Do cats really get STUCK in trees?

Cat trapped for days pulled from tree; feline celebrates rescue by bolting up another tree

Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 3:10 PM     Updated: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 6:41 AM

Katie Rausch | Jackson Citizen Patriot

Katie Rausch | Jackson Citizen Patriot

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"An orange tabby stuck in a tree for five days was rescued Wednesday at Loomis Park in Jackson — and celebrated its rescue by bolting up another tree.
Adam Brooker, a maintenance worker at Loomis Park, noticed the cat climb a 60-foot-tall tree at the park Friday. It had been hiding near a trash container behind the Charles A. Boos Recreation Center.

The cat was startled by the trash being emptied Friday.
“It hit off (the Dumpster) and went right up the tree,” Brooker said.
Figuring the tabby would find its own way down the tree, Brooker let it be. He noticed the cat in the same tree Tuesday and reported it to Tom Steiger, the superintendent of Cemetery and Forestry for Jackson.

Steiger called Cameron Smith, president of Johnny’s Tree Service, and Smith volunteered his time and the use of his company’s bucket truck to help retrieve the frightened cat.
It took about an hour for Smith to coax the cat toward the bucket with food before Smith was able to nab the feline about 11 a.m. The cat struggled and attempted to flee the bucket as Smith headed for the ground. He held the cat in the bucket most of the way before it managed to escape and head for the nearest tree.
The orange tabby wasted no time in scurrying up a short distance. Steiger said later Wednesday afternoon the cat remained in the second tree."


Crispies would LOVE to climb trees....but I doubt they would actually get stuck. I've never actually seen a cat get stuck...they just climb down! 

How To Wrap A Cat For Christmas

A must see...

Today, I think I will just send you over to my husband's blog...he recently did a great post about my darling cats, and it definitely deserves to be featured on "A Tale of Two Crispies" :)
Just click here to see his blog!

And here is a perfectly Crisp picture for your amusement....

Movie night

Last night, we watched (well, fast forwarded through...) what I believe to have been the most boring movie ever made:

"Visually Spectacular!"  Ha! Really... it was about these two guys who went on hiking trail (through the desert, apparently) and attempted a shortcut. Believe it or not...they got lost! Imagine that...
So the whole movie was just dozens of long scenes of these two guys walking...no music, no talking...just walking. We kept thinking it would get better...but I'm pretty sure it got worse...and it was two hours long! It was written and directed by the two (only) guys that acted in the movie (along with some other real director). So basically, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck were the writers, directors, and only actors in the whole movie. Lame..

Anyway...you are probably wondering what this has to do with the Crispies. Well, as it turns out, cats love boring movies! Brisa was glued to the screen for the first hour of the show....

And yes, her eyes were wide open....I checked.
Perhaps she liked all those long shots of desert scenery with no sound but crackly footsteps.

About halfway through, we started fast forwarding. Even in FF, the movie was still outrageously long and boring.
I guess Brisa didn't find the movie as intriguing in FF, because shortly after it began moving faster, she fell asleep....

She didn't miss much...it ended in the same way it began: long and terrible. It didn't even make much sense (but I won't tell you what happens, just in case you ever feel in the mood for a REALLY boring movie).

It's Crispy, see...

 It's been very cold here, lately. I usually have very little motivation to do anything but bundle up in bed...but on the bright side, these cold days are the best times for cuddling! Here is just one more reason why I LOVE the Crispies....

They love to cuddle!

Precious darlings :)

You can hardly tell where one cat ends, and the other begins!

Love this!

  

Silly Slumbers

Wow! I haven't blogged in a few weeks! The Crispies have been busy giving me lots of material lately, so I think they are trying to tell me to get on with it...

I will start with this:

 

The last couple of nights, I have been looking at sleeping arrangements of all my furry friends. This is where Beau Bear would sleep if he were allowed to choose...unfortunately, we don't have room in our bed to sleep comfortably with a squirmy 100 pound dog. We usually let him join us for a movie before bedtime, and sometimes in the mornings before we get up. He is really great at cuddling! 

When he is not on our bed, he sleeps next to it. He has his own dog bed, but....

 

Bella really likes it.... 

So Beau has to sleep on the floor. He doesn't seem to mind. 

Such a gentleman! 

As for Brisa....I found her sleeping UNDER the bed. 

She never ceases to surprise me with her weirdness.

I don't know why she likes it under there...maybe she actually likes her own smell (and boy, does she stink) ....because the bed skirt encloses her in it. Eww. Again...weird.

I don't know where Number 2 has been sleeping...sometimes he sleeps on me, until Number 3 comes along and bullies everyone else off the bed.. She always sleeps right next to me (and takes up more space than you could imagine!) The two of them aren't really into companionship with other animals...

Lately, Numbers 2 and 3 have been huddling together, which I assume must be because of the cold since this is definitely NOT normal behavior for them....

 

It's really cute though!!