we lost her

First off let me apologize. My post last night stated that it as baby Kate who was having issues. the fact is, is that it was DW who was in trouble. With them looking almost identical, it was an easy mistake to make. I apologize about the error.

I was up overnight, about every hr with the babies, mostly to make sure that DW was still alive and doing well. She did ok until about 5am. I fed her at 5am and got up, fed her some, she didn't want much more than a few drops, so I put her back to bed. I got up an hr later to find that the sweet baby girl had passed sometime in that last hr. From what I can see, she simply went to sleep. She was off on her own, on her side, eyes closed. She wasn't in a weird position or anything so I can only believe that it was peaceful.

All babies went to the vet this morning and the 3 remaining were said to be vigorous, and seem to be healthy. The biggest factor is that they did not get the colostrum from momma cat and this makes a huge impact in the immunity of newborn kittens. If we can find a queen that has a litter close to their age we will try to see if she will adopt the 3 babes left. If not than I will continue doing what I am doing and hoping for the best. The vet said I was doing all the right things plus, and I really needed to hear that. With DW'S passing, my confidence dropped huge. I needed to have someone tell me, "you didn't do it" or "it isn't your fault". Logically I know it wasn't anything I did, but hearing from someone who knows better than you really helps.

We are now left with Muffy, Kate and Arthur and I am happy to say that my ability to sex kittens has not failed. I did guess their genders all with 100% accuracy. It isn't like they care if they have opposite gender names, but I do, so I was happy to know that I was right about that. I will post weight updates tonight or tomorrow morning. I have my last girl guide meeting tonight so will not be home.

Muffy weighs in at 188G an awesome gain for her
Kate weighs in at 177 a 7G increase
Arthur weighs in at a whopping 203G a BIG gain for the man of the bunch