Shock discovery: Missing cat and four kittens found in electrical substation

A cat who experienced been missing for virtually 5 months and her 4 kittens are property secure following they had been found in an electrical substation sheltering below leaves, cobwebs and a crisp packet.

Bella, a three-12 months-outdated grey-blue British shorthair, had tucked her kittens away from the aspects and below a cupboard that retailers electrical gear when Garry Black and Terry Amor, low voltage fitters for Scottish and Southern Electric power Networks, came on them while performing around Albion Towers in Southampton.

In the beginning thought to be a stray, Bella experienced a microchip that was found on the next scan and was quickly returned to her “delighted” proprietors, who considered she was “gone forever”.

The 4 kittens, such as grey-furred Milos and his black-and-white brother Luka, were being all discovered healthy and rehomed.

“Sometimes we’ll see birds and lesser animals all over the substations as they can provide some heat all through winter season months, but we didn’t expect to locate 5 wholesome felines when we eradicated the cupboard address,” Mr Black mentioned.

“We imagine the mother cat need to have squeezed into the cupboard as a result of the smaller air flow gap at the base of the cabinet doorway prior to she experienced the kittens, as it would have been tricky for her to appear in and out of the tiny house carrying each individual a person following they were being born.”

The animals were taken to Cats Protection’s Southampton Branch.

The branch’s welfare crew leader, Steve Ridd, spelled out: “Once we experienced the aspects, we were capable to make contact with the house owners and discovered their cat Bella experienced disappeared in May.

“They have been delighted to have their cat again but experienced a short while ago received one more kitten because they thought Bella had long gone endlessly and so requested us to rehome her kittens.

“Now 10 months old, they have had their very first vaccinations and have all been discovered new houses.”

The kittens are notably savoring actively playing with toy mice and feathers.

Mr Amor included: “It’s wonderful to see that Bella has now been returned household and that her kittens have identified their fur-ever people.

“Garry and I understood as shortly as we observed her that we had to do the finest for her and her kittens, and it is as a result of Cat Protection’s perseverance in monitoring the operator that we now have a content ending for all.”