My cat got half-way up the tree in our yard, and then slowly shimmied down by hanging and swinging between the two main branches. He’s never gone up again once though.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My Dad was a firefighter fpr 35 years, and his go-to line when someone wanted help gettong a cat down was, "Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?"

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Well it's not being in a tree that kills you

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mine went missing for a day, and then at 2am a neighbor started pounding on the door - was this our cat wailing keeping them awake?

So I climbed about 30' up a pine tree in my boxers, in the dark, unwrapped the cat from the tree, wrapped it around my bare chest (it's terrified fully extended claws made this a snap, right into my flesh) and down we went.

She never tried that again, but did enjoy annual escapes onto the roof until the arthritis got too bad.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why didn't you put some clothes on before climbing? Personally, the pine sap and cat claws would be a pretty big motivator for me to wear clothes.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Brains don't work great at 3am. Less so when a beloved feline is potentially in danger.