And the cat is.....

By the way, this cat was in the tree when we had the high winds from hurricane Ike. There were tons of tree branches blown down that took down power lines and this cat was up there the whole time!!

So day 5 rolled around and this cat still wasn't budging. We were determined to get it down. We put a ladder to the tree and it barely reached the part where the trunk splits. We had some food we were going to put on the highest branch we could reach hoping he would go down to eat it. Trevor had tried using the hose to scare it down a few days ago and he only went up higher. I don't think those pictures do justice to how high this cat really was. He was at least 30' when he was at the LOWEST point. He climbed 2 other branches at least 15' higher and then came back down to his 30' spot.

Then yesterday the cat was in a little nook and Trevor decided he could spray it from behind and he wouldn't have any where to go but down.....

and down he came!!!

It IS true that cats ALWAYS land on their feet. He ran away before we could give him any food or water.

So the cat is ALIVE!! I can't confirm that he is well, but he was alive and running when he left our property!

Whew!