CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) – Its an age old joke, cat stuck in a tree. One skittish kitty was so frightened by a storm that he climbed up a tree and didn’t come down for 2 days.
Owner of Harvey’s Tree Care, Eric Fouts said he received a call from a friend on Wednesday, to help save a cat from being stuck in a tree for over 2 days in rainy weather.
When he got there, the whole process took around 10 minutes. And he knew exactly what to do
“Normally, I usually hand climb it, but it was kind of wet out and I decided to take our track lift over there and and use that. And luckily I did because the cat did not want to come out of the tree at first,” said Fouts.
“He walked over. He was on the edge of a branch, and he walked over to me after like 2 minutes. When a cat’s in a tree. They’re like clinging on, he had all his claws too, so it was a little bit to get it off the tree.”
And the cat was then moved to the Chippewa Humane Association where he was fittingly named “Oak”.
“He’s a very friendly cat. He didn’t seem fazed by being stuck in a tree for a couple of days. He’s perfectly healthy, you know, just a little hungry,” said Shelter Manager, Sam Wojcik.
And they are grateful for Harvey’s Tree Care for being so helpful.
“I’m sure it expedited the process, getting the cat out of the tree and definitely the cat is in better shape now that he’s out of the tree. If he would have been there a couple more days, who knows what kind of shape he would have been in,” said Wojcik.
And Fouts reason for chipping in? All because he wanted the cat to be okay.
“It makes you feel good after helping any animal. This one just happened to be a cat, but it was stranded up in there for 2 days and it was raining. I mean, it’s not as cold as it could be, but still soaking wet outside,” said Fouts.
“I don’t even charge for it because I don’t feel that’s the owner’s fault, if the cat gets out. So I just do it to help them out.”
Fouts said reaching out to local tree services is one of the best solutions for helping a cat get out of a tree.
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