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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2007Cat up a Tree
It is nice to live in a small town where the fire department still rescues treed cats. Mo had been missing and we figure he had been 24' up that tree for at least 2 days and maybe 3. Our local animal person says that it is a old wife's tale that "cats don't die in trees". Any how the FD came right out, but then decided to go back and get a heavy scratch proof coat. Came back and rescued the poor cat. We told Mo not to do it again, and gave the VFD a $75 donation. Dave > It is nice to live in a small town where the fire department still > rescues treed cats. Mo had been missing and we figure he had been 24' [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dave Well , on at least two occasions I've rescued a small cat from a tree... only to have it go back up again. Both time they eventually managed to get down... though one was up there for a whole day. My dad built a closet in the bedroom when we were young...it is not one that is inside a wall but stands outside..any way, it doesnt go all the way to the ceiling and there are book cases on both sides of the closet..Well, our oldest male cat gets himself up there and cant seem to figure out how to get himself down. My hubby and I now just ignore him (we at first tried to coax him down with food--didnt work) and he eventually finds his way down (btw, the height of the closet is almost 10 ft high). >> It is nice to live in a small town where the fire department still >> rescues treed cats. Mo had been missing and we figure he had been 24' [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Both time they eventually managed to get down... > though one was up there for a whole day. p.s. I now live in the house I grew up in... > My dad built a closet in the bedroom when we were young...it is not one > that is inside a wall but stands outside..any way, it doesnt go all the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> Both time they eventually managed to get down... >> though one was up there for a whole day. > p.s. I now live in the house I grew up in... The small cats that were up in the trees eventually jumped down from about 15 feet up and landed on grass. They did not get hurt in the least...though I'm sure they could feel it...as they never got caught up in a tree again! >> p.s. I now live in the house I grew up in... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it...as > they never got caught up in a tree again! Generally, mine back down until they are about 15 feet from the ground, and then jump from there.....I doubt if 15 feet will hurt a cat if he lands on grass.....I saw one on the TV news a couple of months ago that fell/jumped from well over twice that distance, and he ran away after landing like there was no tomorrow.....He didn't seem hurt in the least! >>> p.s. I now live in the house I grew up in... >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ran away after landing like there was no tomorrow.....He didn't seem > hurt in the least! My neighbor's big oompa dog chased my cat up a tree to about 20 feet. He was up there about 6 hours until I finally decided to climb up with a ladder, since it was getting dark and about 40 degrees. My 16 foot ladder barely reached. He wouldn't let go until finally I realized, even if meant a trip to the vet, he WAS coming down with me. I pulled him off (almost killed both of us when I lost my balance). I shredded one of his claws and as soon as he broke free, spun around and buried ALL of his claws into by body (well, 19 of them ). As one, we made it down the ladder and into a warm house. A little blood involved, but were both happy he was home. > >> The small cats that were up in the trees eventually jumped down from > >> about 15 feet up [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > body (well, 19 of them ). As one, we made it down the ladder and into a > warm house. A little blood involved, but were both happy he was home. Well my previous cat..could actually climb down trees...it was quite amazing... she could back down pretty well. She'd start out going down head first...then summersault and catch herself... then sort of back-shimmy down... when she got to about ten feet of the ground...she'd jump. I've seen her up as high as 30 feet... an impossibility to rescue from that height. Unfortunately the cat had no fear what-ever and one night she never returned... I'm pretty sure a 'possum got her :( >> >> The small cats that were up in the trees eventually jumped down >> >> from about 15 feet up [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > returned... > I'm pretty sure a 'possum got her :( That's too bad. I have seen cats climb down, usually backwards, since their claws only work that way. >> Unfortunately the cat had no fear what-ever and one night she never >> returned... >> I'm pretty sure a 'possum got her :( More likely it was a raccoon.....Possums are pretty passive, and only use their teeth when they are backed into a corner. My cats live with both, but the raccoons don't have to compete with the cats for food, so they leave them alone. (the cats know better than to mess with them, too) I feed the raccoons, so they treat the cats as if they were part of my family. (which they are) <snip> > >> I'm pretty sure a 'possum got her :( > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > raccoons, so they treat the cats as if they were part of my family. (which > they are) Where I live it could also have been a racoon or a fox as though I live in the city...I'm near a river... However I saw my cat go into a garage behind my house...(there is a hole gnawed through the boards) I never saw her come out...but later I saw a huge 'possum come out... I'm sure my cat would have been wild and dumb enough to have gone after it. Though a 'possum probably would not initiate anything...I know as a fact that if they are attacked or cornered... they can easily kill a cat. Anyway...our new cat is definately a house cat...she's never shown a desire to go outside...so we keep her in. The cat that we lost would bolt to the door and run out so fast we had almost no control over her > <snip> >> >> I'm pretty sure a 'possum got her :( [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > The cat that we lost would bolt to the door and run out so fast we had > almost no control over her Of my 4 cats, three were outside to begin with, so there was no way I could keep them in. One was given to us when her mistress died, and she was an inside cat, but she really likes being able to go out through the same cat doors the other three use, and learned to use them right away. They all stay on the property pretty much, so I don't really worry about them.......We live on a dead end street right at the edge of town. I feed coons and an occasional possum. The coons have become used to us and don't run far when we turn on the light, or go outside to feed them. The possum, on the other hand, doesn't respond to the light at all, but if we make the slightest sound, he's outta here right now! If you keep outside cats, you will always have to worry at least a little bit. There is no guarantee that some larger animal, or even another cat won't kill them. But then, three of my 4 cats just wandered in, or up to me in some strange place, and said, "Take me home, dad." If they weren't outside cats, I wouldn't have them at all. |
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