To knock on a door at 7am on a Sunday

[CatRescueNeeded]

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

So pleased to hear he is safely home. We have a huge tree in our garden and wouldn’t have minded a 7am visit, one of us is always up at 6am to tend to our dogs.

Fire service won't help. Tree surgeon won't take the tree down, just climb it 😂

For future reference,OP don't bother knocking a front door at anytime of the day on any day. If an MNer lives there they probably won't answer anyway no matter what their home situation and a 6'6" rugby playing spouse to hand.🙄

I’m so glad he’s home safely. I would have answered the door and helped with the ladder!

does the fire brigade really come out for cats up a tree. I thought that was just a Fireman Sam type story!

our house would be fine with a 7am knock, but it’s far to early for the majority. I would pop a letter through for them

That made me laugh. My brother is a firefighter and the cat skeleton is always his response to rescue requests too.

Unless ofcourse my brother is your friend - interesting plot twist 😂

Ah sorry - fair enough - didn’t realise this at first 😭

Wait until 12. See if the cat comes down.
As I understand it, the fire brigade don’t want to be pestered by pet incidents these days.
You should try and call local RSPCA

For this, I'd be okay with 7am. Glad to see he's safe.

They're little buggers, aren't they 😂

It’s always an orange cat! They are so bad!

pleased he’s safe.

FWIW I’d have knocked at 7am if needed for my cat…. Not my dp or first born… but definitely the cat 🤣

Yeah this. ^ Several years ago, DH was flapping about in the kitchen and saying that our cat (13-14 at the time) was 'stuck' on the garage roof. I said she will be fine, she got up so she can get down. He didn't listen (because men know better!)

Cue a scream 2 minutes later. DH had gone to 'rescue' said kitty, and had tumbled down a small hill in our garden whilst going behind the garage with a CHAIR to try to stand on to get her, and he banged his head. Spent half the day in A & E (10 hours!) and he lost 2 days pay from work, as they kept him in for observation.

And.... kitty hopped off the garage roof, by jumping on the wheelie bin, and then onto the ground from there. 🙄😆

SO glad your cat is down now.

How did you get him down @CatRescueNeeded Did he come down by himself?! Did he come down the ladder? Did you need to talk to the neighbour?

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Well what you said wasn't pleasant. And not everyone here is a mother either.

At 7am? I can understand most people would be unhappy with that!

Although......... If someone had got their wee kitty trapped up a tree, (in my garden,) and they had been there all night, and the owner was desperate to get in my garden to rescue them, (and had to wake me at 7am on a Sunday,) then I would make an exception!

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Oh I'm so glad he's down.

They did come and rescue our cat. He got his head stuck in a patio table (where the parasol goes). And he was wedged just couldn't shift him. The fire brigade cut him out.
Mind you this was about 10 years ago so don't know if they do it now. Hope your cat comes down okay. Have you tried dreamies? Our cat loved those.

I love your sense of priority. 😂

Me if there was a fire: cat first, then my record collection and 45 years worth of diaries, then DH. 😆

He's down now @Emeraldiisland

I’m not sure a distressed cat is a ‘cute’ photograph opportunity!

She's not going to ask the tree surgeon to cut the tree down!

This.

Cats are so annoying. It will probably get down on its own. It's not your neighbours problem.

😂

So glad your cat got down safely ❤️

Thank goodness you had a tall enough ladder!

OP glad he’s home BUT you didn’t mention he was a Ginger Tom. Honestly, they are such drama llamas (experience here) If I’d seen this earlier I’d have been able to tell you

• noise - drama
• tree - artention
• food - always works

hope you all get some sleep :)

The fire service came out for my friend’s cat which was stuck overnight in a storm on the apex on the top of her house 😿 It’s probably a good training exercise for them if they’re aren’t any fires for them to fight just now.

Hope your cat is ok OP.