Why do things so small and cute have to die? My new kitten just died. My niece and nephew were playing with her when my mom brought her to me and said that she was becoming slow a quiet. So we took her to the vet. She had a birth defect that made her ribs grow in and crush her internal organs and that any strong pressure on her ribs would crush her lungs. so my niece and nephew had played with her to hard and the vet had to put her down.