Cat up a tree?

The only misleading thing in it was their mention of the cat's terminal velocity... totally irrelevant, since it wouldn't reach anywhere near terminal velocity falling out of a tree.
I suspect more cats are injured in rescue attempts than by falling or jumping out of trees of their own volition.
 
treehumper said:
They do consider us to be super heroes but not fireman, since around here they laugh at cat rescues or worse yet, show up ready to turn a house on the cat!
Click to expand...

This is why we get called, too. We charge our normal rate per man hour, estimated in advance. We charged $150 for one and they still tipped me $20. If only dogs got stuck in trees, can you imagine what dog lovers would pay?
 
Now, I have a Catahoula with blue eyes and a penchant for going right up trees after squirrels. But, being a dog and therefore not a stupid cat, he comes down on his own (without injury) and doesn't sit up there whining for me to get him down. No self-respecting dog would sit in a tree waiting for someone to bring him down in a pillowcase or a rope bag.
 
tuttle said:
...locals were attempting to climb it, thought I better step in before someone got impaled.
Click to expand...

Ok, now there's a case where I would have done the same thing... rescue the idiots and let them think I was rescuing the cat. Nobody deserves to be impaled on a fence, not even cat lovers.
 
I rescued a cat on the morning of it's 29th day in the tree. Owners told me they thought he would eventually come down on it's own. The cat smelled like he had relieved him self a time of two.
 
SRTsteve860 said:
Ill go up with a rope bag, or pillowcase. I like the pillowcase because you can have it inside out up your arm, then when you get the cat by the neck scruff, simply pull the bag off your arm, and over the cat. I have heard the best is to sew a welding/heavy leather glove into one corner to save you from being bitten as well.
Click to expand...

I gotta say- the pillowcase, SRT thats F#*kin' brilliant!
TH- I'm as patient as they come, I think it's the dog in my truck (or smell of said dog) that freaks them out.
 
JeffGu said:
29 days in a tree without water? A camel can't even do that. Was it raining the whole time?
Click to expand...

or the cat WAS able to leave the tree, and found water/food from time to time, probably at night? then just went back up. Like in one of the posts i mentioned, i was called to rescue a cat that was easily able to go into and out of the tree fine, and probably liked having the highest vantage point around.
 
tuttle, I think the article you linked to could be misleading. Cats that die upon impact from long falls won't be taken to the vet. Presumably they'll be buried, or bagged up and thrown in a dumpster. The cats that the vets were treating do not represent a fair sample of the "data".
 
Treezybreez said:
It was a very rainy time.
Click to expand...

That would explain it, they don't need a lot of water, but they need enough to keep their organs from shutting down.

SRTsteve860 said:
...or the cat WAS able to leave the tree...
Click to expand...

That was my first thought, too.


I'd enlist my Catahoula Leopard Dog to assist me in cat retreivals, if the money is good, but... I got a feeling the cats would be much better off coming down on their own... in a big hurry, too...

catahoula-in-tree-02.webp

(this one is not mine.. don't have a pic of mine in a tree because I haven't had a camera with me when he does it)

CatahoulaLeopardDog.webp

(this one is mine... with his all-important puppy ball, guarding it from being stolen by our other dog)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

New threads New posts

Back
Top Bottom