oh im so sad, at work last week we had a cat that had kittens but rejected them and so they needed to be hand fed. Me and the other nurse decided to take them on and give them a chance in life. This meant feeding them every 2 hours and this included night time, just like a baby. So the other nurse took 2 and i took 2.
It nearly killed me but we got them to 5 days old. Then suddenly one of my kittens stopped feeding and a few hours later (at 6 in the morning) couldnt breathe properly. There was nothing i could do until i got her to work so i had to leave her and hope she lived till morning. I got her to work and the vet had to put her to sleep, what was worse was that the other nurses kitten had died in the night too. I felt fine until the other nurse started crying and it set me off too.
It was stupid tho bcoz deep down i knew she would die bcoz most foster kittens do, and these ones where premature and didnt have the mothers first bit of milk which is really important. I just felt awful bcoz she was only 5 days old.
Then this morning i went into work to find my other kitten had died, which the nurse was babysitting 4 me. Now we have 1 left, i think more than likely he will die but i really want to see him grow and open his eyes.
anyways i have the tipe of job which u cant get too emotionally involved with and this time i did and it upset me. Just thought i would post my story in the random thread and to say dont foster kittens bcoz it tires u out and they just die anyway.
i will keep u posted how little oliver is doing. If your bothered lol.