We've put them out in the shed with the door open and some food. It's a last-ditch hope that Shadow was just getting stressed out by being indoors and will change her heart.

I already had to explain this to somebody and I hope I don't have to explain it to anyone else: New Orleans's rescue services are utterly slammed. There was nobody who could help us. Please don't compound our grief by asking us. This was the hardest thing we've ever had to do.

The only other option we can think of is to bottlefeed, and that's just not feasible. We don't have the ability or resources. Other than that, it's "panicky post to Reddit in hopes someone qualified can take in three kittens on extremely short notice." But I've never seen any such thread that didn't end up in "we'd love to help, everybody's slammed."

If anybody else does have any last-minute suggestions, please don't hesitate to tell.us. If you know someone in the area who is willing to take in three kittens in crisis IMMEDIATELY, this would be a real good time to let us know.