After eleven days of complete silence, I suddenly got calls for three rescues to do in one day, Such is the irregular and unpredictable nature of my rescue schedule. To make it even more interesting, all three rescues were for unknown cats. To be clear, all these cats likely have an owner. We just don't know who they are because the cats got stuck on someone else's property, and it was the property owners who noticed the cat and called me.
From there, I drove back to Baton Rouge to see what I could do for an unknown cat who was stuck on the roof of a backyard shed for at least three nights. The roof was tin and very hot on this hot, sunny, summer day, so the cat was huddled at the edge in the shade of some overhanging foliage of a nearby tree. The edge of the roof was easily accessible by the six-foot step ladder that the property owner had already placed there, so I stepped up on the ladder and called the cat to come to me. The sweet, torby girl readily came straight to me and let me pet her, but I was not quite close enough to lift her. I went back to my car to get a carrier, stepped back up the ladder, and called her to me again with the open carrier facing her. She stepped inside the carrier where the footing was much cooler, and I closed the door and brought her down to a shady spot on the ground. Rescues don't get much easier than this. I fed this sweet girl, and while she ate, I checked her for a microchip but did not find one. She was relaxed and no threat to bolt, so I left the carrier door open while she ate. I wanted to see how comfortable she felt in this territory. She was not nervous or uncomfortable. After eating, she began to walk confidently down the neighbor's driveway as if she knew exactly where she was and where she was going, so I feel pretty confident that she lives nearby and went back home. Unfortunately, I have no pictures to show.
