1 day old kitten found abandoned by cat mom in Texan parking lot saved by friends against advice of animal control and adopted into furever home, rescuer says: ‘She's doing really well and has already gained about an ounce’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
May 6, 2026 8:45 AM EDT

Sometimes to save a soul you have to go against the advice you are given. That is the moral of the kitten saving story we have gathered for you today.

After all, saving cats is tough, saving kittens is even tougher, and when they have just been brought into the world we live in, it can be even tougher. Which is why most of us would reach out to those who are supposed to know better for advice on how to handle such a situation. The only problem being that the voice on the other end of the phone, while authoritative and knowledgeable, does not have eyes on the situation. So following their guidance blindly is not the way to go, and thankfully these cat rescuers did use their own judgment of the situation before them to save the life of a cute kitten who would not have lasted much longer on his own.

So while it is important to listen to those who know more than you, it is also important to remember that your judgement of a situation is what makes or breaks a situation. And in this case the kitten was saved and given a loving home for all eternity. 
 

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    "I bet he names her once her eyes open.'
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    A friend of mine lives in an apartment complex in Texas. They have a garage that's large enough for about 100 cars and 2 cats had found
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    their way into the garage. The only way for the cats to get in or out is when a person opens one of the doors. One of the cats was pregnant and no one was able
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    to (or tried to) catch her. 2 days ago, my friend found a 1-2 day old kitten that looked just like the pregnant cat. Except it was in a box with a towel.
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    He looked around for the mom or other kittens but could not find them. He left the kitten in the box for a while but she (just gonna guess at that
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    for now) was still there and loudly crying when he came back. Since kittens this small won't survive long without food and warmth, he
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    bought cat milk then took her upstairs to get her warm and feed her. He brought her back downstairs a few
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  • Now that is some good cat care right there. Sure, we might have thought to bring the box with us, but then we would not be as smart as this rescuer considering he likely knew that there was still a chance that momma cat would come back for her kitten, and together they would have the best chance of survival. But, alas it seems as though that is not to be the case in this story. And while that is rather heartbreaking, we are happy to see that this hooman knew what to do in this kitten’s time of need and stepped up to the plate. 
     

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    times but the mom never showed. He then took the kitten outside the garage, in case the mom had left, but the mom didn't show up.
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    He called the city and their advice was to leave the kitten overnight, don't feed it or anything, and hope the mom comes back. We both agreed
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    this seemed like a death sentence for the kitten so he has been feeding her and making sure she's peeing, etc. He's now worried about giving
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    the cat to the city because we don't know if they will eu ize her. And he's thinking someone might have picked up the
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  • Wow, it is not easy to stand up to the advice of a governmental agency, but when you know better you know better. All you need to do is trust in yourself, have enough faith to know that your decision-making is more in tune with the situation in front of you and that the person spouting commands at you with authority might not know how to handle the situation as well as you do. Not to mention that their fears are totally justified. The city’s system for dealing with animals tends to treat them as an inconvenience, and it is much easier to get rid of an inconvenience than it is to deal with it. 
     

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    pregnant mom and all the kittens but missed this one. (He wrote a note on the box that he found her in and left it in the same spot with his number.)
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    Neither of us have ever taken care of a newborn cat although he's following all the advice we found online. She still hasn't p ped although
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    chatgpt says that might be normal if she was left alone for a while. (He's using a warm cotton swab to try and stimulate after every feeding.)
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    Does anyone have advice on what else to do?The other shelter in this city doesn't take found pets, they only coordinate with the other shelters.
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    Someone called one other shelter and they won't take her until she's 6 weeks old. We're worried she will get sick without her
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    mom's antibodies and he doesn't have the funds to bring her to the vet. (This is why he doesn't have cats, even though he loves them.) He's also not really allowed to have
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    the cat in his apartment complex, unless he's pays all the crazy fees. I have two of my own cats so she can't stay here or risk getting sick from them.
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    I bought him some kitten formula with colustrum in it, hoping that helps build her immune system.
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    sl... OP Well after all that, he got attached and is now considering keeping her, so I haven't called
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    anyone else lol. She's doing really well and has already gained about an ounce and had her first p p. I
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    bet he names her once her eyes open.
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