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Great work on the cat rescue biz Dan, I've only done one cat rescue and it wasn't until I got back on the ground that I realized the cat had these incredible facial features very similar to those of a human, this shot was taking just after it had eaten.

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Kat rescue is Kool is my motto.
 
Ideas for a Cat-nab Sack:

Use Peter Jenkins' idea with the glove (gauntlet?) in the bottom of a rope sack, and also have a grommeted hole for the retriever pole.

My first cat rode with me in my backpack when I biked to the Vet. No getting her back in there for the return trip. She rode on my shoulder like a parrot on a pirate, and did so whenever we left the house together, for her remaining years.
 
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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 <font color="red"> Evie </font> 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 didn't even have to watch the video again, I just read what the quote said (I highlighted the important noun in the quote for you) and knew the cat's name was, in fact, not EZ.





It is not easy being so phloem.



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But seriously. Before climbing the tree, pop the lid on a can of cat food, and seal it in a ziplock baggie. Carry the sealed baggie in your cat snag bag, which is clipped to your harness.

Climb to just under the cat, then reach into your snag bag and open the baggie. The fumes of the cat food will start the cat moving towards the bag, rather than away from it. Voila!
 
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My first cat rode with me in my backpack when I biked to the Vet. No getting her back in there for the return trip. She rode on my shoulder like a parrot on a pirate, and did so whenever we left the house together, for her remaining years.

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Can you see Kitty doing that? Love her that I do.

IT is wonderful that some people can do this. one cat at a time and each one is different.
 
My first cat rescue was at about sixty feet up on a hot June afternoon (i.e. thin short sleeved t-shirt). I started by pulling out my line-setting equipment: a hunting bow, an arrow that had a hole burnt through the nock (and a 10-32 bolt with #14 washers stacked on it instead of a point for weight), and a spinning reel with 40 lb. test monofilament mounted on a short, sharp wooden handle. As I got ready to set my line the family nervously spoke amongst themselves and the mother came forward as spokesperson. She said, "I thought you were going to save our cat, not shoot her". Once up in the tree I naively eased the cat off the trunk intending to next open the canvas bag hanging on my belt and drop the feline into it. Immediately upon losing her grip on the tree she spun around and sunk every claw into me! There was nothing to do but burn out of that tree. Having learned my lesson the next cat recovery I turned the canvas bag inside out and with arms inside the inverted bag grabbed the cat, pulled the bag over it and eased it free as I dropped cat and bag to hang safely from my belt for the trip down.
 
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Thank you Mark for having such a great web site for me to tap into

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No need to thank me (us). That's why it is here!

Leon, be careful "rescuing" cats there, you might actually be hunting (if you know what I mean).
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Well it was NOT a cat today, but I did do a rescue.
As I was driving home tonight I saw a couple of deputy sheriff vehicles and a animal control truck and a couple of good ol' boy's on the side of the road, as I drove by I noticed they were trying to pull out a Brahma cow out of a hole.
I turned around to see if I could help with extra ropes or rigging, they had an eye to eye 4" sling under her and a yellow 7/16 home depot special rope and a come along at ground level, well we all know how that worked out.
I set a block about ten feet up a palm right next to the hole put two 5to1's together and five of us picked her up and pushed her to the side, At the time we were dismantling the system the cow was just tired and laying around just as we finished she got up and let's say she wasn't as thankful as she should of been.
Wish I had my camera, but the good ol' boy's were getting ready to " just back up truck as far as you can Jimmy and will give her good ol' pull."
So that's over 100 cat's 1 parrot and 1 cow
Scotty
 
A couple weeks ago someone knocks on my door and it was one of my neighbours. His cat has been up a tree for 3 days. He asks if I could get it down. I look at the chipper in my driveway and say ya maybe. It was only a small tree maybe 40 footer so I set my rope and got up the tree before they could get me their ladder. When they got back they were surprised I was already up there. Anyway I put the gloves on got ready for the cat scrath fever and watched the stupid thing jump out of the tree and run away. I'm not even sure it has ever come back. Oh well at least I tried. I'll be on the look out for a cow now. Great job It's great when you can use your rigging experience for something other than regular tree work.
 
I don't know if it's too late for this post, but I have an interesting cat rescue story from about a year ago. The cat had been up in the tree for about four days, it was a hot dry summer, and she was a very unhappy kitty.

I climbed up slowly and gently, trying to coax the kitty into not spooking, but the higher I climbed the higher she went to get away from me. The tree was a real leaner, and she finally went all the way out on the end of a dead 2" branch, way furthur than this 195 lb climber was going to go. Then the branch cracked, and she leaped through the air and landed in another tree about 10' away.

I was able to toss a line into the maple and make my way over to that tree, with the kitty trying once again to escape. At least the maple had no dead limbs. She climbed out of reach again, but this time I yelled down to the homeowners to put some cat food in a basket. They then tied the basket to a 10' pole, and I was able to reach the basket up to the kitty. She climbed in, and I stuffed her into my shirt. Somehow she finally trusted me. I've rescued three cats in the last ten years, this is the one that just wanted to run away. The other two wanted to be rescued.
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That ever happen to you Dan? By the way, I signed up and thanks!
 
Hey Guys
Thanks for signing up. Sorry I'm slow to reply, I've been working out of town and without a conection to the web for a little while.
I have had to chase a few through the trees. Four trees I believe is my record. They learn to climb really well sometimes when they have a big bad arborist on their tail.
Cheers
Dan
 
I got a referral a few days ago. I was at work and told them I could make it out in a few hours. The kitten had been up for 2 days.

After work I had a voice mail that the kitten came down on it's own...DARN!

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After work I had a voice mail that the kitten came down on it's own...DARN!

Lol , I can just imagine Nick on the phone, "Dont do anything to encourage that cat to come down on its own, Ill be right there! "
 
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After work I had a voice mail that the kitten came down on it's own...DARN!

Lol , I can just imagine Nick on the phone, "Dont do anything to encourage that cat to come down on its own, Ill be right there! "

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Yep, then he calls back pissed off... "what did you let it come down for?!! I told you I'd be there in a few hours!"

Put a kitty rescue ad on Craig's list every week Nick, that may bring in a few.
 
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