Quote Originally Posted by Pam

Do kittens die up in trees?

Does anyone know if he will eventually be able to come down.
I think he is probably about 16' up the tree.

When I was Fire Chief (a while ago) - we DID get calls for Kat inna Tree ...
And after several of us got beat up and fell off ladders making "Kat Rescues" ...
I called my buddy the County Humane Officer.

He answered my question of how to "rescue" treed cats with a question:
"Have you EVER seen a Cat Skeleton in a tree?"

His three-step rescue - (and he didn't ever use a ladder) - was:
1) Remove ALL dogs from the area and keep them away
2) Provide food & water at the base of the tree
3) Go Home and **wait** ...

I forget how many days he said it might take - between 3 to 5 I think ...
but he said more than once that his method never failed.

We had one hold-out that had been "treed" by it's own family dog - was my second
attempt to use the Dave Method. Darn Kat held out for just about Dave's "limit" in days ...
I'd make once or twice daily visits to The Kat Tree Residence doing my best to
assure the Frantic Owner that Kitty would be down any minute.
(And Kitty was WAY UP and well beyond the reach of our tallest ladder!)

What I had told myself was the last day to *wait* - was the day kitty got
hungry enough
to run back down the tree - she was *hollering* to get in the back door at dawn.

Keep an eye on Ripley's Kitten ... but Ripley needs to stay away!