Another rescued baby surprise

Hi all,

I Skyped home earlier this evening and was chatting to my mother when all of a sudden she holds a TINY baby kitten wrapped in a warm blanket up to the screen to show me. I squealed of course! The poor little darling was so small. My sisters neighbour found her in their garden after she followed the squealing and called out. The tiny fur ball came out from the shed and was cold and starving. There was no sign of a mother or other kittens and her husband wouldn't let her keep it. My 6 year old niece was there at the time and fell in love instantly so the kitten went home with her. That was on Tuesday. My sister is delighted to take the kitten in but they had a family holiday booked overseas for the following day so my mum had to come to the rescue and has been minding the baby cat ever since. She took it to the vet because she noticed it hadn't went to the loo in the 4 days she had it and the vet feels that the kitten is only about 3 weeks old. The vet also said that kittens up until around 5 weeks old need to be stimulated to go to the loo as can't do it themselves - hence why the mothers lick them soooo much! (In all the years we've kept cats I never knew this). So now my mum is at home with a warm wet cotton ball cleaning the kittens bottom every couple of hours to mimic the behaviour of a mother cat and it's working fine. The kitten is getting spoiled rotten with a hot water bottle in a snuggle cat bed and is being fed from a tiny kitten baby bottle! It's the cutest scene to watch ever!
My niece has called the kitten Twinkle!