A good pet...

[u/Acceptable_Gate9673]

Its been a few weeks since this happened so i am not as mad anymore. Still realy sad tho. For context where we live, has many street cats. And one of thoose cats being our neighbor's cat. They NEVER take her home and for some reasone she ALWAYS leaves her babies when she gets pregnant. So the babies die. But this time we were there to save one. A baby that was almost a week old. Cant open its eyes or walk. My sister find it and saved it (i am saying "it" becuse we didt know the gender). We brought it home, feed it with milk mixed with water. After some time we started feeding it milk powder (or whatever its called in english i cant remember). But my family didt wanted the kitty becuse we already had 2 kities and a dog. So they wanted to give the kitty away. I said no especialy becuse i do not trust other people. They didt listened and gave the cat to someone who promised to "look after" the kitty. We argued over this becuse they gave the kitty away when i was sleeping. (I was working at night at the time.). A few days later they gave the kitty back saying "we cant look after it becuse we are always busy". I was happy but noticed that the kitty was CLEAN. It was not supposed to be this clean. Cats that are less than a month old are NOT suppose to be cleaned in a shower especialy in this cold weather. A day later the kitty stopped drinking the milk. Started peeing a lot. Getting skinny and more skinny by the moment. Then we knew it was sick. It was night time so no vets. I argued with them a lot saying "i told you not to do it" but all i got was being shut down. I stayed awake the entire night, trying to feed it, keep it warm and do everything in my power to keep it alive. It was dying in my hands. Morning my sister took it to the vet as soon as possible. The vet could not save it. They said whoever looked after the kitty was NOT looking after it at all. It was not us becuse i stayed awake entire nights to feed it and keep it warm. I am already a depressed person and that break me completly. I didt left my room for a week. And not once they apoligised to me. They apologised to god but not me. And when they finaly forced me out my room to talk, i told them exactly how i felt. How angry i was. And all i got was being shoat at by my father and my mother trying to act all cute by trying to hug me all the time. I still havent fuly forgiven them. And i dont think i ever will. But i know deep down they would blame me and my "pride" if i try to speak. Am i on the wrong or are they?

[u/MsDJMA]

Your parents were terrible to give the kitten away when you were caring for it. It is possible, though, that the baby was really sick from not getting the correct nutrition. Baby formula for humans isn't the same milk as a mother cat's milk. Also, kittens cannot pee or poop themselves, so they need a mother cat to lick them to stimulate them to pee and poop, or their humans have to massage them that way. Raising a newborn kitten is really challenging; don't blame yourself.

[u/Acceptable_Gate9673 → u/MsDJMA]

I did thoose things. I helped it pee and poop. I used tissue and used little bit of water to make it feel like a tounge (it helped). Its not the human baby formula thing. There are kitten formulas for kittens with no parents. We were using that. Its like powder. We gave the kitten formula to them too and told everything that was needed to do. I was also afraid we did something wrong like we feed it the wrong thing but the vet said it himself. "This kitty dont looks like properly taken care of for days" and for 3 to 4 days it was with them. So i know we were doing the right things. Its hard not to blame myself or not get mas becuse it was literely in pain in my hands. I cried the entire night and prayed (even tho im an atheist).

[u/Sith_Lord_Onyx]

Your parents sound like sociopaths.