So the kittens have been at the clinic for almost 2 weeks pumpkin passed first, then maple past three days ago and yesterday Casper passed. Bonnie was in a decline but now is stable and I’m hoping that she survives because what a sad way to start the new year losing four fosters to parvo 😭 this is utterly the worst part about foster and rescue its emotionally draining. But I just keep telling myself at least these little guys had some love before they were in the clinic. The worst part was because of the parvo diagnosis. I had to throw everything out right so I threw out the playpen they were in with the stockings that I hung for them for Christmas on it and it was just really sad, so I haven’t been posting about the cats a lot because I’m sad.
Many of them never know any kind of love the entire time they live. These kids got to have a beautiful few days with you. Look how happy they are in that playpen- safe, warm, fed, cared for. You did that for them. You gave them the greatest gift they ever had in the short time they were conscious. Please remember that.
Even if the outcome is not a single adult cat from that litter, the good you did was never wasted. They got to know love, and they had each other.
Thank you for caring for them, and may their memory be a blessing.
Thank you 😭❤️
I couldn’t have said this any better. What you did and are doing is amazing, and these little ones had love and warmth and care from you. Who can ask for more than that?
Thinking of you and Bonnie.
Well said.
Whitecat, I’ve also encountered parvo with a stray and her kittens that we rescued, so I understand the heartbreak. I hope Bonnie pulls through.
I had to look up parvo…
Jeez that’s awful. There is no treatment. Just support and hope they pull through.
Feline panleukopenia (also called feline distemper) is a highly contagious, potentially fatal disease of cats caused by the feline panleukopenia virus (FPV, also called feline parvovirus). Kittens are most severely affected.
It’s horrible and has such a high mortality rate. And the worst is how happy and how much they were coming out of their shell to play how excited they were to see me and then suddenly dropped one of them stopped eating so I took them all to the vet and then they dropped. 😭 thank goodness my bed is like amazing cause she knows our rescue so she’s not charging me. She’s charging me for just the whole group of kittens as one or else that Bill I mean the Bill is still gonna be crazy, but I would be a lot worse if it was a kitten because I’ve been in the hospital I think two weeks now maybe a little more.
You’ve done a beautiful thing for them, and that’s definitely something you have to hold on to. I’m sorry for the loss and pain this has caused.
Heres hoping that Bonnie will pull through ❤️
Keep being amazing.
❤️
We recently adopted a kitten that was fostered before she could be adopted out by the local animal shelter.
To say that she’s the best, most lovely, and well adjusted cat is an understatement. We have two dogs and a year old one orange brain cell cat (who is also very sweet, but he comes on strong).
She walked into our lives utterly fearlessly. She purrs so loudly at the slightest affection. She wrestles with our other cat, who is 10x her size. She’s getting confident with the dogs - she’s currently sleeping between my wife and our velcro heeler, touching both of them.
We’re really grateful for her, and for the love and care that was given to her. Although we adopted her from a local shelter, we know the people that fostered her, so we know she was found eating trash with her littermates in a neighbor’s yard. She was just a street kitten with no mom before she got scooped up and shown all the love, which we see every day.
It’s hard, sometimes unforgiving work, but not unnoticed, and not without impact. Thank you for caring.
Thank you ❤️
I’m not sure if I’m sharing the link the right way, but here’s Juniper and her big brother.
Parvo is awful :(
THE WORST
Blessings be on Bonnie
I have two failed foster dogs. I first got them in 2020, and that was a hard year to screen adoptees. One of them has been having so many problems the last month. Been to the vet 3 times, and they finally think that they figured out what’s happening. Poor girl may have Addison’s disease. Hopefully they can confirm it today and get her stabilized and eating again.
Fingers crossed that Bonnie pulls through!
Aww I hope so 🤞
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