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@Ruvan22

Once again, thank you for your original suggestion.

Yeah, the vet said that she likely accidentally hurt the kitten and that if the mom really wanted her gone, she would have killed her fully and would not continue nursing, which she was when I discovered it and still is. The mom is a stray cat and has huge claws.

I ended up putting a cut sock around her, but the mom kept removing it and I gave up lol.

@DiztruxionUk

Yeah, one of the things that was stressed was to keep the mom nursing her because the milk has important nutrients that would help with healing and it's working.

I'll probably set up a GoFundMe as they get older and I have to take them for shots, fixing and adoption. Hope to get all three fixed and adopted out.

@EnragedSlith

I haven't adopted them yet because I found the mother outside and my plan is to put them up for adoption. I really want to adopt the hurt kitten myself, but I already have 2 cats and they've been with my GF at her parent's house because she's been living there due to the virus.

NY really has a horrible problem with strays and covid is really stressing resources and on top of that, lots of the rich people like vets left NY because of the virus. The vet I usually go to left back before they were even born. My block has like 20-30 strays and I've been hearing other kittens crying at night, so I'm guessing another 20-30 were born this month. I probably would have gotten more help if I said they were all mine, but I didn't want to misrepresent by not letting them know the mom was found outside.

When it comes to pets, their lives are sadly expendable. Every shelter around me is kill. The "no kill" one is very far. They just put them down, so when it comes down to John Doe who has had his cat for 15 years, and me with a kitten that's barely 3 weeks old, I understand the priority given.

@Bad_Mojo I tried Reddit and they told me to drive around everywhere till I found someone to help. I feel sometimes their advice is unrealistic. I also know most of the people here and just felt more comfortable posting here since there are lots of people that give good advice.

I'll be adding pics and more info once I get a chance. Once again, thank you.

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