Mike Lamb Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I inspected a house yesterday to find a kitten near death in a basement of a vacant house. I think it must have crawled in through an open basement window and fell in. It could not walk. It crawled a few feet when it saw me. It lapped some water off the floor that I poured near its mouth but was in seriously poor condition. The buyer called animal control and waited for them to show up. The buyer said she saw several stray cats in the back yard. Click to Enlarge 22.34 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 They're very resilient, might make it. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmeriSpecguy Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Word of advice on dealing with this type of situation. Don't call animal control. When you do the animal is usually taken to a shelter and these are high kill environments. Instead call the local Stray Rescue organization. These will make sure the animal is taken care of and adopted. Edited to add: I'm glad someone called and made an effort to save the kittens life so I applaud you and your buyer for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 On the other hand, he/she could be the kitten of a feral cat and have rabies. (Stray cats noted in areas around house) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 When I was younger a family on our street mistakenly shut their own pet cat in a basement/crawl and returned home from a vacation to find him dead there. Life is intense sometimes for Inspectorman, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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