Cat in a tree...

Here's an obscure link, but if you happen to have a cat, you might want to click over and have a read just in case you need the info: "How to Get a Cat Out of a Tree."

This comes up because I had a cat up a tree over the weekend -- WAY up a tree. Happened after a poorly trained neighborhood dog got loose and ran into the yard toward one of my cats. She climbed up a good 15-20ft at first, but didn't find a good perch, so she continued to climb up to about 30ft. In classic TV shows, this is where you call the Fire Department, but I'm pretty sure they actually only help attractive women, so I didn't bother. Instead, and being the nerd I am, I busted out the PowerBook and started googling.

I found a few blog posts and the eHow article from above, and the common theme was that the cat will eventually climb down once she no longer feels threatened. Sure enough, about 45 minutes later (while I was busy constructing a make-shift bridge/ladder to run from the roof of the house to the tree) she started climbing down. I stayed under her (ready to catch) just in case, but she made it down just fine (and had no complaints about staying inside the rest of the day.)

The picture below didn't come out very well (the sun was setting) but I added a red arrow to show how high she was: