“I was stuck in a tree, 80 feet up, for 5 days in 95 degree heat. When a lumberjack tried to rescue me, I attacked him.”
A dog from up the street chased our cat, RC Charley, up a tree. We tried everything to get him down, but he just kept climbing higher and higher each day. After being in the tree for 5 days, we knew we would have to do something, or he would die. We had a friend that used to be a lumberjack come out to climb the tree to bring him down. Since RC Charley had been in the tree for 5 days without any food or water, and was probably suffering from heat exhaustion due to it was 90 degrees all week, we assumed he would be tired and happy that someone was there to help him. That was not the case! When our friend reached the top of the tree, RC Charley full-on attacked him! Our friend had to “battle” our cat for 15 minutes to finally get him into an animal-safe drawstring bag to bring him down.
aelfheld
Gratitude is not necessarily a feline attribute.
mb
Trauma affects each in different ways. Poor RC.
Smartypants
Naughty kitty! Glad you were able to get him down safely.
Your friend sounds awesome – he should get some sort of ASPCA award for going ‘above and beyond the call of duty’!
Gekko
I hope RC Charley at least showed some affection once on the ground/back indoors! When I started reading this, I fully expected what was reported. Cat are almost never grateful, especially in similar situations.
tj4vr
But, “woohoo” to the lumberjack for not giving up or taking the attack personally!
mikken
Dehydration can make you do weird things. Thank goodness he’s okay!
corianne
I was expecting him to run right back up the tree. That’s been my experience with rescuing stuck cats.
Barbara
Obviously, the RC in RC Charley does not stand for Radio Controlled.
Glad he’s back on the ground.