Sometimes my dogs make me so angry :(

[Cinder & Smoke]

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!

[ramanth]

I'm sure the kitty will come down when he/she feels it's safe. *HUGS*

Don't be too hard on Ripley, but I know what you mean when they push all the wrong buttons.

[KYS]

I know exactly how you feel.
I use to spend a few mornings crying and being
so angry with Rocky in the past.

That is why Rocky has a bed time curfew.

Even though it's up in the tree,
I am glad the kitten is safe.

[kimlovescats]

Poor little kitty! I'm sure he / she will make it back down ok! I loved Phred's comment about "have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree" .... LOL TOO FUNNY!!!

I know it's upsetting to see Bella and Ripley display their prey instincts, but I guess they are just trying really hard to keep mommy's backyard free from them varments!

[sasvermont]

Pam, what will you do with the kitten if it comes down?

The food, water thing sounds good! It will come down. Honestly. Its amazing what a little food will do. Tuna might do the trick.

Ugh.

Such a cute kitten!

[Logan]

Poor Pam! Isn't it amazing that our dogs don't react to our own cats at all, but let them see one they haven't seen before and they go nuts! Mine are the exact same way!

Hope the little kitty comes down and finds its way back home. You remember when Mimi was chased up that tree last year, don't you, Pam? And Helen and I moved Heaven and Earth to get that cat out of the tree!!!

Logan

[lizbud]

Poor Pam! Isn't it amazing that our dogs don't react to our own cats at all, but let them see one they haven't seen before and they go nuts! Mine are the exact same way!

Logan

It's the same thing here too. My dogs know our cats from a
strange cat. Anything outside is fair game according to them.I wouldn't
be surprised if Ripley runs right to the same spot in the yard when you let
him outside again.Smokey does that all the time. It's frustrating, but true.

I hope the kitty feels safe enough to come down on it's own.

[Pam]

"Have you EVER seen a Cat Skeleton in a tree?"

Phred this put my mind at ease right away so thank you for that. I had always heard that kitties needed to be rescued and so I thought maybe some of them never did come down on their own.

I have good news to report. Little kitty came down by himself/herself. The dogs were not happy with limited outies this morning but I wanted to give him/her time to feel safe. Eventually with the removal of my *tiny little big mouth* from the scene he/she did feel safe enough to come down.

Sallyanne, you asked the same question that Robyn did....."What will you do with him if you get him down?" Don't think I wasn't already thinking that if he needed a home he had probably found one. Maybe that's why Ripley thought he'd better chase him away! LOL! Anyway, long story short (is it too late for that?) the tree is empty and I am hoping that little kitty has found a safe place to be or, better yet, if he has humans of his own that he has gone back to them.

Logan and Liz, it is totally amazing to me also that the dogs react this way to a cat since they live with two and hardly pay them any mind. I guess it is like when the trashmen come or a visitor to the door - they have to let everyone know for miles around that something/someone has tried to invade us. LOL!

[shais_mom]

Logan and Liz, it is totally amazing to me also that the dogs react this way to a cat since they live with two and hardly pay them any mind. I guess it is like when the trashmen come or a visitor to the door - they have to let everyone know for miles around that something/someone has tried to invade us. LOL!

I'm glad the little fart came down!
Keegan barks and whines at any cat in her yard or neighbors yard
if she is inside she growls out the window to them.
She treed a big Tom cat at my parents house - he came down right into my arms when I put her in the house and she was glued to the window while I carried him to safe distance (purring the whole way) to run off.

Poodle duo- give your mom a break!

[cyber-sibes]

Glad the kitty came down. I met our new neighbors (on the other side of a corn field) because Star went over and treed all three of her cats . Mmm, she was impressed! She drove over and asked if I owned a large black & white dog. I marched Star home back through the very muddy field! All 3 cats came down on their own.