O.K.,it's gone.
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 &
tormented rescued it.As it is,the tree is a nasty weed only good for shading my neighbors yard & dropping purple bird food (& bird turd) on my yard.I'd
LOVE to turn it into splinters w/extreme prejedice.
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.