Fainting Goat Disease In Kittens..

This is a follow up from my last Blog "Fainting Goat Disease In Kittens.."

I thought i would check back and see what the progress was on Charlie (the tabby) as they'd lost poor little Spike (black n white).
I was shocked and upset to learn that little Charlie also lost his life on 30th October 2010, not long after Spike had battled to keep his.

I found the update on the youtube video, the one i posted in the blog before a couple of days ago, and saw they'd made this memorial video.. its such a shame, and a big loss i feel for the couple whom owned them both and looked after them regardless of the illness..
Such a gorgeous little pair, so loving and affectionate towards them both

I was reading the description again, i couldnt bring myself to watch the video this time around although i had seen it few times before, but the look on their tiny faces was heart breaking enough..
this is what the description said:
" charlie and spike are two kittens with myotonia congenita, otherwise known as 'fainting goat' syndrome. at the slightest sound or movement, the kittens respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis which lasts about a minute before they return to normal.If a pin drops they drop too. This condition has hardly ever before been diagnosed in a cat, is rarely found in dogs and is more common in goats. The kittens are able to walk, but they cannot run or jump. aside from this they are normal. 
Sad to report that the black and white kitten (spike) died on 27th october from respiratory failure. thanks for all the kind messages. comments enabled once again as duplicate videos are appearing. this is the original
Sunday 31/10 - I'm devastated to report that Charlie (tabby cat ) died in my arms last night. we are in a state of shock and disbelief at this. During the short time we had them, both Charlie and Spike touched our lives in a way that we never expected. We had a plan for treatment with drugs, approved by the Royal Veterinary College at Potters Bar, but there was a worry that the drug might be immediately fatal while the boys were so small. We were due to start on monday. I had prepared a second film which I have now posted to you tube dedicated to their memory. thanks again for all the kind comments you have posted. Ed & Becky x
1/11 update:
a duplicate video appeared on you tube, with gun shot sounds synced to Charlie's falls. I though this was OK initially, but given that Charlie has subsequently died, I requested YT remove it, and they have done so. The RVC were not impressed by it at all. "

I cant believe someone would be so cruel as to do the sound effects on something like this, i mean they didnt ask to be born like it.. unfortuneatly it happened.


♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ R.I.P Spike & Charlie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

" Fainting Goat " in Kittens...

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Last night i was flicking through Facebook on my Ipod not long after i turned off my laptop, as i got a notification saying my friend Jacki from the states had sent me a message..

I then went through my News feed to find someone had posted a video called * Fainting Goat Kittens * wondered what it was all about, so i tapped to view the video then opened up full screen.. i watched it and i chuckled and laughed as i thought it was funny...

It wasnt until i after i watched it and read the description and saw that they had a condition i felt really bad, for laughing and bad for the kittens, so i watched it again.. watched thinking at how they must feel at not being able to do anything a normal cat would do like explore etc. because they just cant do anything without fainting every so often that didnt last long...

After watching it the second time i re-read the description this time properly and i saw that the Black & White one, Spike had died from complications due to this illness.. it was very sad, so i watched it again for the 3rd time, and this time my heart opened and out came floods of tears!

They were baby kittens.. soo cute, and to see them together and then hear one of them had died just made my heart break!!!

I thought i would share the video on here, partly because i wanted to express myself about this video.. and because i wanted other people to see this, whom are not on my facebook or have never actually heard about this before!

Still thinking about these two kittens today, i can just see their tiny bodies walk few paces then seize up and fall the floor in a blink of an eye!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ R.I.P Spike.. Sleep Well ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥