Need prayer please

[rodheadlee]

I need prayers for my wife Patti. She is caring for my 91 year old father and I'm up in Eureka working. One of the feral cats had kittens and she abandoned 2 on the front porch. Patti got formula and is trying to nurse them but they're not taking it. She doesn't need their deaths on her shoulders right now. My prayer is that the mother comes and takes them where she took the other two or that they start taking the formula.

Edited September 24, 2024 by rodheadlee

[Tacenda]

Prayers going forward, this situation sounds so much like what my son and his wife are going through with feral cats and that of looking after kittens. 

[Dario_M]

I will also pray for you dear rodheadlee. 🙏 God bless you. 🩵

[Pyreaux]

Pray for kittens!

[rodheadlee]

Thanks for your prayers. The mom came and snatched one of the kittens and took it to wherever the other two are. The last one left is actually accepting the formula now. Thanks again.

[Dario_M]

I'm happy to read that. 🩵

[rodheadlee]

Leo died today. I just don't get it he was taking formula. After watching some YouTube stuff I guess we were feeding him wrong. We laid him on his back like a human baby. Then he got constipated. Then we watched a video on how to clear that and Patty did it for him. Then we were waiting about an hour for him to rest to feed him and he just passed away. I don't know maybe that's why God didn't let us have human babies cuz we're crappy parents.

[Okrahomer]

31 minutes ago, rodheadlee said:

I don't know maybe that's why God didn't let us have human babies cuz we're crappy parents.

I think you would be great parents both to animals and to humans.

[Calm]

17 hours ago, rodheadlee said:

Leo died today. I just don't get it he was taking formula. After watching some YouTube stuff I guess we were feeding him wrong. We laid him on his back like a human baby. Then he got constipated. Then we watched a video on how to clear that and Patty did it for him. Then we were waiting about an hour for him to rest to feed him and he just passed away. I don't know maybe that's why God didn't let us have human babies cuz we're crappy parents.

I don’t think you are crappy parents.  If he was taking the forumla, he was taking it.  More than likely there was too much stress that Leo had already experienced.

I nursed a baby goat with the same formula other baby goats who had been abandoned by mom got, they did fine.  It died.  My neighbor asked me to take this one because it just wasn’t as active as the others.  I fed it on schedule, took it outside to exercise, kept it by me and made sure it stayed calm, had it in a box sleeping next to me.  But it never got the ability to walk on its own and slowly just shut down.  Sometimes you can only try and help them be comfortable and feel safe.

Edited September 29, 2024 by Calm

[Rain]

I'm so sorry about Leo. So hard to deal with this.

[rodheadlee]

Thank you for the kind words. Patty really feels like it's her fault because she didn't go to YouTube and figure out how to feed him properly. To be honest she was busy caring for my 91 year old father. He has been in the hospital for 12 days recovering from a bout with sepsis. It's almost more work taking care of Dad when he is at these facilities then when he is home . They moved him to a Post Acute facility and he hopefully will get released tomorrow. Thank you for all your prayers.

Edited September 30, 2024 by rodheadlee

[manol]

I am sorry for the loss of your little friend Leo.  It always hurts.  I swore off cats for several years because it just hurt too much, but when we didn't adopt any cats they started adopting us. 

[Raingirl]

On 9/28/2024 at 5:54 PM, rodheadlee said:

Leo died today. I just don't get it he was taking formula. After watching some YouTube stuff I guess we were feeding him wrong. We laid him on his back like a human baby. Then he got constipated. Then we watched a video on how to clear that and Patty did it for him. Then we were waiting about an hour for him to rest to feed him and he just passed away. I don't know maybe that's why God didn't let us have human babies cuz we're crappy parents.

She made him feel love and comfort while he was here.  That’s a lot. 

[bluebell]

On 9/28/2024 at 6:54 PM, rodheadlee said:

Leo died today. I just don't get it he was taking formula. After watching some YouTube stuff I guess we were feeding him wrong. We laid him on his back like a human baby. Then he got constipated. Then we watched a video on how to clear that and Patty did it for him. Then we were waiting about an hour for him to rest to feed him and he just passed away. I don't know maybe that's why God didn't let us have human babies cuz we're crappy parents.

Baby kittens are so hard to keep alive. It's really common to lose such young abandoned babies, we just aren't as good as their moms.  You and Patty did everything you could and at least baby leo died being cared for and not alone.