We had a feral mother cat leave her feral kitten on our deck; mother cat told kitten to remain there on deck. We were able to catch the kitten from behind with a fishing net. The kitten had a bot fly in its nose and was dying.
We took to vet and he pulled bot fly out, and we returned it to the mother. Kitten grew up but always remained feral. So did the mother. One of the kittens was deaf (they were all solid white except for the black mother). We were able to catch the deaf kitten with ease ... did not run from us at all. He grew up as a house cat and we named him Dandy
Very kind of you. It is a joy to watch the instinctual care a mother cat gives her kittens. Then you hear about live birth abortions and it makes you puke that some women could or would be under such “stress”(whatever the cause) that she would “choose” to see her child dead.
Even the animals usually treat their mothers and their young better.
We’re you in S America? Or has the bot fly been imported?