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I would imagine that its a "dedicated to the task" duffle bag?
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Where does one find a lobster snare inland?
 
Roger,

make one yourself like I did...nothing more than a dowel or small piece of wood and some webbing. It took me no more than ten minutes to make it up. But then again, there is always plenty of raw material in the shop.
 
What happens if the cat falls while your trying to get it and dies? Do you have a diclaimer you make the owner sign before you do anything? Just wondering
 
I do not have a written disclaimer but I tell the owner that my insurance does not cover the cat if something were to happen. I can tell if the cat looks like it might be a jumper as I get close to it, if it does I have the owners grab a tarp that I have and stand below like firemen. This has worked great a few times and creats a sence of teamwork.
 
Sounds good. I have done a few cats in the day but I really made some good coin at the county 4H fairgrounds rescueing model airplanes from trees. Some of those planes are a small fortune and when they are stuck, the don't bite or scratch. $300 a pop, take it or leave it.

Just a thought, you may want to broaden your rescue efforts.
 
i've done a few with a sweat shirt; that i could pull sleeves down and zip up when close(so don't get too hot climbing and no extra gear to carry) and also use the owner's used pillow case to hopefully calm them with smell as i lower them in case to ground b4 climbing down. i try to get above'em then close in.

i've rescued our 4' Iguana 2x(we also have 2 dogs, 3 cats and 2 parrots). Must make no promises; except to try!

Never thought of plane$ (and kite$) though! Might include that on site?
 
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I've heard one outfit say it's half price if the kitty jumps... never heard of one dying though.

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I ran an ad a couple of years ago in a chamber of commerce newsletter that said " half off if the cat jumps", with a picture of our longest tenured crew leader, Cristino, holding a cat under the front legs and he had his saddle on. The title at the top was "We Rescue Gatos"


I have 9 cat rescues under my belt, no jumpers yet, though I was on a call earlier this year and I was on the ground, trying in vain to slow the descent of a fat cat hurtling from 35 feet. I actually saw fat flabs rippling in the wind, and the claws out-stretched.... I put my arm out, and caught it right in the middle of the cat, which taco-d over my arm, and sent my arm in a counterclockwise rotation at break-neck speed, I thought I dislocated my shoulder.


If I was up there, I would have gotten the cat into the bag. I like the glove in the bottom of a sack idea, that would work great!




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This is kind of long...some video of a rescue I did about a year ago. Evie belonged to a member of our Boy Scout troop..you can hear me reminding him that I hope he remembered his bowline. You can jump to about the 4 minute mark to see where I used a plastic garbage can to catch Evie, the cat. I had a duffel bag but wasn't looking forward to stuffing her into it. The owner suggested I could let Evie ride down on my shoulders...haha...NOT.

Just another idea that might work for you.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8209831677872406800
 
A nice feature of the lobster snair is that it locks the cable until it's released by a button on the handle. This means it does not have to be pulled 'choking tight' to capture. I don't lift the cat by it's head....only hold it in place on the tree....until I can position to do the stuff. The loop is semi stiff plastic coated wire and keeps it's loop shape well.
 
Not usually applicable in this context but many years ago I worked for a vet and he taught me the proper way to hold an agitated cat. Keep in mind this is for a cat that intends to do you harm, not your run of the mill, happy to be rescued cat.

You scruff'em by the back of the neck with one hand and sweep both hind legs together and grip them (with a finger between) using the other hand. Then you stretch. You can't be shy about it, you hold tight with both hands, the stronger the cat the more you have to stretch.

I can attest that it works every time as I've had to hold a lot of cats for shot's neutering and other unthinkable veterinary stuff. When you stretch'em, they will wiggle and squirm but they cannot bite or scratch you.

It's worth knowing because a serious cat bite is serious indeed. I met a woman who lost a finger to staph infection after a hard bite.
 
I've had half a dozen or so cat rescues in 39 years. Hardley enough to advertise or brag about. Most went without ordeal. Just had one jumper. That one lead me on a merry chase all through a Douglas fir to the tip top, all of 170', then jumped to lower limb, I limb walked out, cat jumps to a lower branch, I limb walk out again,,,,, and so on until the last jump was to the ground, about 40 feet. Property owner refused to pay because she said, "the cat came out on its own."

I suppose if I advertised the fact I'd get more response for such things.
 
Man that sure came out bad, I could not get the original to go through,so I removed pixals now it looks terrible, if anyone can give me some tips on posting pictures I would appreciate it.
 
Dan, the original picture was a little over 20mb in size. All I did was down size the picture to 1024x768 and saved it in the same "jpeg" format it was in. What program do you use for your photos?

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This is kind of long...some video of a rescue I did about a year ago. Evie belonged to a member of our Boy Scout troop..you can hear me reminding him that I hope he remembered his bowline. You can jump to about the 4 minute mark to see where I used a plastic garbage can to catch Evie, the cat. I had a duffel bag but wasn't looking forward to stuffing her into it. The owner suggested I could let Evie ride down on my shoulders...haha...NOT.

Just another idea that might work for you.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8209831677872406800

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Funny that the cat's name in this video is EZ, did you catch that Easy?
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I hope the tree you climbed was significantly larger than the one the cat's in. Regardless ... I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!

That cat looks pretty healthy and content for 7-nights up in a tree. Maybe it came down each night after the owner's beckoning stopped, got a bite to eat and some drink, took a nap, then went back up for the (obviously) spectacular view.
 
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