A very sweet, gentle kitten died today

[Wallfire]

We had to euthanize one of the new kittens, 18 m/o Ronin.  He was within 48-72 hrs of dying from either drowning in his own fluids or bleeding out.   On top of wet FIP, he had an autoimmune reaction that was destroying his platelets and rbcs.   He went from feeling spunky enough at the vet's two weeks ago to get his vaccinations that they had use a burst of gas to handle him.  "I'll put you all in the ER!" to someone the vet said looked and acted much, much older.   If it had just been the FIP, we could have kept him alive for a while with steroids.  But with the autoimmune reaction and no rbcs/platelets, it wasn't possible.  Yes, I blame the vaccines for hastening his death.  He probably would have died of FIP regardless, but maybe at least he could have made it to 2 y/o old-full adulthood first.  

Extremely upset and heartbroken.   He was the most gentle kitten with his claws.   So sweet.  :(


I rescued him about 12 months ago, along with his brother.   They were were close to death; starving, sick, freezing. I worked hard with meds to save them.   He was such a joy.  He was solid black.  He loved to play with laser light and fingers.  He was just starting to get his full adult bone structure. 

I will never vaccinate a cat again without first doing a blood panel to make sure they're healthy enough to even get a vax.   I wish I had known.  I wish I could have had more time with him.

If something lives it must die, thats why one must be brave to love