12/09/2021
Late night kitten post while I’m up doing a feed. We have 4 week olds!
Anyone who has followed this rescue knows that there is one kitten missing. Unfortunately I did lose one of the boys to fading kitten syndrome. He declined so quickly and sharply there really wasn’t time to figure out what was going on. From the time I realized I needed to separate him from the litter to be safe it was only a couple of hours more before he passed. Of course an unknown cause of FKS is any orphan rescues worst fear, because there’s always the chance that the other kittens could have gotten a virus from the fading kitten.
These guys came to me at less than a day old so they didn’t get Mom’s colostrum, making that fear even larger. Thankfully they do all appear to be just fine.
They’re getting so big! Walking, playing, and all talking to each other. This is one of my favorite kitten phases as they all discover how to cat. It’s adorable.