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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

4655.0. "He's Own Our Roof!!!!!!!!!!" by BUFFER::WESTON () Mon May 20 1991 10:20

    
    
    I need some suggestions...........or HELP!
    
    I have a young male kitty, on my roof!!!!!!!
    
    As my husband was leaving to work, he called me outside.  There he is,
    Clowny, on the roof!  I think he's been there all nite.  I have a
    neighbor, down the street with 3 dogs.  I have complained several times
    about them, being loose and chasing the kitties and eating their food.
    
    For those of you who don't know, I take care of feral kitties, some are
    pretty tame and feed them outside.  Plus I have my own Scruffy, who is
    an indoor/outdoor cat.
    
    Well Steve went up on a ladder and of course Clowny ran to the other
    side.  My husband had to get off to the hospital for a blood test and
    then to work, he said he'd go back up after work if he doesn't come
    down on his own.  Well, I had time before work. so I got a chair and
    put it on own front landing.  That's were our wooden railing is and I
    could see he ran up there.  I stood on the chair with some food, and
    try to comfrot him into coming to me, but of course I knew he wasn't
    going to totaly trust me into catching him.
    
    I spoke to him softy and he's was crying, which breaks my heart, but
    there was nothing I could do.  I feel bad cause, if he doesn't come
    down on his own, he'll be in the sun all day till we get home.  I know
    if he trys he can jump onto the railing, or turn around and crawl down
    the house onto the railing.  He stays right above there and I know he
    realizes that's where he ran up.
    
    I just wanted to post this, incase there is something we can do when we
    get home, if he isn't down.
    
    I'm keeping my fingers crossed he is.  I know it will be warm today,
    but I think he'll survive.......
    
    Carol

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4655.1	Is there a window near	DEMON::MURPHY		`Mon May 20 1991 10:33`	10
	Carol, Is there a window you can leave open where he might be able to get to? One of my brother's cats is always getting on his roof but only because she likes to come in through his bedroom window. She must have been a cat burglar in another life. :-) Good luck. Pat
4655.2		BOMBE::HEATHER		`Mon May 20 1991 10:42`	10
	My siamese climbs on our roof if I let her out on the balcony (so, I don't let her out on the balcony!), and she always gets down by herself, of course, not before I have several fits! ;-) The poor dear will probably get down the way he got up there, but I'm sure that is small consolation to you right now. If he's still up there this evening, try offering food again, and maybe water, he could get pretty thirsty up there in the sun today. Hope he's down by tonight. If he can get to a railing, he's likely to use it once he's calmer. -HA
4655.3	.1 and .2 ---- Thanks........	BUFFER::WESTON		`Mon May 20 1991 11:14`	20
	.1, that's a nice idea, but there is no window he can reach. We have a small Cape, one level, there is a vent with an automatic fan in it from our attic, but we can't just take that down. I'm hoping, as in .2 ---------he'll just realize the way he came up and get down -- I have a large teracotta dish I have out (use to be a bird bath) for the kitties with cold water in it every morning. I'm hoping the food, if the other guys haven't eaten it all and the water will get him down. If I have time at lunch I might run and see how he is. Thanks...... All I can do is wait right now. Carol
4655.4		WILLEE::MERRITT		`Mon May 20 1991 13:48`	13
	Carol.....since it is only one floor up...hopefully he will come down by himself. About two months ago...the stray I feed was stuck on the roof of a three floor apartment building. Well after 1 1/2 days my husband and a neighbor had to go up to get him. Since the cat is petrified of humans...but he was also starving and scared, he finally came to him after hours of coaxing. They put him in a basket with a lid...and transported him down from the roof to the third floor porch. Boy...did he run when his feet touched the ground!! I don't think he'll go up there anymore! Keep us posted... Sandy
4655.5	He's down, hopefully he's O.K.	BUFFER::WESTON		`Mon May 20 1991 14:07`	25
	Well..............good news already...............at least I hope. I met my hubby at lunch time, at an errand we had in Hudson. He told me he stopped at our home, in Berlin, to check on Clowny. He was not up on the roof! Hopefully he came down O.K. Like I said if he came down where he went up!, it was not a big jump. (And my husband says he's not "mushy" about cats!---huh!) HA! So since I still had time before back to this place, not a great assignment I have.........I went home and checked. I checked the roof myself, all the way around, I called and called him. The only one that came was my Scruffy. I know that when the sun is at it's strongest, they sleep somewhere in the shade and there aren't any trees in the yard, but we are edge with woods. So I hope to see him when I get home. I put out some more cold water and told Scruffy to check on him for me. Thank you for the ideas..............I couldn't help but panick, I guess as we all do, but I still will feel better when I get home and hopefully will see him sometime this evening. Carol
4655.6	So silly!	MCIS2::HUSSIAN	But my cats ARE my kids!!	`Mon May 20 1991 14:24`	6
	Glad to hear the little guy finally came down!! Gee, I wonder if he GOT IN!? How silly...no wonder you named him clowny! :*D Bonnie
4655.7	Good News	SANFAN::FOSSATJU		`Mon May 20 1991 15:45`	4
	Glad to hear he got down. Stitch will go up a ladder, wonder if one would work with Clowny to go down? Giudi
4655.8	He's a Clown.......	BUFFER::WESTON		`Mon May 20 1991 17:04`	10
	YES he is a clown...............he does crazy stunts in the yard with his sister. I hope he O.K. and look forward to going home soon to check. Thanks for the support and stories!
4655.9	A Happy Ending..........	BUFFER::WESTON		`Tue May 21 1991 09:39`	20
	Hi! Well when I got home I started to give Clowny a call......... He strod, very proudly, out from the bushes. I just stood there and looked at him. As him if he was O.K. and he just smiled. Like all of a sudden, he was BRAVE again! HA!!!!!!! I had to laugh! Scratched his belly and invited him in for something to eat. He laid on my kitchen rug (with the door open of course........) and waited for the grub. I fed him outside, with the other guys. So he made it and I told him that the other feliners gave him their concern and we thanked them!!!!!!! Another happy ending......... Carol