Don't know why I'm posting but I'm just so shocked! We live in a smallish village, big garden, lots of big rhododendrons, backs onto woodland, (muntjac) deer frequently eating my feckin plants milling around the garden. DH observed last week we currently have a resident mummy deer with a tiny fawn, yesterday DH is out front mowing lawn when opposite neighbour says 'do you have a cat?' Dh says err yeah why? (Expecting complaint as she is a mardy cow) she says is it that one? Points to dcat about 40 foot up tree overhanging the road! Whilst trying to call her down DH spots mummy and fawn in bushes under the tree where cat is.
Long story short, DH gets ladder, not long enough, but frightens cat higher up the tree 
, lovely opposite neighbour gets mega long ladder but can't get hold of her but he sort of pushes her down the tree and she runs/ falls down tree (I couldn't look) DH replays cctv and we see dcat meandering around front garden probably having a poo until suddenly mummy deer appears at 100 mph chasing dcat, she flees up tree trunk and then gradually climbs higher to get to a branch which is about 40 foot up! Called vet said keep her in and keep an eye on her. She was very subdued and sleepy last night and had a slight limp by bedtime but this morning seems totally fine. Poor baby I hope she won't be too frightened to go in the front garden again - must admit it's made me more wary! Dcat is 15 btw - another one of her 9 lives gone!