We Meet again

Executive Summary

I was driving back from a road trip to Louisiana when Laura called me - the unknown calico that I had rescued the week before had come back, and was stuck up a tree again in her yard, this time in a different tree. Wow, this kitty really has a thing for Laura's yard. I came out the next day at about noon, and Laura led me to a skinny cedar tree, which was actually just over the fence in her neighbor's yard. The tree had many vines, short thin limbs, and lots of old bird/squirrel nests here and there. The kitty was somewhere in this tree, but I could not see her or hear her.  The tree was too gnarly to climb, so I put a rope in a large neighboring pine tree, and planned to pull myself over to the cedar tree once I got high enough. I started climbing, and kept looking in the cedar but could not spot the kitty. I finally got near the top at about 35 feet, where there was an old squirrel nest.  The cedar was bendy, so it was easy to pull it towards me. My pulling shook the tree, which finally caused the kitty to meow.  The sound seemed to be directly in front of me - I burrowed into the vines and finally saw the kitty - she was directly behind the old squirrel nest.  The kitty started crying much louder when she saw me and clearly wanted a rescue.  I brought out treats, and cleared away the squirrel nest.  Once the kitty smelled the treats she decided that it was time to come down and she crawled through the vines right to me.  I put her into the bag with little trouble, and was soon back on the ground.  I scanned for a microchip but no luck.  Laura and I put her into a cat crate, and the kitty wolfed down a can of wet cat food.  The kitty is clearly domesticated and is either a lost or abandoned cat.  Laura graciously agreed to keep her for a day or two while she searched for an owner and/or adopter.  Keeping fingers crossed that an owner can be found for this sweet kitty!  Laura, many thanks for caring!