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To knock on a door at 7am on a Sunday

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CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 05:48

Hi

My cat has been missing since yesterday evening and I’ve just found him up an incredibly tall tree up the road. I’ll contact an emergency tree surgeon asap. How early is it reasonable to knock on a neighbours door on a Sunday? AIBU to knock at 7am? They live a few doors up so I’ve never met them

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Longsummerdays25 · 23/03/2025 07:24

I like a happy ending!

Goinggonegone · 23/03/2025 07:22

UraniumArthur · 23/03/2025 06:34

I thought I was a grumpy old bugger but a knock at 7am because you were worried about a loved pet would not bother me.

Snap!

Screwyoukeithyoutwat · 23/03/2025 07:22

LuckysDadsHat · 23/03/2025 06:00

The fire service won't come out for this, unless a danger to human life. A tree surgeon will climb the tree safely and get the cat out. They are not going to cut down the tree.

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Odd because they came out to mine when he was stuck up a tree and were fantastic.

Spookypoo · 23/03/2025 07:21

Great news, I’m sure he’ll be getting extra cuddles and food today.

Mancala · 23/03/2025 07:21

Glad it's resolved op.

I'm wondering, were you really outside searching for your cat before 6am in the dark? Or did it just choose that moment to start wailing and wake you (and so presume the neighbours!?) up?

Astranged · 23/03/2025 07:20

CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 07:01

Thanks all. Leaving a ladder propped against the tree with some food at the bottom worked - he just came in

Aw brilliant.

spiderlight · 23/03/2025 07:19

Glad he's ok!

LaurieFairyCake · 23/03/2025 07:17

So glad he’s safe 🥰🥰🥰

SkylarkKitten · 23/03/2025 07:16

Happy Sunday to you all x

To knock on a door at 7am on a Sunday
Eldermilleniallyogii · 23/03/2025 07:15

Can you call the fire brigade now and then you might get an idea of when they'll come. They might say they won't be there until after 9 anyway.

goodforher · 23/03/2025 07:13

taxguru · 23/03/2025 06:01

If you knocked at my door at 7am you’d be told to bugger off if my house isn’t on fire and come back at 10! A cat up a tree isn’t an emergency.

This . I wouldn’t be happy at you calling before 10 really.

OnlyHerefortheBiscuits · 23/03/2025 07:11

Some PPs are really dense for thinking a tree surgeon would come out, chainsaw blazing and cut a fking tree down with a cat still in it!

For anyone hard of thinking - tree surgeons are experienced tree climbers and it is this skill that will be employed. 🤦🏼‍♀️

JacqFrost · 23/03/2025 07:09

As long as you can see your cat safe and well in the tree I'd hold off knocking on the door till 9. Cats are streetwise and sturdy enough to hang around for a bit or more likely find it's own way down.

Teenybub · 23/03/2025 07:09

I would be annoyed until I knew why, and then I would be hanging out of my window to help with the rescue

whichkindof · 23/03/2025 07:09

CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 07:01

Thanks all. Leaving a ladder propped against the tree with some food at the bottom worked - he just came in

Great news ! Now go and serve your master 😆🐈

RatedDoingMagic · 23/03/2025 07:08

CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 07:01

Thanks all. Leaving a ladder propped against the tree with some food at the bottom worked - he just came in

Brilliant! Good cat.

lovealongbath · 23/03/2025 07:08

Panic over 🐈

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MiddleAgedButterfly · 23/03/2025 07:07

CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 07:01

Thanks all. Leaving a ladder propped against the tree with some food at the bottom worked - he just came in

Great news.

SkylarkKitten · 23/03/2025 07:07

I am inclined to agree that the cat will come down by itself. My one eyed cat (1 years old) sits in our elder tree (around 16-20ft) watching the world go by. To come down, he climbs across branches until he find the trunk, then either climbs down backwards, or runs straight down it.

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I knew the cat would come down after I'd typed a long post of advice. How very Cat 😂

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 23/03/2025 07:03

CatRescueNeeded · 23/03/2025 07:01

Thanks all. Leaving a ladder propped against the tree with some food at the bottom worked - he just came in

Good news OP.

Now wait for another million posts offering you advice 😄

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 23/03/2025 07:03

Cross posted - fantastic you’ve got him 🥰

AltitudeCheck · 23/03/2025 07:03

Please update us!

I agree, pop a note through the door explaining and why you are in their garden and ask them to give you a text / call when they're awake. I expect most people are actually awake far earlier than 9am, just perhaps not dressed and ready to open the door but happy to send a quick message. I'd rather be woken by a note coming through the letter box than by finding a tree surgeon in my garden!

Cats are masters of the pitiful wail, they regularly convince people that they are homeless waifs that haven't been fed in days (despite scoffing 3 meals a day and living a comfortable existance at home!)

Know that whatever you do you cat will probably come down of its own accord but only after you've made a huge fuss, involved the FB and half your street and spent a fortune on emergency tree surgeons will it saunter back down the way it came like it does this every day, turn its nose up at the tuna/ fish you've been waving about, walk straight past you and go back home for a long sleep! Because.... well, cats!

sashh · 23/03/2025 07:02

I would prefer to be woken up than wake up to someone putting a ladder up to a tree.

But then I am a cat slave. I got up at midnight to let madam in (There is an open window so she can come and go).

Rule of thumb - is there a light on?

Needspaceforlego · 23/03/2025 07:02

Cross posted. Glad you've got him.

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