by Christy Taylor
(South Charleston WV)
I had 6 kittens born on the 1st of July. Everything was looking normal and fine until I noticed one of the kittens wasn't progressing and gaining weight like the others. He was very skinny and frail looking. He was weak and couldn't get around like the others. So thinking it was a feeding matter i called my vet and picked up some kitten formula and a bottle and began feeding it myself every 3 to 4 hours. I thought he was just getting pushed aside and bullied and wasn't getting enough milk from mommy. It appeared at first this was the case. I would watch him also try to feed on her and it was like he had trouble. He would suck for like 3 seconds then he would stop. His head would shake and he would make this noise like he was having difficulties. Like a sneeze, grunting noise. I thought he was choking and just couldn't do it. The vet advised me of a disorder they can have where they have no roof in their mouth or a hole in their roof preventing them to eat. She said if this was the case then he would starve to death and die. I looked at his roof and he had one and not even a hole was present. So I just continued feeding him myself. He wasn't looking better or gaining weight at all. He was looking worse. When he tried to hold his head up his head would shake like crazy like a bobble head. He couldn't even stand on all fours like the others. Then I noticed he was losing his fur. Eventually it got to the point where he didn't want to eat at all with me or with his mother and he become very sick and would just lay there. He died yesterday
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