cat in a tree

This may not cat look like a lot of trouble when she’s just sitting in a draw, but yesterday Olivia scaled a tree higher than a 2-story house in about 5 seconds with an adrenaline rush from the site of a big black lab.

I must admit I missed a few great photo ops because I was focused on figuring out how to get her down. But here are the images I did grab.



First my roommate and I took turns climbing a ladder that we set against the trunk of the tree. When we were calling her over she just seemed to get more comfy and less scared. She looked at me, 4 feet away, like she was saying “oh, you’re here. I guess this ok then.”

When we tried to lore her over with tuna she came just close enough to get some, and then sat, ate it, and licked herself!! I’ve never seen a cat so chill stuck in a huge tree.

Eventually we extended the ladder to its max height so the tip leaned against the branch while I faced an icy paved driveway. I grabbed the wee one roughly and descended. Can you see her little silhouette here?