It's with much sadness that I report our tiny tuxedo kitten with the funny moustache, Alabama, passed away in the early morning on Saturday, June 5th. She had nearly reached the one pound milestone and was less than a week away from her first vaccinations. She was very active, playful & seemingly healthy as recent as the Wednesday before. Then, she had a stuffy nose and stopped eating. Immediate treatment with antibiotics and nebulizing for the common kitty upper respiratory infection, and the stuffy nose cleared as quickly as it had arrived; however, the appetite did not improve and she was rapidly losing weight. I began force-feeding her again as I had done when she first came into foster care with me, every hour, because she would not eat on her own. Rather, she preferred the comfort of her heated kitten bed and just slept. I'd wake her to feed, and then she'd immediately retreat to her bed again.
