I hear your pain. I am a cat lover with 4 of my own. 2 sisters I bottle fed from 12 days of age. And another who is 18 that I bottle fed when she was only 4 weeks old. I almost lost one of the sisters early on as she was showing some signs of failure. But she survived, thankfully. She was the runt of the litter.
There was probably nothing you could do as the kitten may have already been sick. Many young kittens die in their first year of life. He may have been left by a feral mom cat because he was already sick. This is what many moms do when they realize their baby will not survive. They ignore them.
Just know you provided him with some love and comfort of human hands before he had to go.
I hear your pain. I am a cat lover with 4 of my own. 2 sisters I bottle fed from 12 days of age. And another who is 18 that I bottle fed when she was only 4 weeks old. I almost lost one of the sisters early on as she was showing some signs of failure. But she survived, thankfully. She was the runt of the litter.
There was probably nothing you could do as the kitten may have already been sick. Many young kittens die in their first year of life. He may have been left by a feral mom cat because he was already sick. This is what many moms do when they realize their baby will not survive. They ignore them.
Just know you provided him with some love and comfort of human hands before he had to go.
God bless you for taking him in.