So sorry your little kitten didn't make it. Unfortunately, a lot of orphaned or abandoned kittens that young don't. It's a fight for survival for even the healthiest kittens that are caught as soon as their mom stops or can no longer care for them. Typically when a mother cat abandons a kitten it is because they know the kitten is not strong enough to make it under the current conditions and they don't want to prolong suffering, so this kitten may have had problems above and beyond mange, which is bad enough for a newborn. Kittens born in late fall or winter are especially prone to being abandoned because mom feels they can't survive.

You did what you could for the kitten and made her short life a little nicer. In the future if you can save up money and trap and spay the mother cat (there are many low-cost local programs for doing so) you might help prevent the suffering of more kittens in the future, and help her have a nicer life, too.

Hannah answered on 12/26/11. Helpful? / 1