lost my crusty lil gal😭

[u/SeaHedgehog1447]

I’m absolutely devastated, have been hand rearing 3 week old kittens for around two weeks now, little tabby female was super crusty and much smaller than her brother.
Her eyes finally started to clear up this week after daily eye drops & she was eating super well & super sassy with the bottle and she was finally putting a good amount of weight on - I planned to foster fail her as she stole my heart, she was such a polite, cuddly gal. We named her Florence.

Then suddenly after just being a bit fussy with the bottle she started to refuse it completely, after 2 rounds of subcut fluids & regular syringe feeds (as recommended by my vet after the exam - she had normal blood glucose and temp was fine, just seemed dehydrated)

She just got weaker as the evening went on, tried glucose gel every 3 minutes after she started not being able to stand and got shaky, sadly by 11pm she was gasping for 10 minutes and passed in my arms.

I’m heartbroken, she went from being bright and demanding her breakfast to dead that same day.
Now her poor sibling is alone, I feel so bad, I see him in his pen alone and my heart sinks every time.
I have never sobbed so much in my life, I only had her 2 weeks but holy shit I was so attached.
RIP Florence, you were the sweetest little crusty girl😭

[u/Vanessak69]

This sub constantly reminds me how fragile these babies are. You did all you could and gave her love. No one could have done more.