Thankfully, they brought the kitten to A Pet's Friend, where one of our volunteers works. When Pat Johnson spoke to the volunteer that day and found out this story, she already had a nursing mother cat and three kittens at home she was fostering. They decided to try to introduce our new baby to Sassy. Pat took Bitsy home and rubbed her on Sassy's hind quarters to put Sassy's smell on the kitten. When she introduced the kitten to Sassy, she immediately started washing and cleaning and feeding the kitten.
Nature is so wonderful.
We as humans should take some lessons from the animal world. We have a lot to learn about helping our fellow man. Sassy's three other babies didn't mind sharing their mom. Sassy nursed all four kittens until three were adopted. Bitsy was occasionally bottle fed, to supplement Sassy's feeding, because we weren't sure the new addition was getting enough of mother's milk.