Emergency phone call.

[Breezeblock]

cats are pricks i got a callout from spca and as others have said the cat just climbed higher and higher until it got onto a pretty rotten branch i thought i will cut the it just enough to hinge the branch down and it will jump to safety wrong the branch snapped off clean crashing thru the canopy of 3 other smaller trees and the cat still survived a fall from about 50-60ft they are the work of the devil next time its the air cannon and a throwbag

[Maxnaggle]

Hahaha some strong feelings on this thread!

[Joe Newton]

I've been tempted to chuck my cat up a tree, little ponce.

[felixthelogchopper]

My cat tends to cause trees to collapse.

[Joe Newton]

My cat tends to cause trees to collapse.

 

 

Haha yes! I remember you posting a photo of that unit before!

[skyhuck]

Cats generally have no problem climbing up or down trees. When a cat is spooked or chased up a tree the time required for the decent may seem like it will take for ever for the homeowner, however the cat will come down on its own, given enough time generally.

Once my neighbors cat climbed up a 100' Nor Folk Island Pine. Something spooked the cat and a hurricane was 36 hours away, which I believe scared the cat as well. Of course the higher I climbed the tree the higher the cat went until with about 10' left I lost site of the cat for a second or two only to have the cat jump on my shoulders and tell me with the wind blowing and the tree swaying 6 to 8', I am ready to come down now! That cat sat purched on my shoulders for the climb down and was ready to be received by its human owner on the ground.

easy-lift guy

 

IME, some cats don't know how to climb down.

 

Because of the way the claws work they need do descend backwards.

 

I had a ginger tom who was excellent at climbing trees, could go straight up a limbless stem and simply reverse back down.

[easy-lift guy]

IME, some cats don't know how to climb down.

 

Because of the way the claws work they need do descend backwards.

 

I had a ginger tom who was excellent at climbing trees, could go straight up a limbless stem and simply reverse back down.

 

I am sure that this cat had enough fresh air and was ready to come down since he perched himself on my shoulders and made the climb down to the waiting hands of his owner. My current cat is only now learning to descend from trees, on his own. Some are better suited physically and mentally than others, humans included.

easy-lift guy