Not in all cases it is necessary to immediately remove the cat
You need to remove a cat from a tree if:
- The animal behaves restlessly, meows pitifully, screams loudly and makes unsuccessful attempts to get off. Usually young individuals who have no experience of descending from a tree behave this way. The structure of cat claws helps animals quickly and easily climb up, but when descending with their face down, the claws do not allow cats to cling to the trunk. Climbers have to descend backwards, and not every cat can decide to make such a descent.
- A domestic cat with a leash or harness sits on a tree. A dangling leash can get tangled in branches when the cat moves, so due to the risk of suffocation, the animal must be removed immediately.
- The cat sits on the tree for more than a day. During such a period of time without food and water in extreme heat, cats begin to become dehydrated within a day, but even in cooler weather, the animal’s body begins to suffer from a lack of fluid.
- Adverse weather conditions are observed. In frost or strong wind, exhaustion develops quite quickly in animals, and a weakened cat can fall down and be injured or die (although cats land on their paws, 10% of cats die when falling from a height of 2-6 floors).
- An emaciated, exhausted animal, unresponsive to external stimuli, sits on a tree. Exhausted cats not only fall from trees, but also become victims of crows.
- Unaided descent or falling for any reason poses a danger to the cat.
If the animal needs help, you can try to remove it from the tree yourself or seek help from professional rescuers.
Why do people break up with animals?
People domesticated wild animals for a specific purpose - for meat, fluff, and help with housework. Cats had only one purpose: to save homes from rodents. Over time, this has ceased to be relevant. Cats simply brighten up a person's life.
The domestic cat is a favorite pet for many, but not everyone can live with it under the same roof.
People become closer to nature when they communicate with their furry charges. Taking care of them makes family members responsible and organized. Children adore tailed pets, who pay with devotion and love. The sadder is the moment when the need arises to part with a friend.
There are different reasons:
- allergy. Symptoms of hypersensitivity to cat fur are expressed in the form of watery eyes, runny nose, and cough. If a person felt this when he first took the animal into the house, the situation can be corrected by returning the cat to its previous owner. But the disease may not appear immediately. If an allergen is identified (fur), people have to think about where to give the cat. There is no point in spending money on medications that in 80% of cases only relieve symptoms. The situation with children is especially dangerous, so new owners are being sought for the animal;
- changing of the living place. The problem arises when people live in rented space. When it changes, it may turn out that the owners of the apartment make living without animals a condition;
- travel abroad. Some owners take their pets on trips abroad. This is impossible without a sanitary passport; it is difficult to obtain one. It is even more difficult when people leave the camp forever. They are busy organizing their own lives, and at the same time looking for somewhere to place the cat;
- illness or death of the owner. Often older people take on four-legged companions. Animals bring joy, calm, you just have to stroke their fur. Caring for pets makes loneliness less painful. But old people lose their capacity and die. Heirs do not always take care of the animal and decide where to place the orphaned cat forever.
Note! The word “shelter” evokes negative associations for many, so people first reconsider other extension options
How to solve the problem yourself
What to do if a cat climbed a tree:
- Before carrying out a rescue operation, it is necessary to remove from under the tree any foreign objects that could injure the cat if it falls.
- If there are things available that can soften the blow in case of an accidental fall, it is recommended to spread them on the ground - blankets, cardboard, etc. will do.
There is no need to climb a tree yourself at the initial stage of a rescue operation - people usually climb trees worse than cats, you can get stuck on a tree yourself or fall from it.
What can the owner do?
Trying to free your pet from captivity on your own is a completely solvable task.
There are a number of tricks that allow you to return your cat to solid ground without contacting special services. Before starting a rescue operation, it is necessary to prepare the area near the tree by removing foreign objects. This could be remains of construction debris, glass or branches. You can lay disassembled cardboard boxes, old unnecessary clothes, a mattress or a blanket near the tree
If the cat falls down during the rescue process, precautions will prevent possible fractures when hitting the ground
Persuasion and self-help
You can try to persuade the cat to come down on its own. It is advisable that the owner be alone, without strangers or intrusive advisers. You can ask idle onlookers to move away so as not to disturb the exhausted and exhausted animal once again.
It is also important that there are no free walking dogs nearby
Bait
To remove a cat from a tree, you can try to lure a steeplejack:
- If your pet is sitting on the branches, he may respond to your persuasion and will go down if there are no frightening objects near you. You need to call the cat in a calm, gentle tone, moving a short distance away from the tree from time to time.
- A strange or wild animal rarely yields to persuasion, so it is better to immediately try to attract it with food. You can offer your pet his favorite food (those who like dry food will have to rustle the bag loudly). It is recommended to offer fish or minced meat to an unfamiliar cat, as they have a strong smell. Warm food smells stronger, so if possible, the bait should be warmed up. If the shape of the trunk allows you to place the bait closer to the cat, the first portion is placed as close to the animal as possible, and the second on the ground near the trunk. Place water nearby to prevent dehydration, and move a short distance away - the cat should make sure it is safe, but the bait must be protected from other animals.
- The Ministry of Emergency Situations often recommends using valerian drops as bait, which should be applied to the trunk at arm's length. This method is not suitable for all cases - only 30% of cats and 60% of males react to the smell of valerian; immature kittens do not react to the smell of valerian or avoid it, and can climb even higher. In addition, valerian-based preparations have an intoxicating effect on cats, so it is better not to remove a cat from a tall tree using drops of this plant.
- To lure down a domestic and active cat, you can use a laser pointer . The laser beam is directed into the cat's field of vision, but the movements of the beam must be smooth. If the cat has shown interest in the light source, the beam should be slowly moved towards the trunk and down the trunk. This method is not suitable for emaciated animals.
Basic ways and methods
Smells
How often should a kitten or an adult domestic cat be wormed for prevention, how many tablets can be given?
Go to the pet store and buy drops of catnip and use them as bait, or at the pharmacy we buy several 25 ml bottles of Valerian. The price is no more than 30 rubles at the time of writing.
We return and pour the lower part of the tree to the level of an outstretched arm.
We're just waiting.
The effect will not take long to appear. The unfortunate animal will sniff and forget about all the problems that surrounded it before, quickly going down the tree trunk, following the smell of the purchased Valerian.
You, in turn, will feel a little like a hero and be assured of a restful sleep. This method works almost free of charge.
Other methods
If you were unable to lure the cat and it is not sitting high, use a ladder. The ladder is attached to the trunk in an inclined position, creating a gentler descent. There is no need to climb up the stairs or wait at the bottom - the cat must get used to the new object and make sure it is safe. Assess whether the cat can climb down the ladder from the tree on its own and step aside.
It is not recommended to remove a cat from a tree using objects such as a broom raised upward, as the animal will either climb higher or cling to an unreliable structure and fall.
Only a person who is confident in his abilities can climb a ladder behind a cat or climb branches. You need to take into account that you need to pull the cat towards you, firmly grasping it by the scruff of the neck (if it sits with its back to you, it should not be pulled along the branch because of the risk of dislocating its paw). During a rescue operation, the animal may cling to you with its claws, so wear long sleeves.
You should not climb a tall tree without special equipment and preparation. You shouldn’t try to climb after your cat in winter because of the risk of slipping. The only effective way in this case is to seek help from rescue services.
What to do if the card has already been seized by FSSP officers?
It is important to know what to do if your card is seized and where to go for this. The presence of a block can be confirmed by the fact that no transactions are carried out on the plastic account or funds have disappeared from the card
To understand how to remove a seizure from a Sberbank card imposed by bailiffs, you should first determine the reason for which this restriction was established. The subsequent actions of bailiffs depend on this factor.
If all the actions of the bailiff are legal and blocking the plastic is legal, then to cancel the arrest you will need to perform the following steps:
- Pay off the existing debt and submit an application to the FSSP to lift the ban.
- If a citizen does not have the opportunity to immediately repay the debt, then he can contact the debt collector with a request to suspend the bank’s decision and the possibility of partial repayment of debts from earnings or pension benefits.
- Make sure that the bailiff sent the order to cancel the document to the bank, indicating the unblocking of the account.
This is the most clear and simple way to unblock a regular or salary card. There are cases when officials make inaccuracies and then their actions can be regarded as unlawful. In this case, you should first clarify whether the bailiff has the right to seize the card account. This is especially common in relation to salary cards.
Attention! By law, no more than 50% of earnings or pension can be written off from a salary card. If a citizen has a dependent child under 18 years of age, the rate is reduced to 30%
For single-parent families, such a penalty will be no more than 25%.
Help from special services
If attempts to save an animal on your own are unsuccessful, an animal rescue service in your city can help. Such a service does not have special equipment, so if they do not have a professional steeplejack, they will not be able to practically help.
To save a cat, you need not only to find a service that can remove the cat from the tree, but also to provide foster care for the animal, since cats released onto the ground can immediately climb a nearby tree (an animal has to be removed several times during one call). It is recommended to show exhausted or fallen cats to a veterinarian.
Where to turn if the animal rescue service does not help. Services that can remove a cat from a tree:
- To the municipal services of the area . This option is often offered by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, but utility companies are reluctant to respond to such requests from citizens.
- In the Ministry of Emergency Situations . The responsibilities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations do not include rescuing cats, so the decision in each specific case is made by the service management. Most often, you will receive advice on how to solve the problem yourself or find out who removes cats from trees for a fee.
- To climbers who provide such services on a paid basis. Where you can call in your region to remove a cat from a tree, and how much such a service costs, you can find out on Internet forums or websites of industrial climbers and extreme sports enthusiasts. In the daytime, the service is cheaper, and not all climbers agree to work at night, so it is better to organize a rescue operation before dark.
- To private services that provide services, for example, cutting down trees. Nick specialists, as a rule, have professional training and appropriate equipment, for a fee, they provide owners with a service on how to safely remove an animal from a tree.
The service you don’t need to call to remove a cat from a tree is firefighters. They will refuse to help you, since in the time spent saving the cat, people may die in a fire.
Option for housing domestic cats
As you can see, the need to house a cat can arise for several reasons. And this should be done according to all the rules, by finding a good caring family.
Important! Throwing a domestic cat outside means signing its death warrant. Pets are not at all adapted to harsh conditions
There are several ways to find good homes for your pet, including:
- friends or relatives;
- cat cafe;
- newspaper advertisements;
- PR on the Internet;
- overexposure;
- shelters, etc.
Overexposure is a temporary home for a cat, the accommodation in which is paid for by its owners. These can be specialized hotels for animals or private apartments. Paid foster care is relevant in cases where a new home has not yet been found and it is not possible to keep a pet.
Sterilization is the best solution for a domestic cat
It is better to choose foster care based on reviews or recommendations from friends. After all, the mental and physical health of the pet will depend on the responsibility and conscientiousness of its owners.
Note! When visiting such an establishment, you should pay attention to the conditions in which other animals are kept, how healthy they are, their psychological state and living conditions. Cat cafes are cozy establishments where visitors can enjoy communication with animals.
Cats living in such places have all the necessary vaccinations and are also treated against fleas and other parasites. It will not be so easy to place your pet here, but if it works out, it will end up in responsible hands and will be given regular attention and care
Cat cafes are cozy establishments where visitors can enjoy communication with animals. Cats living in such places have all the necessary vaccinations and are also treated against fleas and other parasites
It will not be so easy to place your pet here, but if it works out, it will end up in responsible hands and will be given regular attention and care
A shelter is not the best solution to the question of how to quickly place a kitten in good hands. There have been no empty beds in decent shelters for a long time, and poor conditions of detention differ little from the worst prisons. As a rule, shelters accept animals that ended up on the street and were caught by special services.
What to include in the contract if you have a pet
The main thing: register the presence of an animal. Indicate his breed and name. This is done so that the landlord does not come one day and say that you did not agree on a pet in the apartment. Also fix in the contract how much the insurance deposit increases due to the animal. Check the contract before signing - perhaps the owner will write an additional clause stating that you bear full financial responsibility for the pet. If the apartment is business class, all the furniture will be specified in the contract and photographs in its preserved condition will also be attached. Therefore, if you move out, the check will be very thorough.
Can I remove it myself?
At school, the kids played rescue games, Poor little cats were taken from the trees. A twig crunched under the weak leg - The fool will no longer save.
We warn you right away - do not delude yourself about your ability to conquer trees. There are quite a few stories when real rescuers have to be called to save the “troubled rescuer”.
It happens that the cat did not climb very high. Then you can try to remove the cat yourself. Things to try:
- If there is a ladder of the required length, try to climb and “persuad” the animal to come to you. You can “persuad” with delicious food, calling by name, valerian, etc.
- If the tree is not thick, you can shake it. You can throw a rope over the branch where the cat is sitting and shake the branch. The animal will get scared and try to jump.
- You can try to “knock down” the cat - with a snowball, a small pebble, a stream of water from a hose or a sprinkler. The main thing is not to overdo it! Do not shoot with air guns, rollers or bows - this can injure the animal.
- If you are sure that you will catch the animal, throw food with sleeping pills at it - the cat will start to fall asleep and fall over - you must catch it!
- It happens that you can get a cat out of the nearest window with a net or push it with a stick.
If you get to the cat, try to calm it down (with food, meowing, valerian), carefully but confidently try to stroke it - then it will move closer to you.
Try to look into the cat's eyes as little as possible. The animal will perceive an intense gaze (and your gaze will be so high) as a possible danger and, most likely, will begin to climb higher or will not be taken into hand.
If the cat is not yours, be sure to wear thick clothing and strong gloves. Stressed cats can not only scratch their faces and hands; there are known cases when a “cornered cat” bit through the hand, touching the tendons, and the person could not move his fingers for several days.
It is good to have a backpack with a tightening neck (tube). Grab the cat from behind (preferably by the scruff of the neck), beware of powerful blows from the hind legs. After this, put the animal with its back into the backpack and tighten the tube.
Those who catch the kitten below should remember the following:
- Take a larger blanket or sheet - it’s difficult to judge from below where the animal falls. It is best to use a fine-mesh net so that after landing the cat gets confused and does not run away.
- Cats ALWAYS choose the direction of jumping away from people (and away from the blanket, respectively). Keep this in mind and be prepared to quickly move to the desired location.
- The first thing the cat will do after landing is to try to “take off”, very likely again to the nearest tree. Try to immediately wrap the cat in a blanket, pick it up and calm it in any way.
Be sure to water and feed the animal - this will relieve stress for both the animal and you.