Rescue - the cat is safe and a celebrity now

[miko2d]

What is the best way to get down a cat that was (apparently) chased 50 feet up the tree and is reluctant to come down since Jan 4th?
 A guy in a cherrypicker just scared him to a higher branch temporarily.
 The tree trunk is about 2 feet diameter and the lowest branch is 40+ feet.

 Is there a hope the cat comes back by himself? Starves into unconciousness and falls?
 The weather has been below freezing in the last few days.

 miko

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 The cat was scared by a cherrypicker that approached from above and decsended then jumped down!

[Animal]

Hahaha what a stupid cat.
Anyways why dont you try throwing rocks at it?
Are there vultures in your area?

Or maybe you can make it come down with a water hose?

[Horn]

Open a can of wet catfood. Place at bottom of tree.

dh
(Wrist Rocket works, too   )

[mason22]

12 guage.

kidding!

cat's don't climb upside down or backwards, at least not 50 feet in the freezing weather.

call the fire dept.

or, get a bb gun, and a bunch of friends with blankets at the bottom of the tree.

footballs work too.

[Mickey1992]

Mason is right, they can't/refuse to climb backwards.

This same thing happened to a neighbor's cat about 4 years ago.  No matter what the old woman did, the can would not come down.

First, get the owner out of the area.  Then, get two pairs of guys with blankets ready under the tree.  Third, knock the cat down, catch it in a blanket.

I say two pairs of guys because we tried it with 4 guys, each with a corner of a big comforter, and it is just too tough to coordinate moving around in the 1 second that you have before the cat hits the ground.  We failed in trying to catch it in the blanket but we managed to break its fall enough that it was not injured.  He sort of bounced off one end of the blanket.

Unfortunately, your tree sounds REALLY tall.

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Mickey1992 ]

[midnight Target]

Leave the damn cat alone....he'll come down. When's the last time you saw a cat skeleton in a tree?

[Midnight]

Most attempts to get a cat to come down (if attempts from the ground) will only make the cat go higher to get away.

If you have access, I suggest a helicopter to come and hover over the top of the tree about 300 feet over it and slowly desend. As the chopper gets closer down to the tree, the cat is bound to get scared and want to climb DOWN away from the chopper.

While doing this, keep the bottom of the tree clear so the cat is frightened back up by something on the ground (like people yelling, "come here kitty")

I hate cats, so I would just let the bastard starve to death up there. If I wanted to be humane about it, I would shoot it with my AR-15 and a hollow point bullet  

[AKSWulfe]

My cat will climb back down the exact same way she went up the tree. Towards the last 5 feet, she would turn totally around and jump to the ground.
-SW

[Udie]

Originally posted by Tah Gut:
Leave the damn cat alone....he'll come down. When's the last time you saw a cat skeleton in a tree?

 LOL,

 man just when I start not liking you because of your democrat views you go off and say something like that.

 

[K West]

A female kitty costume might work. If the tree bound fluffball is a male. Vice-a-versa if not. After that depends on you're acting ability  

 I personally would go with setting the base of the tree on fire. Then again I chuckled at the 12 guage remark (PULL!)    

 Good luck!

 Westy

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: O'Westy ]

[Dinger]

Lessee suggestions others have made so far:

A. Get the Blue Angels to do a flyby.  Barring the blue angels, get a team of assault helicopters to buzz the tree.

B. Set the tree on fire.

C. Whack the Cat out

D. Do nothing.  It hasn't come down by itself in 4 days, so it must be fine.

E. Coat the leaves with Agent Orange-Juice.

F. Find a cat in heat (if cat is male and still has necessary hardware)

G. Induce heat in cat (if cat is female)

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Here's the problems:
It's a _big tree_
It's really cold


Have you tried calling a vet before asking your video-game buddies?

[AKSWulfe]

When it gets hungry/thirsty it will come down. Cats never come out of trees with a bunch of wierd looking humans staring at it from the bottom of the tree. It takes you for an aggressor.

If all else fails, nail it with a rubber baseball. Cat's always land on their feet.  
-SW

[Durr]

It will come down if it gets hungry enough.

  By the way if you knocked it out or it fell out, it probably wouldnt get hurt.  Cats have incredible ability to survive falls.  

I read an article once in a science magazine about cats and how they fall on their feet and such.  They had stories about cats surviving falls from like 5 story buildings with little or no injury.  They hit on their feet and they use their legs like shock absorbers apparently.  It was very interesting.  The funny thing was, according to this article, what killed some other cats that fell from tall buildings like that was the fact that they had full bladders.  So I guess if you are a cat, and you fall off a 5 story building, you better pee on the way down so you wont get hurt!

[funkedup]

I would use some food and a net.

[Hangtime]

Hairball did this once.. (once!) She was just a kitten.. terrified, mewoed piteously, made me half sick with anxiety.

I finally got a chainsaw and cut the tree down. Hairball jumped just before the tree hit.. kinda like jumping outta yer plane seat just as the airplane crashes.