
When I get very young kittens, it is really no surprise when one or two from a litter don’t make it. They are usually in poor shape when they arrive, and it takes heroic effort to get them healthy again. Yogi was different, though. She had been here since November and was doing well. She made it past the usual worming, upper respiratory, ear mites and poops. She was past the 12 week danger zone, where kittens can just drop dead for no apparent reason. She was growing quickly, and becoming a beautiful, long haired girl — but last night she died.
