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raptor_rider

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Thu Apr 24, 2014, 01:07 AM Apr 2014

I've raised cats for a very long time. [View all]

This has been a first for me. The Mama cat has a stillborn, she know what to do. I have a Mama that had 3 kittens 2 weeks ago. Only 14 days old. I check on them multiple times a day.

I do not know why, however one passed away yesterday. 10 minutes after I checked on them. Something told me to check again, and it had crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. Of course I took it and tried so much to bring it back, however I was to late.

I buried it. I've been grieving. I cried for 3 hours. However, Mama is looking for it. You can talk to the Mama, tell her how sorry you are, that her baby just died. She is still looking for her baby. She is mourning, which makes me cry more. Searches for any scent that she can find, that was her baby.

For her, to look into my eyes, and know. I was the last person that she saw with her baby, and it is no longer there. However, trusts me to touch her other babies.

Cats love. Cats trust. Cats feel. They are just as human as we are.

I'm a married woman, and have 3 children. All born from me, so I know what it is like to be pregnant, and give birth to babies. However, for a Mama to trust you, so fully, to let you touch her remaining children, after one has passed and you were the one that took it away, is fucking amazing!!!!

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Death is a difficult thing to confront and to survive. Jenoch Apr 2014 #1
I love kitties--They teach me about life & stuff nikto Apr 2014 #2
Sorry shenmue Apr 2014 #3
Major Hugs to both you and Mama! hamsterjill Apr 2014 #4
Cats fill my heart up like nothing else. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #5
The only mama cat I ever had lost her litter one by one. KamaAina Apr 2014 #6
I don't have cats, but I have dogs LibertyLover Apr 2014 #7
Yes they do -back in the early 90's I had 2 mama cats both gave birth within a day of each other azurnoir Apr 2014 #8
Wow! The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #9
rr… they are bundles of love.. all of them... MrMickeysMom Apr 2014 #10
Good vibes to you and Mama Cat... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #11
thank you for taking such good care of your furkids. niyad Apr 2014 #12
Thank you everyone raptor_rider Apr 2014 #13
And they'll never forget that jrandom421 Apr 2014 #14
I'm very, very sad to inform, Julius didn't make it raptor_rider Apr 2014 #15
I'm sorry about Julius. Sometimes those little kittens just aren't strong enough. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #16
Julius was a male calico raptor_rider Apr 2014 #17
RIP, Julius. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #19
Thank you TVO raptor_rider Apr 2014 #20
animals know when they are loved. mgcgulfcoast Apr 2014 #18
I believe, Julius held on raptor_rider Apr 2014 #21
I have raised cats for a long time as well davidpdx Apr 2014 #22
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