Cat Rescue Guy

This is the not the first time that Skittles has been forced to go several days without food. In fact, just six years ago when she was a kitten, she hid under the hood of a new vehicle when it was being transported from Detroit, Michigan and was not discovered until it reached its destination at a dealership in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Roy was working in the dealership at the time and discovered the little kitten under the hood when the vehicle was first being inspected. Roy took her home and added her to the family where his daughter, Amber, who was seven years old at the time, began to develop a loving bond with her. Since the kitten was so skittish, they named her Skittles. This time, the reason that Skittles has gone without food for days is because she is stuck in a tree. She went missing on Christmas Eve and was not found until five days later. Roy, his wife, Karen, and daughter, Amber, all tried to get her down, but Skittles just would not cooperate. Roy climbed a ladder a

When eight-year old Abigail went with her mother, Nicole, to the pet store to adopt a kitten, they went in the room with several kittens and wondered how they would choose one. Abigail sat down, and a cute brown tabby was the first to come to her and sit in her lap. He chose her, so she chose him right back. This choice turned out to be easy and quick, and they took him home and named him Simba. Over the next ten months, the bond between Simba and Abigail grew even stronger, so when Simba slipped out the door and disappeared, Abigail and Nicole were very worried. They searched for him but could not find him. It was two days later on Christmas day before they finally found him stuck high in a tree in a neighbor's backyard several houses down the street. Simba was very high in a skinny pine tree. He was on the lowest branch, but that branch was 40 feet high. They called the fire department, and they actually came out to have a look. They were unable to do anything, however, so th

When Tyler's friend decided he did not want his kitten, Moxie, anymore, Tyler quickly offered to adopt her as his own. Tyler liked Moxie and has an appreciation for cats, and he gave her a good, loving home. Today, Moxie is two years old and, for reasons unknown, climbed up a large sweet gum tree in the back and is stuck. She did not stop climbing until she reached the highest large limb fifty feet high. Tyler didn't know how to get her down, so he searched the internet and found me. When I arrived and first saw the situation, I felt a little discouraged. Moxie was sitting about 15 feet out on the highest limb, and the trunk of the tree extended about 15 feet above that  and was clearly rotted at the top and likely hollow several feet below that. I would not be able to go out very far on Moxie's limb, if at all, so I needed her to come to me. Tyler told me that Moxie is skittish, but she could make friends with a stranger in time if properly approached. So, my plan was

When Abby and her mother, Nancy, stopped at a gas station near their home in Slidell, they noticed a kitten running loose. It appeared to be homeless, so they decided to take him home with them. He was a friendly boy, and they named him Abu. He happily settled into his new home, and as time went by, Nancy and Abby bonded very deeply with him. Now, Abu is two years old, and, for reasons unknown, is stuck up in a tree. It took a while for Nancy and Abby to find him in a neighbor's backyard tree three houses down from their own, but when they did, they immediately went into action to get him down. When their own efforts failed, they started calling every person or organization that might be able to help. They kept running into failure after failure and were feeling very distraught and frustrated over their inability to find help for their beloved Abu. On Abu's third day in the tree, they found me, and Nancy called. She sounded so desperate for someone to rescue her cat, that

Poor Frank. He is only nine-months old and has been tossed around like a bag of trash. First, he was adopted as a kitten by a woman who, after a few months, decided she did not want him anymore. She gave him to a friend who also soon decided not to keep him and coldly turned him loose. Lucky for Frank, however, Jamie noticed him wandering near her house on a cold night, and she took him in. When she found he had a microchip, she contacted the registered owner, and that is how she learned of his past. He is such a sweet kitty, it's hard to imagine why anyone would discard him. Jamie and her husband took care of him and gave him a home, at least temporarily, while they tried to figure out if they would keep him or find a good home for him.  Just two weeks later, Frank got stuck in a neighbor's tree and started crying loudly for someone to help him. Jamie was not sure what to do, but fortunately, she had a friend who told her who to call. Jamie called me early in the morning a

When a cat owner tells me that her cat is very skittish, I know to expect a difficult rescue. Skittish cats are sure to want to move away from me as I approach them in the tree, so I usually have to follow them until they have no more tree to climb. That is what I was expecting when Keneshia called me and told me about Buttons, her four-year old Siamese. I drove to the rescue with a small bit of dread, because I knew it would not be enjoyable until after it was over. When I arrived and saw the tree that Buttons was in, I felt even worse. The tree was alive but slowly dying as it was rotting from the inside. Buttons was about 40 feet high just under the point where the trunk split outward into two forks in opposite directions. The fork to the right had broken off long ago leaving an open bowl at the top of the trunk that collected water leading to more rot. The fork to the left was pretty large, and its substantial weight was supported only by this rotting trunk. If Buttons climbed

If you like fluffy cats, you will love Monkey, the four-year old Ragdoll kitty that belongs to Razan (sounds similar to Roseanne). Monkey is a very friendly and relaxed boy with a very long and thick Siamese-colored coat that scores a perfect 10 on the floof scale. Instead of a cat with a fluffy coat, he looks more like a huge ball of fluff that happens to have a cat stuck inside. He is also very friendly and sociable. He likes to visit his neighbors, and they all like to visit with him and give him little treats. So when he got stuck in a tree in his yard, the whole neighborhood took notice and tried to help him down. No one worked as hard and diligently to get him down as Razan. She was very distressed over his predicament and was not going to just sit idle and wait. She even managed to throw a rope over Monkey's branch and pull a wash tub with food inside up to him. Monkey inspected the tub and seemed to contemplate the idea of jumping down into it, but he didn't quite s

Tara was going through a difficult time when she found a two-month old, black kitten that was in a bad situation. Tara adopted the kitten, took her home and named her Maleficent. Together they quickly developed a deep and meaningful bond which helped Tara as she worked her way out of her difficulties.  Tara had  rescued the kitten, but the kitten had also rescued Tara. Today, Maleficent is six months old, and when she slipped out the door and became missing, Tara sprung into action to find her like any mother searching for her missing child. She soon found her up high in a tree in the back yard of  a neighbor a few houses away. Tara was delighted to have found her, but also frustrated that she could not get her down. Tara would not rest until she got her baby down.  She and her boyfriend, Matt, both tried everything they knew to try, but Maleficent was too high and did not know how to come down on her own. In desperation, Tara called Animal Control, and they put her in touch with m