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Question to other foster parents?
I was fostering 12 kittens from my local shelter and all are well. I have one mom left. She is a surrogate for 2 other kittens that I received last week. One died the day after I got him with a vet visit, severe diarrhea and fluid replacement. Parvo test was negative. I had one kitten in isolation with diarrhea. I was asked to take in a 2 day old kitten for my surrogate. I declined as I didn't know what was going on with my remaining orphan that had diarrhea. He was given to another foster. Once the stool test came back negative, I called the shelter and asked for the little kitten as I had the surrogate. I was never given an answer.
Now, one week later, I get a call from the shelter saying that the kitten is at the vets as it is hypothermic, severe diarrhea and essentially has not had proper care. Please pick him up from the vet. So, I agree. The kitten died before I got there despite fluid replacement and rewarming.
I feel very guilty for not taking the kitten on the first call.
What would you have done????
2 Answers
- J CLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
As you know, once a case of panleuk has been detected at the shelter, it can just run rampant. To have taken in a kitten whey you had the potential for panleuk in your house would have been a death sentence for him. You made the right choice - but a two day old kitten is so terribly fragile, and of course so many of them don't make it. It's hard not to feel bad/guilty about it though, we try so hard but some things we just can't help.
- MarleyLv 47 years ago
I would have done the same thing you did. Sometimes ya gotta make tough choices based on gut instinct. With all the rampant disease it is hard to know when it is 'ok' to bring in another. I was asked to foster a 2 1/2 week old puppy with my other I was already bottle-feeding. Puppy had come from a house with known parvo. I declined, which was hard to do.
They placed him with someone else who bottle-fed for a few days until he did go on to develop parvo himself. Since he was isolated he was the only one to get it. He did eventually make it. If I had taken him in I don't think it would have been good. Even though he was only 2 1/2 weeks mine was younger, smaller and already struggling with his own issues. Both ended up surviving. If I had taken the other I think there was a good chance they both would have gotten parvo and mine was a lot less robust to fight it off.
