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I've had cats for over 40 years. Not one piece of destroyed furniture, and never heard whining or crying to go outside. Give them something to scratch that they know they can scratch and like to scratch, and they'll scratch that and nothing else. Liter box? I use clumping liter and scoop it out daily. It's clean, never smells, I'm happy, the cat is happy.
Have you ever had a cat?
Guys I appreciate the concern but no I'm not concerned with furniture or litter. He litters inside whether he goes out or not, so that's a nonissue, and the furniture is old and easily replaced. The whining doesn't really bother me either. The reality is he's an explorer and even if I try to keep him in he'll find a way out eventually --- and if he's been kept in a long time when he does break out, I figure the chances are he's gonna roam further afield -- perhaps vertically -- to make up for lost time. Plus, putting all that energy and attention into keeping him in would in a way imprison ME. I like to go in and out at will as well.
I'm really counting on what BBD said - that when he gets hungry enough he'll come down, and after sending rescue personnel up there twice already, this is just something he's got to teach himself. Once he gets over this dilemma, if he doesn't have the sense to not climb again he'll at least have the experience of descending. And I watched him working on descent recently on a smaller tree.
I figure this is just one of the harder parts of being a pet owner (or parent); sooner or later baby bird has to be kicked out of the nest to learn to fly, so to speak. It's in his nature to roam and hunt, which he also does inside, which is what I pay him for. I'd rather keep true to his nature even if it means these hurdles. Nature can be a harsh mistress but She's just gonna have to take her course.
I'll tell ya, if he had a clear shot down and just JUMPED down, he'd walk away like nothing happened. Cats are tougher than SNOT. They are incredibly durable little critters. I highly doubt Hobbes will stay in that tree until he's dead. His instincts won't let him. So just wait him out, and hope an owl or other bird of prey or a better climbing cat like a Bob Cat doesn't get him before he decides sitting there isn't the smartest thing to do.
I'm hoping that the pic was really photoshopped. Otherwise, if the driver is indeed inside the Jeep, and a passenger got out through the back, and climbed over the vehicle to take the pic, both have completely lost their minds. The safest thing to do there would be to just crawl out the back and walk away.There is only one way the driver could have got out to take that picture. Must have crawled out through the hatchback, and climbed over the vehicle. It's obvious the vehicle could not advance, the only way out is to put it in reverse, and back away slowly. Better yet, leave the vehicle, and walk away on foot. Most important though, if this pic hasn't been photoshopped, the driver needs to be evaluated for inability to distinguish between risk taking, and having suicidal tendencies.
That's either Photoshopped, or else the side of the mountain just fell away leaving this tiny bit left. It appears there's a driver in there, with wheels turned to the left. And he's probably getting the right side of his paint job scratched too.
All of which makes me wonder....
Who's taking the picture?
I have had had finger/hand, back of leg and midway on my arm where it folds eczema since I was a kid... Along with severe allergies. It only happens on my fingers/thumbs these days when it does... I made the mistake of doing yard work, pulling weeds, trees etc without gloves more than once and now I am enjoying a chronic case of it on 2 fingers and both thumbs. I am a Designer/Engineer/OM and I use my hands from computer to puck to mouse to paper to boxes all fucking day and I am honestly about to cut my hands off.
The best part about eczema is that they don't know what causes it and they can't cure it.
There are plenty of "remedies' and the best they do is to settle it and keep it from spreading.
Holy fuck I hate this shit.
How is your morning?
peace...
I'm sure it's photoshopped....nobody would be that crazy.....on the other hand, hmmmm..
I have had had finger/hand, back of leg and midway on my arm where it folds eczema since I was a kid... Along with severe allergies. It only happens on my fingers/thumbs these days when it does... I made the mistake of doing yard work, pulling weeds, trees etc without gloves more than once and now I am enjoying a chronic case of it on 2 fingers and both thumbs. I am a Designer/Engineer/OM and I use my hands from computer to puck to mouse to paper to boxes all fucking day and I am honestly about to cut my hands off.
The best part about eczema is that they don't know what causes it and they can't cure it.
There are plenty of "remedies' and the best they do is to settle it and keep it from spreading.
Holy fuck I hate this shit.
How is your morning?
peace...
I have had good luck using DMSO, which is a natural sulfur product. it makes your skin soft, and is supposed to help eczema. I can't post links yet, but google dmso, eczema, and there are good articles about it.
Even if it doesn't get rid of it, it might at least make it better. Worth a try.
I have had had finger/hand, back of leg and midway on my arm where it folds eczema since I was a kid... Along with severe allergies. It only happens on my fingers/thumbs these days when it does... I made the mistake of doing yard work, pulling weeds, trees etc without gloves more than once and now I am enjoying a chronic case of it on 2 fingers and both thumbs. I am a Designer/Engineer/OM and I use my hands from computer to puck to mouse to paper to boxes all fucking day and I am honestly about to cut my hands off.
The best part about eczema is that they don't know what causes it and they can't cure it.
There are plenty of "remedies' and the best they do is to settle it and keep it from spreading.
Holy fuck I hate this shit.
How is your morning?
peace...
I have had good luck using DMSO, which is a natural sulfur product. it makes your skin soft, and is supposed to help eczema. I can't post links yet, but google dmso, eczema, and there are good articles about it.
Even if it doesn't get rid of it, it might at least make it better. Worth a try.
Hmmm... I did just get a new chainsaw...
With the number of trees around here and the way they grow (and the rainfall), IF I could get no new trees to sprout up I can have that done by about ... 2036.
Better get started.
A chainsaw would get Hobbes out of a tree, surely. At least, it would make the tree more accessible to you in order to save him.
You mean I could fell a smaller tree and then use it to pole vault up to him?
Hmm... might try that.
He's up there still - I went up with his bright orange food bowl and waved it around yelling "CRUNCHIES!" -- he did get the idea but as before his only solution was to move laterally on branches.
He's still out there trying to figure it out. So is the bowl. He's been through at least two rainstorms up there.
Check, check, and check.......yawn.......
Foxfyre, thank you for both the warm welcome to the Coffee Shop and for the Cappuccino; it was just the way I like it !
You know I will for sure be coming back to the Coffee Shop a whole lot more, and looking forward to the company and good conversation with everyone.
PS Are there donuts or apple fritters , maybe ???
Pretties loved climbing...but I was lucky and she never climbed trees. BUT..she did sprint up AND down....drumroll...LADDERS. Thats how she would get up on the roof of the house, the sheds, the garage. We had ladders for her because she so loved climbing on them...and I had the brainstorm to let her climb up on the house so I put the ladder there so she could. And she did. So the ladder idea on the tree is a good one.
