Fading Kitten Syndrome - Our Fight To Save Rosalita 

I lost 6 kittens in a matter of days and the vets didn't do anything. I'm so sad about this. Wish I would have stumbled upon this video earlier.

I lost my kitten yesterday, I wished I found your video earlier or I wish I knew what to look for. It was too late when I found her cold in the litter box gasping and with sand in her mouth. We rushed to the emergency vet, but it was too late. I still can’t believe what had happened. I wish I could have saved her. This is my first time being a kitten mommy, I wish I had better resources, support group and knowledge before adopting

Mine just died today. Not even a good 2 hours passed. And I couldn't even be there for her last moments because I had school. My mom had to tell me over the phone. This one's gonna hurt for a while.

Thank you a lot my kitten was fading last night i nearly lost hope and i got him back running just by following ur video 🖤🖤🖤

It is difficult for me not to shed some tears dear Friends to see what they do to give quality of life and do everything so that the little felines improve, I often spent moments like this and even wished to have powers to heal them so that they can grow healthy and strong.

Our kitten just passed away few hours ago due this, his breathing looked exactly like Rosalita’s. He was just 2 weeks old and not putting on any weight, vet told us he wasn’t absorbing nutrients due his already compromised immune system due lack of maternal care. We’re broken hearted. I just had him for 1 week and I can’t stop crying…. he was doing so well the day before

Oh, thank you for the video. I have never heard of this Fading Kitten business. I took in a homeless mama and she had 6 babies. All lived, thank the Lord! Now I have 6 kittens- 4 from one homeless mother I had been feeding and 2 from a homeless I had been feeding since SHE was weaned. Both mothers brought these babies to my patio. I believe they did so bc they trusted me. I also believe neither was able to feed her babies. Neither looked like they were nursing and I wasn't even sure they'd had kittens until the first mother brought her babies one at a time and then collapsed. No one I called had any room for them or any words of advice. My son is helping me -A LOT- with these little angels. We think the first four are ready to go to a home. I just hope they make it and we find them loving owners. The other 2 are still very small and we'll watch for this problem. I'm very happy to know what to do if we should see these symptoms❣

I lost my kitten Pine this way.. I didn’t know what was going on and felt like crap.. After doing research I found out he passed due to Fading Kitten syndrome.. I tried calling the vet while he was struggling to breathe and they told me they’re sorry.. Basically meaning that they couldn’t do anything.. I had to sit in my car hearing my baby’s last breath’s. I kept him warm until the end.. Thank you for showing people how to potentially their kittens. You are amazing and god bless you and your heart.

Unfortunately my kitten passed 4 days ago because of this problem wish I knew this sooner😪

I just lost my baby boy to this on Friday morning @3am. He was only about 6 weeks old. Seemed totally healthy and then boom. 😭

A stray momma cat came to our home and gave birth to 3 kitties. They were joyful and playful. I especially liked one of them, white with 2 black stripes on her head. Once momma cat abandoned her and moved somewhere else with 2 of her kitties. From that day that kitty didnt go near the mother cat. She stopped drinking momma cats milk. And I tried feeding her cows milk, which I didnt know was harmful. She had diarrhoea and didnt drink the mothers milk even when I brought her near. Today she suffered FKS. The mother cat didnt bother looking at the kitten. When I brought the kitten near to her the kitten tried to get away from the mother. And I kept the kitten inside a bucket and blanket. I couldnt get my parents to let me take her to the vet. And 1 hr ago she passed away. Its one of the hardest hit I have felt

I lost my kitten last night due to this...😔 I tried my best to keep him warm, but I was too late to help him. I cried all night as he was my favorite.

I just hope this baby becomes healthy and has a forever loving home. 😇

Thank you for sharing article. I didn’t know about the sugar. Hope Rosalita pulls through. She is precious

I just lost the most precious kitten to FKD, the tears havent stopped and we made a memorial for the little guy, Rest in paradise #4.

I lost 3 of them this past week😢😞 I have one left 😔 she's my favorite and so thankful I found you 🥹thank you❤️🙏🏼 praying my listen kittens stays strong

1 out of our 4 kittens died today. I am so heartbroken. I only knew about this fading kitten syndrome today when i researched the symptoms of my kitten. Everything was fine at first and then suddenly she was unresponsive. not drinking, no energy and no reaction whenever i lift her. however she was breathing. I thought it was normal until I saw your vid and i realized she was also gasping for air. I tried to feed her milk, her tongue was moving but not swallowing the milk. I let her rest for a while and when I came back, she was stone cold :((( I gave her a little burial and prayed for her soul. I was not expecting that she out of the rest will pass away first because she was so healthy. Now I'm doing my best to assist the rest of the kittens. Looks like i will need to bottle feed them because their mother is still young and seems like she's not nursing the kittens anymore. It's been 2 weeks now but only one opened its eye and the two seems to be underweight. and they all have colds and congested nose. one has eye discharge. Thank you for your video. I learned a lot. will do my best to let the rest of the kittens live their best life.

Hubby found a kitten on our roof this past Sunday. Next to a dead sibling. They both were still attached to sack and cord. It is Tuesday afternoon now and just got done feeding her,helping her burp and pee and a bit of cuddling, back into her box and heating pad. I didn't know newborn kittens purred! She purrs a lot.

Best wishes to you and Rosalita ❤️

Amazing kitten so adorable just like my kitten thnks for sharing keep safe

I'm literally watching this while my cat is fading and it's giving me so much comfort and hope. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

We (me and my sister) lost a kitty yesterday morning. The day before we rushed him to the vet. Vet seemed to think he was stable acted like we were drama queens. Sent him home to suffer. 😢 I think he would have made it if the vet had kept him and put him on oxygen and better knowledgeable care than what we could give. Vet uncaring and greedy. We paid $300 for emergency visit and xray. Only for the kitten to die the next morning. We tried CPR but to no avail. We cried and cried. I feel so guilty because I believed the Vet that he was gonna be okay.

Fading kitten protocol means you keep the kitten warm (in a blanket burrito, ears covered on a heatpad) AND give the dextrose/sugar water/karo syrup/honey. It's not OR. Both at the same time are equally important. I'm sure you know this by now, it's for other's who might not. The outcome could be either way, we never know unless we try. And for the ones who are talking about the vets. What do you think vet clinic does with a kitten like that? I've been a vet tech in a big ER clinic and we couldn't do anything else than euthanasia. And euthanasia with these little ones is not what you would imagine as you cannot locate the vein. Neonates have way more chances at home as most vets don't know anything about them and in vet clinics nobody has resources to take care of a single patient like that.

This happened to my little kitten too and we thought he was dead, but we gave him heaps of sugar and the next day he was fine and is now a crazy food stealing kitten who annoys our dogs

I have a kitten facing this problem i m trying to save him but seems vain.i gave him saline n multivitamins through drip but his condition is not getting better he is laying in a box under a cloth to keep it warm.these kittens mostly never survive but we r trying our best to save him.

Good job will max...keep doing it😇👍

I am late to watch this video and know more about fading kitten syndrome, I lost 2 10 day kittens in a similar way but I was doing what the vet said but it was none of this. I wish to keep the other 2 healthy now. Bless rosalita soul

This video is super Informational, I fostered two baby kittens they were all Healthy full of energy and I notice one of their genital area swelled up and I was concerned and I didn’t realize she was declining but I thinking it was because of her private area was causing her pain I took her in and they told me she is declining I’m like WHAT she was fine yesterday and then she told me they can send her home with some meds but it’s a chance she could pass in my care and they wanted to send her to cat heaven I broke down and cried I feel so bad my baby I been up all night thinking about her and what I could have done I miss my baby so much I ordered her so much stuff. I Just got her sister now😢

Poor Rosalita... You're an amazing person for taking care of all of the kittens. Quite the nursery you have!

My baby Basil has a lot of these symptoms. She doesn’t gasp but she is EXTREMELY lethargic. I’m doing my best. I got her on Thursday and went to an emergency vet. Doing everything they told me to do and I just feel so hopeless. I’m bawling my eyes out on the couch. I have to syringe feed her but she’s never been cold to the touch. She just won’t move and sleeps all the time. The vet checked her sugar and it was good, so was all of her blood work and heart and lungs. She just doesn’t seem healthy. I’m doing my best and I’m so scared I’ll lose her. I don’t know what else to do. Please pray for Basil

I lost two kittens from fading kitten syndrome,i found them on the park abandoned,i took them in and tok care for them,one died 5 days later one 2 days later,it's so sad i just can't,they seemed fine just a day before

I'm holding my kitten and she/he's not going to make it. Born too early.... yesterday.

I just lost 2 kittens in a matter of 4 days from this, and now my 3rd one is fighting for her life with same thing. But I found this video so maybe I can save this last and only one left.

Got one kitten with FKS. Will try treatment after work. Hope she's hang on till then.

Mine just died. 😥 Lost another one two days ago also... now I have no cats..

I am also facing this situation currently. The kittens were really good before but now dying one by one 2 out of four left . But I am trying my level best to save the two. I really hope everything goes well.🙏🙏

my cat just had her kitten yesterday and only one seems to be ill.. she’s been meowing constantly and sneezing a bit here and there she lays away from the rest and when she eats it’s not even for a second then she starts crying again.. i can’t take her to the vet because my mom doesn’t support them please help..

Thanks🙏💐

From my knowledge as a voluntary paramedic I suggest to put the sugar water not on but under the tongue - this might be another measure to keep the kitten from swallowing/aspirating and (similarly to how it is with humans) the sugar might be absorbed into the blood faster. It's heartbreaking to see Rosalita gasping this way - I think it's called Biot breathing and an indication of some issues with her central nerve system. Might be due to the increase of the glaucoma in the eye which can be seen clearly. Not knowing what exactly is going on here, I actually would have rushed to the vet instead of filming the kitten and reading about that Fading Kitten syndrome. Watching the previous videos on Rosalita, I already got very surprised to hear that such a little kitten gets some pain medicine. When it comes to human infants, it requires quite some skill to choose the dose right. I therefore expect it to be even more difficult for cats and, consequently, for kittens. If Rosalita was a human I would have wanted to know about her blood gases or at least her blood oxygen level. Greetings from Germany, I came here via Kitten Lady. :) P.S.: I agree there's no use rushing to the vet if all that's required is just some sugar and warmth. However, I still assume the gasping is not related to her hypothermia and hypoglycaemia but to the glaucoma and maybe (maybe!) the painkillers. When nursing a gasping kitten next time, please make sure that she cannot vanish under the towels as her breathing is no longer regulated by her blood oxygen and blood carbon dioxide levels.

I love these kittens 😍

Exactly the problem I was facing last year.. I have seen 8 cases of fks in my own house and i know all that u feel....the most difficult part is to see them gasping and I can't even image all the pain and discomfort they go through. After a year I am looking at ways just to stop this terrific illness from controlling the innocent and fragile kitten's system only if I happen to get face to face with it again...I am just wondering if Rosilita lived?

Poor little sweet angel of a kitten now your soul has went to your spiritual home in heaven above with all the other lovable one's that left this world behind your life was short but I hope and pray full of true love and respect for you goodbye forever my beautiful baby😥🐈🕊🌈🎆💔

i lost a kitten 3 days ago and now 3 of my 12 kittens have it and will probably die :(

man i hate fading kitten syndrome. it is the worst thing to experience when caring for kittens. i only been able to to save one kitten from it and even that poor kitten didnt last long. it breaks my heart everytime it happens because i'll start wondering what i could have done better or what if i saw the signs earlier? i wondered did i even try to save them? i feel like i tried but did i try hard enough? its something that always brothers me when raising kittens. i love raising them and watching them grow but again that syndrome. i just wish there of a actual cure for it and it wasnt just fighting until you get the sign if they made it or not. but there is one thing i know and thats to give them the best life possible even if they are here for a short time and i like to think about the babies i did save and raised into amazing cats. that and i aleast tried and that i was able to give those kittens and their mom and proper life and that i tried.

I always get my character and you know it very well to write a lot but in this case when I see the cat so I get short of words, I just pray that I get better once and for all because it's ugly to go through a moment like this. Many Dear Friends Forces.

i am doing the same but every time i giver her liquid it comes out of her nose, and now the discharge coming from nose is smelly and brown..i was giving her just a drop

My is dying now. She Still breathing now.

unfortunately i lost 4 of sister cats which were about 5 months old the first one stop eating food and died after 3 days and then 2nd cat stop eating food and died same way due to dehydration the next day third cat died because of dehydration she was taken to hospital as well injected normal saline and dexamethasone but she died when i get home then the fourth cat death were very tragic and painful she was getting weaker that day afternoon i feed her medication for vommiting rehydration ors and digestion through needle at night time and start heating in my room but when i get up at 3 am she was lying under bed and put in bed and she died at 4 30 am she was the strongest of all 4 cats i cry alot in the mid of the night because i lost all my four cat sister because of vommiting and refusing to eat there is no proper vet in pakistan

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Please I'm doing this but how often should I do it I'm scared that I might give her too much suger

Aaawww poor baby😔, 💝

I lost my one kitten yesterday morning n the other one is fighting for his life.. I've tried everything I can but there's no improvement.. Im crying everytime I watch him...It's really heart breaking to see him fighting for his life...

I lost one kitten today and the other is still alive im following ur steps and i hope she survives crossed fingers

Praying for Rosalita 🙏

idk what to do though, my kitten appears to have fading syndrome and she has blue-ish colored skin around the nose and the neck, she can’t move anymore, she has heat though but i’m pretty sure it’s too late for her

Same as mine…but he/she died just today😔😔😔i thought we can make it😔😔😔

Awww ur so kind !🥺💕

Did she ever start to get stiff

Liver water works wonders for puppies, never tried it on kits though

Just lose a kitten to this last night.

She is gasping for air :( Poor Rosalita. I really hope she makes it

Just had to save my kitten today

Hope i find this video before 5feb my kitten die and leave me with guilt

@Will MX Kid, what ended up happening to her? So sad watching this.

I'm so very sorry but our lovable little angel is suffering fighting for every breath she takes I do hope and pray that they make it alive and well but if God above has other plans for our lovable fur ball then nothing else will stop it from happening it's in God's hands now if our little angel makes it or not😥🐈😥

How much sugar water or light corn syrup should i feed her?

I hope he is survive

We just lost three of our kittens. We've got one left. 😥

How long do I keep giving my kitten sugar water

Can u get a baby kitten which is fading I have 3 but 2 went to god pls help this cat anyone it does not have a mom I am trying but I can't it Is a female baby kitten thank u

poor cat

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I’m almost positive this kitten doesn’t have FKS. Looks like she has neurological issues! And actually that kitten should be at the vet and on oxygen!!

this makes me feel sick. Do you not have a vet in the UK? shame on you seeing a live animal like this and sitting there seeing her gasp and not rushing her in.