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One of my cats died and I had a foster daughter at the time. I was devastated and my foster daughter was sad but more matter of fact about the death. The hardest part was that she would want to talk about the cat all the time and I would have such a hard time holding in my tears. Sometimes I would have to tell her to stop that it was making me too sad. Unfortunately these children are used to such loss in their lives that they seem to be more matter of fact about it. I find I'll worry so much about another disappointment I have to tell them about and they talk about it, ask questions and accept it. I think if you tell them you are keeping the kittens because they are ill and you want to give them the best lives they could have even if it is short the kids could understand. Best Friends Society refers to when an animal dies "they went over the rainbow bridge" it makes everything sound better and that is what I say when my kids ask about an animal dying.
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