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Randabana - 28 Jul 2004 01:23 GMT

Our 2 yr old male cat (with claws) got stuck in a tree - 24 feet up.
He was up for about 4 hours and never quit yowling. There were no
branches below so I had to borrow a ladder and, with some peril, my
6"9" friend Ross went up and grabbed him and brought him down.

My question: does anyone know of cats that repeat getting caught in
the same tree? Do they learn not to do this?????

I guess I'd also like any sensible w advice as to how get him to come
down on his own. I know waiting it out will eventually work, but I
live in a garden condo complex and he was driving the neigbors crazy
too.

Thanks

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Camilla Baird - 28 Jul 2004 09:33 GMT

> Our 2 yr old male cat (with claws) got stuck in a tree - 24 feet up.
> He was up for about 4 hours and never quit yowling. There were no
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> Thanks

We also have a cat who has a particular preference for a tre from which
she cannot get down on her own. She will not learn. We have made fences
in our garden to prevent her from getting to that tree - this is the
only way: prevent the cat from getting to the tree.
Camilla

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Amy Gray - 28 Jul 2004 17:24 GMT

>My question: does anyone know of cats that repeat getting caught in
>the same tree? Do they learn not to do this?????

>I guess I'd also like any sensible w advice as to how get him to come
>down on his own. I know waiting it out will eventually work, but I
>live in a garden condo complex and he was driving the neigbors crazy
>too.

Keep the cat indoors?

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~*Connie*~ - 30 Jul 2004 01:57 GMT

the cat will eventually get down. They come down almost exactly as they go
up, only in reverse. He just doesn't like to do it, and you will rescue him,
so he has learned this.

> Our 2 yr old male cat (with claws) got stuck in a tree - 24 feet up.
> He was up for about 4 hours and never quit yowling. There were no
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> Thanks

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Randabana - 30 Jul 2004 04:32 GMT

Thanks, I certainly agree with your logic, though it didn't occur to
me at the time. Regardless, I doubt I would have opted to wait it
out until he got down. It didn't take too long for a pleading meow to
get to me when it was reapeated every two seconds
.
I might have waited if getting him down was something easy. But it
took 4 hours to round up a ladder and listen to various neighbors with
mostly useless advice ("He's not meowing, he's saying "milk" cuz he
wants milk"). By that time, it was getting dark and I wasn't ready
for a sleepless night worring.

I really appreciate everyone's comments.

>the cat will eventually get down. They come down almost exactly as they go
>up, only in reverse. He just doesn't like to do it, and you will rescue him,
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>> Thanks

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David Stevenson - 30 Jul 2004 05:41 GMT

>Thanks, I certainly agree with your logic, though it didn't occur to
>me at the time. Regardless, I doubt I would have opted to wait it
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>I really appreciate everyone's comments.

The trouble is it is not necessarily true. Sadly, cats die in trees -
they eventually get dehydrated and fall down. If a cat is up a tree for
more than about ten hours then it does need to be rescued.

You might like to look at

http://blakjak.com/cat_tres.htm

and

http://blakjak.com/cay_dev0.htm

Incidentally, this sort of discussion is far easier if you do not top
post.

>>the cat will eventually get down. They come down almost exactly as they go
>>up, only in reverse. He just doesn't like to do it, and you will rescue him,
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>>> Thanks

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Randabana - 30 Jul 2004 06:37 GMT

>>Thanks, I certainly agree with your logic, though it didn't occur to
>>me at the time. Regardless, I doubt I would have opted to wait it
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>>>> Thanks

Thanks, there seem to be no easy solutions. The only hopeful aspect
is that he's not an inveterate climber, and having had 6 cats in 25
years, the first that ever got stuck.

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