Post by: onions! on September 05, 2007, 01:10:47 PM
Six o'clock this morning I took my dogs outside to do their thing.I heard a faint,pitiful meowing.I thought that the guy behind me had brought home a puppy last night but could have been mistaken,it was late.I figured,as it was still dark,that the cat was just left outside & wanted in.
I just arrived home & took the dogs back out.This time I found the noise.There is an adult cat about twenty feet up in the weed that passes for a tree in my neighbors yard,along the lot line.I have no expierience w/cats but seem to remember that they can (& will eventually) get themselves down.It's moving it's front half-I can't see the back.
I guess the only thing that really bothers me is that it's been in that tree for at least 12 hours,w/o a whole lot of shade,& the temperature was bumping 90 today.
Any cat Swamis care to weigh in on whether an otherwise healthy cat(presumption,mine) will likely remove itsownself from a 20-foot-up perch?
Post by: Paddy on September 05, 2007, 01:16:37 PM
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Any cat Swamis care to weigh in on whether an otherwise healthy cat(presumption,mine) will likely remove itsownself from a 20-foot-up perch?
Don't worry about it. The cat will eventually come down, when it wants to, as long as there are no dogs or other threats around.
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 05, 2007, 01:18:08 PM
Please,no "what caliber for treed kitties?"I have that option covered.
I think you know what to do.
Post by: The Rabbi on September 05, 2007, 01:18:35 PM
Post by: K Frame on September 05, 2007, 01:19:08 PM
Post by: Bogie on September 05, 2007, 02:54:02 PM
Sell tickets.
Videotape, and upload for money.
Post by: 280plus on September 05, 2007, 04:23:16 PM
Post by: Manedwolf on September 05, 2007, 04:39:01 PM
If you really want to get it down, and it's a thin, reedy tree, surround the tree with people holding blankets taut and shake the tree, be ready to have the blanket under it. It'll bounce and dash off, and nobody gets scratched, and the cat will be fine.
Just look with binoculars to make sure it's not actually jammed in the crook of a branch or something, if it is, the fire department and a ladder will be needed.
Post by: Declaration Day on September 05, 2007, 04:45:58 PM
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 05, 2007, 04:46:50 PM
Post by: Harold Tuttle on September 05, 2007, 04:59:12 PM
or if you are feeling your inner mcguiver
toss a rope over the closest branch and haul a basket up there
Post by: Devonai on September 05, 2007, 07:31:10 PM
The second time she got herself up the same tree, I said, "You're on your own, stupid!" She got herself down about an hour later, and never climbed a tree again.
Post by: BakerMikeRomeo on September 06, 2007, 04:28:42 AM
~BakerMike
Post by: Manedwolf on September 06, 2007, 04:48:34 AM
Post by: Silver Bullet on September 06, 2007, 07:09:38 AM
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Ever see a cat skeleton in a tree?
Maybe on Halloween.
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 06, 2007, 09:28:26 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 06, 2007, 09:49:11 AM
Brad
Post by: jeepmor on September 06, 2007, 02:33:04 PM
My preferences
1. wait it out
2. hose
3. chainsaw if you don't like the tree
4. explosives are fun
Post by: lee n. field on September 06, 2007, 02:41:28 PM
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Man, that's boring!
Star Trek(R) tractor beam.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on September 06, 2007, 02:57:30 PM
The cat is obviously waiting for his palace in the sky. That's why he hasn't come down yet.
In fact, he's probably on his own forum right now, posting a thread titled "My human slave isn't building my treehouse fast enough - need advice". His cat buddies are doubtless posting all sorts of violent and amusing ways to deal with uncooperative human slaves.
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 06, 2007, 03:59:53 PM
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 07, 2007, 11:35:00 AM
By the way, did you ever get the damn thing out of the tree?
Post by: onions! on September 07, 2007, 11:41:26 AM
By the way, did you ever get the damn thing out of the tree?
We had a rather large storm go through today.I'm hoping it got blown out of the tree.I'll find out in an hour.
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 07, 2007, 11:51:17 AM
Post by: onions! on September 07, 2007, 03:09:46 PM
Last night,when I went to check on it the cat had moved down about six feet & over about eight.This morning it had gone from one side of the tree to the other.The woman behind me said that she had been watching it for a couple of days too.Apparently the fact that it wouldn't come down with her Boxer puppy loose in her backyard was beyond her.
Anywhoo,I didn't see a feline carcass impaled on my fence so I can only assume that the heavy storm winds this morning blew it somewheres else.
If the tree had been a proper pine,elm,oak,or any "proper" tree for that matter I would have hauled my fat butt up there &
I like the box/basket idea but could never implement it.Reason is,if a dog were dumb enough to get stuck in a tree it'd never be smart enough to climb into the basket.It put's itself into the basket or it stays in the tree again.But,since dogs generally don't climb trees that's an experiment that'll likely never happen.
BTW,280+,if I were to throw fud @ the cat I'd have to change my user name to potatoes! first.
Post by: Gewehr98 on September 07, 2007, 03:19:33 PM
Post by: MechAg94 on September 07, 2007, 06:44:49 PM
The dogs looked pretty happy with themselves and were prancing around when I walked outside to go bury the thing.
Post by: MechAg94 on September 07, 2007, 06:46:20 PM
Post by: jeepmor on September 08, 2007, 11:55:09 AM
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I'm still thinking .38 Special HBWC, myself.
I agree, but that's one per cat. With garden hose and dumb cat who keeps climbing trees, the gift keeps on giving.
If the cat is dumb enough to climb again, well, you get to blast it with the hose again.We have a 17 y/o cat that has begun to howl about 20 minutes before we get up in the mornings. I've found new pleasure jumping out of bed to run out and squirt her with a cheap household squirt bottle. She hasn't figured it out completely yet, but she knows when I come to the door after her howling, its not to fill her food bowl anymore.
BTW, the cat was aptly named DC for "damned cat" all those years ago, and of late, she's making a run to insure the name was appropriately chosen for her.
Post by: Chuck Dye on September 08, 2007, 08:28:08 PM
http://www.richsalter.btinternet.co.uk/
Post by: Paddy on September 08, 2007, 09:25:40 PM
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 09, 2007, 02:38:59 AM
Any knuckle dragging suburban driving neanderthal could shoot the cat. The challenge is to get it down alive.
Sometimes I wonder if you have a sense of humor.
Post by: onions! on September 09, 2007, 04:11:50 AM
Post by: Gewehr98 on September 09, 2007, 08:17:52 AM
Post by: Sindawe on September 09, 2007, 10:06:06 AM
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I'm deciding whether that knuckle dragging Suburban driving neanderthal reference pointed to another forum member who posted a tongue-in-cheek .38 Special HBWC reply...
Quite. One should not debase Homo neanderthalensis in such a fashion.
Post by: K Frame on September 09, 2007, 01:08:46 PM
Well, they could if they weren't so terrified of firearms that they wet their Jordache jockeys anytime someone mentions the dreaded G word...
Post by: Sergeant Bob on September 09, 2007, 01:48:22 PM
Any knuckle dragging suburban driving neanderthal could shoot the cat. The challenge is to get it down alive.
The trick is, ya got to just graze it enough to knock it out of the tree without the shot actually killing it. Ya know, maybe take out a leg or something.
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 09, 2007, 02:08:41 PM
Any knuckle dragging suburban driving neanderthal could shoot the cat. The challenge is to get it down alive.
Yeah, but then what have you accomplished?
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 09, 2007, 03:00:59 PM
Any knuckle dragging suburban driving neanderthal could shoot the cat. The challenge is to get it down alive.
Yeah, but then what have you accomplished?
I know. WTF good is a live cat?
Post by: Tallpine on September 09, 2007, 04:16:51 PM
Of course then you have to worry about passing airliners and little boys fishing ...
Post by: Paddy on September 09, 2007, 06:08:27 PM
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Any Prius driving, pink-lady drinking liberal metro-sexual could also shoot a cat out of a tree.
Well, they could if they weren't so terrified of firearms that they wet their Jordache jockeys anytime someone mentions the dreaded G word...
Well, they could if they weren't so terrified of firearms that they wet their Jordache jockeys anytime someone mentions the dreaded G word...
Jordache makes jockeys?
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 10, 2007, 10:47:28 AM
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Jordache makes jockeys?
Nah, they make money. It's the little kids in China that make jockeys.
Brad
Post by: Paddy on September 10, 2007, 06:24:48 PM
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Jordache makes jockeys?
Nah, they make money. It's the little kids in China that make jockeys.
Brad
Yeah, well that's the 'free market' at work, benefiting everybody dontcha know. And if those little kids don't like it, they can go to work elsewhere.
Yeah, right
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 10, 2007, 06:47:26 PM
Post by: Paddy on September 10, 2007, 07:57:20 PM
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 08:23:36 PM
Put it in a box, inside a bag from something like Neiman Marcus.
Have airholes in the bag.
Along with catnip and caffeine. And ex-lax.
Leave the bag on public transportation by accident.
Or at a former workplace that you hated.
Post by: K Frame on September 11, 2007, 05:21:54 AM
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
Post by: charby on September 11, 2007, 05:33:54 AM
Get the cat outta the tree.
Put it in a box, inside a bag from something like Neiman Marcus.
Have airholes in the bag.
Along with catnip and caffeine. And ex-lax.
Leave the bag on public transportation by accident.
Or at a former workplace that you hated.
Put it in a box, inside a bag from something like Neiman Marcus.
Have airholes in the bag.
Along with catnip and caffeine. And ex-lax.
Leave the bag on public transportation by accident.
Or at a former workplace that you hated.
Dude... I'm so red in the face from laughter...
Post by: Paddy on September 11, 2007, 06:15:13 AM
"Yeah, well that's the 'free market' at work, benefiting everybody dontcha know. And if those little kids don't like it, they can go to work elsewhere."
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
I don't think you would countenance the same kind of sweatshop/child/slave labor working conditions in this country as exist in China. Yet it's ok there? Whyizzat? Double standard?
Post by: seeker_two on September 14, 2007, 03:46:54 PM
Post by: member1313 on September 14, 2007, 04:46:17 PM
2. Pillow
3. Food
Climb up, sweet talk it, lure it onto the pillow with the food, and climb down. Voila.
Post by: Harold Tuttle on September 15, 2007, 03:55:34 AM
Post by: Hutch on September 16, 2007, 07:22:19 AM
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don't think you would countenance the same kind of sweatshop/child/slave labor working conditions in this country as exist in China. Yet it's ok there? Whyizzat? Double standard?
Nope. Some folks realize that if they weren't "slaving away" <sorry, couldn't resist> over there, they'd get mighty hungry. Much better they should eat.
Post by: X Who on September 16, 2007, 07:34:36 PM
Post by: K Frame on September 16, 2007, 07:40:14 PM
"Yeah, well that's the 'free market' at work, benefiting everybody dontcha know. And if those little kids don't like it, they can go to work elsewhere."
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
I don't think you would countenance the same kind of sweatshop/child/slave labor working conditions in this country as exist in China. Yet it's ok there? Whyizzat? Double standard?
Think again.
And tell your little whelp to sew faster, I want to get another pony...
Post by: Paddy on September 16, 2007, 08:02:22 PM
"Yeah, well that's the 'free market' at work, benefiting everybody dontcha know. And if those little kids don't like it, they can go to work elsewhere."
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone join hands.
We'll do some swaying and then sing Kumbayah.
I don't think you would countenance the same kind of sweatshop/child/slave labor working conditions in this country as exist in China. Yet it's ok there? Whyizzat? Double standard?
Think again.
And tell your little whelp to sew faster, I want to get another pony...
How do you get from 'cat in a tree' to 'slave labor in China'? Sheesh, talk about thread drift..........
Post by: K Frame on September 16, 2007, 08:27:01 PM
There.
Loop closed.
Post by: jeepmor on September 17, 2007, 03:36:08 AM
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Tie a rope to the top of the tree and to the bumper of your car. Use the car to bend the tree down and rescue the cat. Now, the way I heard the story, the guy got the cat out of the tree, but when the rope broke the cat was catapulted south across a river and never seen again. Maybe it would work this time.
Too bad Bush has dog, I'd have an idea otherwise.