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Cat 4, of whom I have previously spoken, was found to be pregnant, was captured, and adopted by a colleague. Four kittens were duly born, they seemed to be thriving, there was discussion of names (colleague's housekeeper favoured 'Sweetie', 'Cutie' and 'Tuffy', I suggested "Fang', 'Killer' and 'Claw'; housekeeper won, naturally), all seemed well.

Then, disaster. It turned out that Cat 4 had several serious parasitic infections, which had passed to the kittens, and which killed them all. She herself is seriously ill, and is in treatment. I do hope she survives. There are reasons why most stray cats don't live long.

I am feeling rather guilt-stricken, because while I was feeding her, I didn't think of the parasite issue, which is of course highly salient in a tropical environment. And she was getting tamer even before we caught her, we might have been able to medicate her if we'd just thought of it. I will remember for the future.