Hospital worker finds stray kitten in parking garage meowing intensely, she seeks advice on how to trap and save the innocent kitty: 'It probably could have fit in the palms of my hands'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Dec 7, 2025 4:00 PM EST

Imagine coming back to your car after a long hospital shift, 12 hours long, and you just want to get home. It's cold outside, you're exhausted, and you can barely stand up straight. But you hear a jarring sound that you can't put your finger on. You go towards it, alone in a dark and vast hospital parking lot. As you get closer, the sounds become more and more intense and harrowing – you finally pinpoint the sound and find a little kitten! An abandoned stray, all alone and crying on his own. He runs at the sight of you, he meows and cries more, and you are just wondering where his mom is. 

Well, that's what happens in the story below. The protagonist is a hospital worker who's just done a long shift. It's 2:30 in the morning, but they have a surprise awaiting them before they can reach home. The little kitten was so small, it could fit in his palm. He tries to catch the kitten, but he's very scared, and he doesn't have the proper equipment either. He searches the internet for advice on next steps: how to save the kitten, who to call, and what he can do to help. 

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    Requesting Advice: What to do about a Stray Kitten at my Profession’s Parking Garage?

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    I work at a hospital with a large parking garage. I worked a shift starting at 2:30 PM to 1 AM. When I was leaving for the night,
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    I heard the strangest noise and decided to follow it to see what was making the noise. I found a
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    kitten. It was so small, it probably could have fit in the palms of my hands.
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    The kitten was meowing very loudly and continuous, until you were up close. It was skittish and
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    ran when I got too close. I had nothing on me to capture the kitten, no food, trap or even a
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    Hospital
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    box, but I still tried for about 2 hours. The last time I got close, it ran off in a different direction and I couldn't find it after that.
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    So what I am wondering: 1. Is this kitten alone? I don't know why the kitten was meowing so intensely. I do
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    not know if its mother was near or not. When I first found it, the kitten was
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    roaming, so it was not settled in one place, but meowing very loudly. It
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    stayed in the same area, around the ground floor of our parking garage and did not seem to run far from it
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    as I was trying to seek it myself. I don't want to take a kitten from its mother, but I
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    found it odd that it was roaming and alone? I do not know if that is normal
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    behavior? So I am wondering if I should just let it be then.
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    If not: 2. How can you attract a kitten without having the equipment for it? I do not have a carrier or any kind of traps. I could see if I can
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    Parking lot
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    reach out to someone maybe in my area that might trap and foster kittens? I don't want to sent it to our humane society
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    nearby because unfortunately it is a kill shelter :( Either way, I just been worry for the little guy. It was so small, and I worry about its survival...
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    Hope anyone can give me some advice for this situation, thank you!
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    Malsperanza 13h ago Chances are, the kitten is alone. If it's running around like that, it's old enough to
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    be away from the mama, and probably she has already left. So it needs to be rescued.
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    The best thing to do is call around to local shelters and rescue groups and find one
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    that will lend you a trap. Post on local neighborhood groups like Nextdoor if you have trouble finding a
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    rescue group. Even better is if they have a volunteer who can help you. They are all constantly overwhelmed, so this can take a few calls. But
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    if you say that you're willing to do the fostering, that makes it much easier for them to help.
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