Sad News

[stoutfellow]

This morning, I made a quick check on the kittens. When I peeked in, it looked as though Shadow was dead, but I didn't have time to make sure. When I returned from work just now, I made another check, this time with a flashlight, and confirmed it. Part of Shadow's hindquarters seemed to have been bitten off; I'm fairly sure that was not true this morning, but I have no explanation. Tab seems to still be okay.

Comments

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

Probably the kitten died first, and the mom then followed her instinct of keeping the nest odor free (to help hide from predators) and started to eat it. It really does sound to me like something is not right with the health of the mom, the kittens or both.

In other words, it wasn't you walking in on her now and then which caused this.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

That scenario had occurred to me, but I didn't want to voice it. Superstitious, perhaps... Shadow had always seemed weaker than Tab, so it didn't surprise me too much. Upset, yes; surprise, no.