Uschi In The Tree Tops

Both boys have been known to climb little trees. Uschi has also tried his paws on some larger trees, but only went up a little ways. Last week however, the boys and I were out exploring when they decided to head into the oak grove, a favorite place to sniff and jump around. Uschi spotted a little leaning tree about 8" in diameter and

headed up.

This was nothing new, but

he kept on climbing,

and climbing,

and climbing.

He was well up in the tree, ~25'?, before he decided
he was high enough and started to get scared. He wandered around
meowing, trying to figure out how to get himself out of the situation.
He had a couple of nasty slips where he was dangling
from just his front claws, and had to pull himself back up.
I was directly under him ready to break his fall
and I had checked the area for sharp twigs,
just in case. His cries

attracted Tanji,

but it was up to Usch
to figure out how to get out of this.

I had already told him that I wasn't going to come up there,
Lesley and I have also discussed this,... there will be no
tree climbing to "rescue" treed cats.

I knew he could get down,
after all you do not see cats stuck in trees,
all over the place.

After a while Uschi

worked his way down
to the final vertical section of tree
before once again

getting close to the ground.

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