Fading Kitten Syndrome Protocol

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[@kathrynhudson7017]

So many people think fostering is simply taking babies in, feeding them occasionally and that’s it. I’ve had three young kittens who needed critical care. I was able to save the middle one by dosing with organic maple syrup every three minutes, alternating with drops of water throughout the nite. After six hours she raised her little head and looked at me which lifted my heart immeasurably. I maintained the protocol and she’s here today, racing around the house. Losing the first baby was heartbreaking and felt worse because it shouldn’t have happened. Another foster had ignored his severe diarrhea until the fur was burned of his tail and hindquarters. I can’t go into detail because I’ll be ruined for the day, but I had him in my arms for two weeks and sobbed from the pain in my heart. My question for you is “where did you find the mask”? I’m a nurse and I know all three needed O2 and felt helpless. Your clip reinforced my thoughts that they can be helped if caught in time. Bless you!!

[@nutsky7027]

I've lost a kitten to this syndrome when I was younger.. It was so heartbreaking. The vet that gave us this kitten to adopt was aware of the syndrome but put a cross on that little one's life without even trying to fight for him. It destroyed me as I believed ever since that those kittens with the syndrome were a lost case. So happy to see it isn't. Thank you. I hope Oatmeal is doing well

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

same with me, but karo and high protein kitten milk help alot.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Great he survived this. All three of mine did die. My prayers were as sincere. Kept going back to the same plot in tears to bury yet another baby. I was heartbroken.

[@plitas]

I'm sorry for your loss ='(

[@80sbrunnette]

I just lost one Friday night… I cried so much

[@gilnahnu]

Sorry for your loss . It's hard. these poor babies don't deserve this, they deserve to live a long life

[@carlacruz893]

I’m sorry

[@JuneJarka]

Would you please update us as to Oatmeal’s progress. Is he still alive? Did he survive? If so, where is he now? Does he have a home with you or somebody else? If he subsequently died of fading kitten syndrome after this video was made, then you can add the lessons that you learned. The methods and medicines that you used and how you applied them to Oatmeal are very useful and educational. Thank you so much for the time, energy, effort and financial resources that you put into trying to save him. The date of me seeing this video is July 1st, 2021. The video was released in November 2020. Thanks. Despite its short length, this is for me, one of the best videos that I have viewed for a long time. It gets straight to the point with no ugly advertising before or in between. I am grateful for that.

[@PatienceMarie88]

I just lost one of my kittens this morning from this 😭. I stayed up with him all night since, despite my efforts, I noticed he just didn't show signs of making it. He wasn't alone when he passed but I've taken it very hard. One of my other kittens is showing signs (they're at the stage where they are starting to wean) so I've immediately started to hand feed him with a mixture of water, a little syrup, and kitten replacement. We're going to call tomorrow and see if my vet will check them and work with us on payments since we're at a hard spot financially with my fiance getting laid off during CoVid and just trying to stay on top of everything. My heart goes out to anyone going through this with their babies. My pain and heartache have been immeasurable so I can imagine anyone else in this position to be feeling the same. Good luck and god speed in regards to everyone else's little babies. My thoughts and prayers are with you ❤❤.

[@DumbYT]

God bless you for saving that's baby's life we need more people like you to save others lives

[@antonioboscarino7808]

This happened to me at 2:00 a.m with no vet available in my small time. I felt helpess. Despite the milk I had been giving, I found her dead at 4:00. It seemed that my kitten was not digesting appropriately milk. I fed with utmost love during her brief live. I wonder whether she has a soul and whether she perceived my immeasurable love

[@Diya-ht2ue]

I have rescued a kitten 15 days back... She was liveful and drinking milk also... But suddenly she is behaving strange... Sleepy and not walking or playing like before and forcefully eating... Please tell me what should I do .. she is only drinking a little .. so I am feeding it in every 2 or 3 hours... Suddenly what happened

[@toshakae6314]

😭😭😭😭😭OMG I just lost Momma Kats three babies in this exact same manner. How do you move pass this? I'm going to always feel I should've know better or more about animals PERIOD. Why? Because I love Everyone in the same capacity.. Yet I purr-Fur the loyalty of Gods created animals over the loyalty of a human any day 😢

[@moimoiplaysml4929]

I wish I knew what you did and have the tools to do it myself. 3 out the 4 kittens my cat have had died from this a few weeks ago. 🥺

[@iluvturtlezcatz1396]

Did anybody think the mama laid on the kitten then realized later it was sudden failure to thrive? My kitten lived two days but acted normal for 2 days then crashed!

[@delviaxiu1442]

Lost 5 kittens last month due to this syndrome. The worst part is I don't have the resources to save my kittens since I'm in a countryside with no veterinary clinics. Wish i could've done something to save them

[@heidikamil]

I found my 9 weeks old kitten in this condition, cold, lightly stiff and not moving… I quickly wrapped her in a towel and placed heat pad underneath, and I gave her 0.2ml - 0.5ml of sugar water every 3 minutes as told. Finally she regained some strength to sit up, move her head around and crawl around slowly.. But now I need to know if I should keep going with the sugar water? Or can I put a stop and expect her to tend to herself?

[@gaymarieferrer9432]

can you do an update video of that kitten? 🥺

[@menndogs1745]

Please please answer if you are reading this . My litlle cat at 34 days is suffering of that sickness i gave him water with sugar like you do in the video but he still so weak and he is not moving alot like he was am afraid i don't want him to die i hope you answer and give me advices so ican help him i love him please !!!!!! 😭

[@menndogs1745]

He is dead thanks alot

[@Cyntdarling]

If you want to try to save a kitten go adopt one at a high kill shelter will make you feel better.

[@menndogs1745]

@@Cyntdarling ok thanks

[@myman7336]

It's allright. Happens to young kittens a lot.

[@iweedumout9311]

Two of my kittens died from FKS it makes me sick 🤢 I wonder if it's painful for them. Ya I don't want cats no more. Just want pet snake.

[@pasyensyatv9092]

I just lost a stray kitten due to parvo yesterday, i did what i can to warm her up and keep her dehydrated. But after i woke up from sleep. She stopped breathing 😢

[@ChannelZero1031]

My newborn was put on oxygen today and on antibiotics because he has worms. Is that considered FKS? The kitty was born about 2 weeks ago. He wasn't responding to anything so we rushed her to the vet. Someone please tell me her chances of living? I lost a cat last year and i am not ready to lose another one not even 15 days after being born.

[@karapappas]

So you give the kitten sugar every 3 minutes foe how long? My kitten was healthy and thriving and rapidly declined im so scared please help me save him 😢 how many times do i give him sugar? Im giving him aome honey just a drop on my finger, thats what the vet told me...please sb answer im going crazy 😢

[@farihareza6464]

Alhamdulillah, how is he now?

[@maryellenthompson8261]

I wonder. Is he still with us? Has he outgrown the problem?

[@toocutekittenrescue4511]

He is alive in a new home.

[@aishwaryapusalkar3867]

@@toocutekittenrescue4511 saline concentration?where is this tiny nebulizer is available?medicines given?age of kitten? Lostt orphaned 2 kittens.and losing 3rd one.am in tears.

[@gaymarieferrer9432]

can you do a video an update for that kitten? 🥺

[@lindsayceara]

Just a few months ago she said he’s still alive but he has a new home :)

[@toocutekittenrescue4511]

I wish I could share a photo! I have a new one with him in a t-shirt. His colors are darker now. Yes! He is still alive. No effects from this day and a happy full grown cat. We have tic tok, Facebook, Instagram.

[@chandrakalae2922]

Great you are God Blessings you always

[@adainr7849]

[@lavieentoni7654]

Please tell me, is oatmeal okay now? I really hope she is

[@KDOG545]

Thankyou God g

[@Darth_Vader258]

I just wish that Cats had Nine Lives is TRUE.

[@leahnembhard716]

I wish i had this now for my kitten.... I'm so worried for him 😔❤

[@firas2003]

what is this virus called ??? I also lost my kitten same semptoms

[@toocutekittenrescue4511]

Fading kitten syndrome

[@cyanuranus6456]

Her Name is Oatmeal?

[@vincentarasaratnam4742]

Fading syndrome means what

[@misasibley5693]

God is good 😌 get stronger oatmeal so you can come home to me 🥰

[@toocutekittenrescue4511]

He is staring at me right now. ❤️ Eating well and just like it never happened.

[@PinkFlowers365]

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[@8698gil]

This kitten survived because a human being cared enough to treat him. If there were a god, why would be waste his time saving a kitten when he does absolutely nothing for the millions of children who suffer from disease and starvation EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!. I always find it unbelievable when people say stuff like this, what in the world are they thinking?

[@randroid4504]

This life is a TEST by God so stop whining and be patient

[@8698gil]

@@randroid4504 That is what people tell themselves when their god does absolutely nothing. It's the only way you can justify your belief.

[@randroid4504]

@@8698gil not at all now come back with an open mind

[@8698gil]

@@randroid4504 My mind is open. So are my eyes.

[@windijihansalsabila1731]

@@8698gil but your heart is closed.

[@grim.reaper]

😭

[@ivanlewkok7246]

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[@joblessbum7]

So many cats living on the streets around the world. A few dying is not going to matter to any of them

[@gardenjoy5223]

There are so many jobless bums on the streets around the world. A few less is not going to matter to any of them. Since none of them care for anything but themselves anyway. Cats and kittens are the better species.

[@joblessbum7]

@@gardenjoy5223 - I have rescued 24 kittens from a short horrible life on the streets and found them all forever homes. Feral cats often live a short horrible life, especially in areas they are not a native species. experiences with trap-alter-and-release programs and “managed” feral cat colonies have led us to believe that these programs are not usually in cats’ best interests. We have seen firsthand and have received countless reports that cats suffer and die gruesome deaths because they are abandoned to fend for themselves outdoors. Many are in “managed” colonies, which usually means that they are fed. Having witnessed the painful deaths of countless feral cats, we cannot in good conscience advocate trapping, altering, and releasing as a humane way to deal with overpopulation and homelessness. Horrific fates await most homeless cats-they do not die of old age. If you have a cat at home, you know that veterinary care is a necessity. Cats get heart disease, leukemia, bladder problems, ear infections, and more. Imagine if your cat were outdoors and you did not know that he or she was in trouble. Or imagine if, upon seeing an obvious symptom, you could not catch your cat to provide treatment. Contagious diseases such as rhinotracheitis, feline AIDS, and rabies are common in “outdoor cats,” who also sustain puncture wounds, broken bones, brain damage, or loss of an eye or limb after they are attacked by other animals or hit by cars. During winter months, automobile engine fans slice through cats who seek shelter from the cold under car hoods. If cats escape these perils, they may still fall prey to an agonizing death at the hands of cruel people. Our office is flooded with calls about cruelty to animals every day because, across the country, free-roaming cats are mutilated, shot, drowned, poisoned, beaten, set on fire, used in ritual sacrifice, stolen by “bunchers” for medical experiments, or used by dogfighters as “bait.” Advocates of trap-alter-and-release programs argue that feral cats are just as deserving of our consideration as other felines and that it is our responsibility to alleviate their suffering and ensure their safety. We absolutely agree. It is precisely because we would never encourage anyone to abandon their own cats in, for example, a parking lot or a warehouse district that we discourage the same for feral cats. Although altering feral cats prevents future generations from suffering, it does not protect cats from the litany of other problems that they may encounter. Allowing feral cats to continue their daily struggle for survival in a hostile environment is rarely a humane option. We believe that it can be marginally acceptable to trap, vaccinate, alter, and release feral cats when the cats are isolated from roads, people, and animals who could harm them, are regularly attended to by people who not only feed them but also provide them with veterinary care, and are kept in areas where they do not have access to wildlife and the weather is temperate. The biggest problem is that most cats, once they are caught to be sterilized, will not be able to be lured by traps again when they are sick or injured. - Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

[@gardenjoy5223]

@@joblessbum7 Why on earth would you first write a comment so nasty and careless, and then add one of this Mrs. Newkirk about kindness and care? Are you suffering from a multiple personality disorder?

[@gardenjoy5223]

@@joblessbum7 So basically you are saying, you are dishonest?

[@joblessbum7]

@@gardenjoy5223 - no, not at all. I did rescue many kittens from the streets because feral cats should not be roaming around in areas where they are not a native species. They are doing irreversible damage to the ecosystem. They are wiping out native species because cats dont just kill for food but for sport. Scientists estimate that between 60 and 160 million feral cats roam the United States. A recent letter to the editor at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune claimed cats are the "answer to New Orleans' rat problem," and suggested increasing their local numbers. Scientific studies, however, say otherwise. Feral, free-roaming cats have been documented by dozens of studies to be indiscriminate killers of wildlife and the cause of at least 72 species extinctions, according to a 2020 analysis of invasive species impacts (many more species critically endangered). But while the evidence of their hunting prowess is overwhelming, there is little proof that cats are effective at controlling urban rats, which studies have shown are not their primary prey. Outdoor cats also carry a dangerous parasite that has been linked to schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, memory loss and learning problems. Many Americans support programs to protect wild cats in our midst. Here's what science has to say about why we love a species that might be making us sick. 1. Feral cats are ecological serial killers In our current age, termed the 6th mass extinction by ecologists, we are losing biodiversity faster than ever - between 10 and 100 times faster, scientists estimate. Our support of feral cats, tenacious or tacit, might be among the worst ways humans contribute to this problem. A 2013 study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute found that free-ranging, domestic cats (mostly unowned) are the single largest human-caused threat to wildlife. A 2011 review of wildlife crises on islands determined that cats helped cause the decline or extinction of 123 species of songbirds, parrots, seabirds and penguins; 25 species of reptiles and 27 species of mammals, including a lemur and a bat. That hurts biodiversity, which has been shown to play a role in food security, the control of infectious disease and successful adaptation to climate change. 2. Feral cats kill for fun, abandoning dead animals that become food for more rats Cats are what scientists call "surplus killers," meaning they kill more prey than they eat. Surplus killing depletes the overall food supply and creates an excess of material for scavenger species, which can transmit diseases from feeding on carcasses, scientists say. Honey badgers, bears, dogs, orcas and other animals also engage in surplus killing. But feral cats are the primary surplus killers in urban environments, while rats are a common urban scavenger. This means that kills by feral cats may directly benefit rats. Scientists at the University of Georgia and The National Geographic Society put cameras on 55 outdoor cats and recorded their activities for seven to 10 days. They found that a third of these cats averaged about two kills per week, and the cats left nearly half of their prey uneaten. The scientists estimated -- based on a conservative tally of 84 million outdoor cats in the country -- that nearly 1.5 billion animals are killed and abandoned by outdoor cats every year. Cats kept primarily indoors were not considered to be part of the problem. The study found each feral cat kills an average 576 native birds, mammals and reptiles per year, while pet cats kill an average of 110 native animals every year - 40 reptiles, 38 birds and 32 mammals. After carefully quantifying cat populations and predation rates (and the uncertainty of both), the scientists calculated that feral cats pounce on one billion to four billion birds a year in the lower 48 states, as well as 6.3 billion to 22.3 billion small mammals and hundreds of millions of reptiles and amphibians. These small animals die from repeated puncture wounds and from being crushed by cats' jaws. Unfortunately, many cats spend a great deal of time playing with their dying, convulsing prey, whose suffering is intense. Many of these animals are then left to die slowly when they stop struggling but remain alive

[@amypowell1001]

If anyone ever needs sick kitten advice please pm me on fb. I'm not a vet, but I learn from one with hollistic remedies.

[@harleyblue22]

Couldn't find you on FB. My 3 month old kittens have been lethargic and not eating 😿 help!

[@amypowell1001]

@@harleyblue22 Hi Harley, do you have a clean medicine dropper? Do you have any smart water or electrolyte water.

[@amypowell1001]

@@harleyblue22 get a dropper and add one teaspoon to a 1/2 tiny bowl of distilled water, give 2 or 3 droppers every hr. even bigger kittens. If you can get some bone broth from the soup isle low sodium it will feed kitty too. You can start with the electrolyte water but go to store asap to get chicken bone broth. The kitty won't live long if not.