How many times as an inspector or real estate agent do you go to a home and find a note about the pets? The most prevalent is not to let the cat out. Dogs are almost always taken away or crated.
Funny thing is most of time you never see the cat. It is cowering under a bed or closet somewhere in the house afraid of all commotion and strange voices. Once in a while you get one that is quite social and hangs around the whole time being cute.
The other day I was inspecting a small one floor condo which had a small section of basement at the front of the unit. There was the cat note on the door when I arrived. It said there were two cats inside.
After we got in the house one of the cats cautiously came out and became very friendly. Progressing through the inspection the where abouts of feline number two became a topic of conversation. Eventually there was a search mounted in case the scaredy cat had some how slipped out the door.
After some looking around under beds and in closets no cat was to be found. There was one place that had not been checked, the basement.
One of the agents said with a shudder there was a place in the basement where she was fearful the cat might be. We all went down stairs and went over to a large covered object against the wall. I pulled back the cover and saw this.
We never did find the cat and that snake had a mysterious lump in his belly.
James Quarello
NRSB #8SS0022
JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC
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