For many years we had 5, 2 greyhounds, 2 whippets and a Siberian Husky. We lost our male greyhound first to a stroke. The other 4 looked for him both inside the house and outside in the yard. They moped, they wouldn't eat and they stopped playing, but not cuddling with us. Then we lost the older whippet and the same thing, the remaining three kept looking for him. Ditto the husky. a year and a half ago we were down to 2 - our old greyhound bitch and our slightly younger whippet. So we adopted another greyhound, a beautiful, big, red brindle, 3 year old boy named Fergus who was amazing. The other 2 dogs loved him almost as quickly as we did. The whippet became his running buddy and he cuddled with our old lady on the couch keeping her warm. We had had him 3 months when 2 days before Thanksgiving my little girl took him out to the back yard because he asked to go out. He ran around like a maniac, his usual style, then walked into the back porch and in front of her, toppled over dead. She started screaming for her dad and I. We went running, tried to revive him, but, like your kitten, it was not possible. Our greyhound and whippet watched the whole thing and once again were distraught and grieving. We knew we had to get another dog as quickly as possible and were able to adopt another greyhound named Finn. It took a while for our 2 other dogs to accept him. It was like they didn't want to become close in case he left them like their other pack members had. Now they are a pack again, but the whippet has congestive heart failure and won't be around much longer and our bitch will be 13 in a month. She's doing well, but realistically we can't expect too many more miracles with her health. So, in a few weeks' time we will hopefully be adding another greyhound to the family so that Finn has a playmate and more importantly, a friend and companion to see him through the tough times we know are coming. Nobody can ever tell me that animals don't have souls or don't "understand". They see and feel more than we do in many instances. I am so very sorry for you and for your mama cat and hope that the rest of her brood is happy and healthy.
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