"The next morning, the bigger kitty, Arnie, perked up and her eye was looking good. The little one, Dani, was just skin and bones and her poor little infected eyes were swollen," Nikki shared.

While Dani was admitted to an animal hospital to receive additional care, Nikki and her husband returned to the house to continue their rescue for the third kitten. "Foster Papi was there at sunrise trying to get this last baby from under the house. We both were back again the next day until midnight."

They tried everything under the sun (including audio sounds of kittens and cats) but nothing seemed to work. With the help of many volunteers and tips from fellow rescuers, they decided to bring Arnie along to help coax her sister out. "I let Arnie stand right at the opening of the hole and when the sibling came out, I grabbed her."

It took a village, but they got all three kittens and even found the feral cat mother and had her spayed and vetted.