Cat Rescue Guy

Cookie got stuck in a tree again, but I give her credit for waiting a long time to do it.  I first rescued Cookie a year and a half ago, and I remember her as a friendly and cooperative little tortie. I am always happy to rescue sweet kitties like Cookie as many times as needed, so I was happy to get the call to go rescue her again. Cookie is over two years old now, and, this time, she was stuck across the street from her Erwinville house in a neighbor's Pecan tree. When I climbed up to Cookie, the first thing I noticed is that she is a lot bigger than she was when I rescued her the first time. She was only nine months old then, and she grew into a big girl. I also could not help but notice a GPS device on her collar which Bennett and Jessica used to locate her. Because they were able to locate her so quickly, Cookie spent only one night in the tree. Once I climbed up to her, Cookie was happy to see me and came toward me to greet me. She sniffed me and let me pet her, and she was p...

Lucky got stuck in a tree again, but I don't mind. I love rescuing this sweet boy, because he is very cute, friendly and entertaining. The first time I rescued him was five months ago in a small tree in his backyard in Geismar. This time he was stuck about 20 feet high in one of two massive Live Oak trees in his backyard. It would be impossible to rescue an uncooperative cat in a huge tree like this with all the very long, large branches providing so much room for a cat to roam, but Lucky's sociable personality makes it easy and fun. He is so cute with the variety of vocal sounds he makes -- which, unfortunately, cannot be heard well in the video (below) -- and the way he repeatedly rubs his head on the tree and looks at me with his head turned upside down. After we visited in the tree for several minutes, he stepped onto my lap, and we came down to the ground that way. Lucky is an inside cat, but he has been finding some opportunities to sneak out lately, and I expect him to ...