Can Go Up Cannot Come Down

Hi


What is it that can go up but cannot come down.

You guess.

Cat!!

Correct. Correct!

This handsome cat with a voluminous tail had the other day climbed up the gaharu tree and got stuck between the branches. I heard its whining as it was trying to get down but I didn't give much attention as I thought if it knew how to go up surely it would know how to come down. I got things to do in the house better not waste my time watching him. Just hoping that if he descends don't ever poo in my garden.

Nearly three hours later I found him (or her? nevermind, it's him because he can climb trees) still up there. His whining was more heart-rending.

Serious situation.  He really cannot climb down. He must be up there for many hours already and must be hungry by then

I brought out a ladder and position it so I thought the cat could jump on to the ladder and get down. But it was afraid and instead, it tried to climb higher.

I dare not climb the ladder to bring it down. Apart from my leg has not yet recovered from some muscle injury I am also not very fond of cuddling and holding cats. Geli! My other half is worse he has Ailurophobia - that irrational fear of cats. Hmmph. We had a brief face-off as who would have to take down the cat.

Then I Whatsapp neighbors the above photos with caption "sapa punya?" but no one owned up. No response.

Lucky we have a gallant neighbor next door. He came out when he heard the commotion. He came to the rescue.

It was quite an effort to bring down the cat as it was reluctant and kept pulling back and did not want to jump into the container in which was put some fishy bits and pieces. The cat looked frightened and did not respond to coaxing. It only surrendered after some force was used but all were unharmed, the cat, the rescuer. No untoward incident.

I found out much later from the owner that the cat was missing from the night before so I assume the cat was stuck there for many hours. Its no wonders why it appeared dazed and bengong and not even a meow when finally brought down and released.

The cat with the voluminous tail

It moved around as if looking for something. Then it rested a while at the car porch and then went roaming again between the plants. Then it stopped. Hey, I thought cats don't eat grass, only cows and the like do it but I observed there and realized cats do eat grass.

There was a tag hung around the neck. A phone number marked on it. I called. There was no response from the owner. The cat later found its way out and much later the owner called back saying that the cat was safe at home and that it was missing from last night.

Found out that cats are naturally good at climbing up but not so much for climbing down due to their having curved claws and stronger hind legs but weaker front legs. 

Friends, if you see your cat climbing up a tree warn it not to go up too high okay :))