Do cats actually get stuck in trees or are they just up there chilling for some alone time until we swoop in and ruin it.
Some have distressed meowing, which we interpret as stuck. My history is that they are sometimes scared to get down, but when they feel like they have no choice, they will come down unscathed. So, their skills can surpass their confidence in getting down safely in some cases. That said, I’ve only experienced this with 5-7 cats, which is far from conclusive.
Ahh. So I have cat brain! My skills often surpass my fears, which are great.
I always heard they couldn’t climb backwards because their claws and non-rotating paws (like squirrels can rotate their lil grabbies and climb any direction) but after seeing my brain damaged cat climb backwards down a floor-to-ceiling cat tree I now know that to be false.
Well, climbing down facing down and climbing down facing other directions may be the difference there. I’ve never seen them face down when climbing down, but I have seen them face a lot of other directions. It may require ripping of the trees or there claws to make it happen. I’m no expert, though.
I’ve found they like to get up there and then beg for attention. Then they get down on their own later when they’re bored.
I keep checking on them because t’s not impossible that a cat could get stuck, but none of mine (well, feral cats that adopted my tree, anyway) ever have actually been stuck.
Someone opening a can of tuna and then all coming down to beg for it would be a hilarious bonus panel.
Paw Patrol to the rescue!
