gf and i took in a female cat recently, who was pregnant. the person
who had her before was unable to care for her and didn't want to give
her to a shelter. the kitty had her kittens on april 16, and all
seemed well.

last week, the runt mysteriously "convulsed and died", as my
girlfriend put it. at first i suspected some sort of poison, but
they've spend most of their time in my bedroom, and i can assure you
that there are no poisons in there. the kitten didn't seem to have any
wounds, and the mother had been licking it about the neck.

2 days later, the mother cat ran off with another kitten, jumped the
fence (and lost her collar there), and took off someplace. my gf was
chasing our son around at the moment, and couldn't go right after her.
the cat returned not long after, but no kitten.

when i got home, i went looking around for the kitten, but told her
that since i didn't hear any kitten noises outside, i'd not be very
hopeful for the kitten. i found the mothers collar hanging off the
fence, and below on the other side was the dead kitten. same
circumstances, no blood, but wet around the neck.

did the mother kill those two kittens? i've been watching her very
closely around the remaining three.