It is very skilled at walking on its front legs, so I suspect this is a healing condition. Now, the hard part will be trapping it, but if it's a female & continues to grow and goes into heat, I can't imagine it surviving that ordeal. So, this leads to several questions:
1) should I feed a high quality food to the colony, in order to hopefully get more nutrition into the kitten?
2) Should I just call AC to come and trap & kill it?? (We live in a "pro-dog, cats are just disease-carrying nuisances" community here) This will also jeoparize the entire colony. The businesses & adjacent neighbor haven't expressed any objection to allowing the colony to exist there.
3) If I intend to try trapping, undoubtably I will be catching more than just the kitten - shouldn't I have a plan in place to TNR (there is a local program for dogs/cats, but if you're calling about a cat, it takes months to get a response
4) I am feeding very late at night (it's behind Denny's) bet. 11pm to 1am and the regular feeder usu. feeds bet. noon - 3pm, which , IMO, is why I am seeing more cats. I feel it is safer for ferals to get care during these hours; however, it's taking a toll on my health - do you think that 5am (still dusk) would still be okay???
Please, I need any and all advice; prayers; vibes....Thank you! Susan