Three Kitties

Executive Summary

Cindy called me, she had an unknown kitty stuck in a pine tree in her backyard in Tupelo. My grandkids were visiting, so Cindy agreed to meet me at a daybreak the next morning to do the rescue. When I arrived, Cindy led me to the pine tree where the unknown kitty was hanging out at about 30 feet. When I reached the limb, the kitty retreated all the way down the drooping limb until it was only about 20 feet from the ground. I could not reach the kitty, so Cindy gave me the OK to cut the limb. When the limb fell, the kitty jumped to the ground and ran up another tree. However, this one had a limb going over a shed, and the kitty traversed the limb, jumped to the shed roof, and then disappeared - hopefully on its way back home. Cindy, many thanks for your generous donation to the Oktibbeha County Humane Society!

About a week later, I was contacted by Johnny about his kitty, Peach, who I had rescued in Jackson back in February. She was stuck again, this time on day #6 in a pine tree in the front yard. A feral kitten has also joined her in the tree. When I arrived, Peach was at about 20 feet, and the kitten at 30 feet. I put a rope above both of them, and while Johnny distracted them with calls, I quickly climbed above them. This caused the kitten to climb down to Peach. I descended, and was able to grab the skittish Peach with my short grab pole, and lowered her to Johnny. After Johnny returned from stowing Peach in the house, I began chasing the kitten over neighboring limbs. I missed the nab with my short grab pole, and then the kitten jumped about 15 feet to the ground and disappeared into the back yard. It turns out the kitten belonged to a feral colony next door. Johnny was going to contact a local humane society and attempt to trap the kitty. I hope he is successful at that!