My neighbour wants to climb my tree

Be adamant. They can rescue their cat if they put the ladders over the fence.
No way allow them to enter your house.

Well Sarahellen I hope if the original poster or you ever have a fall or your electricity cuts out or you need a strong hand or a steady foot you remember to never ever let your neighbours over your precious threshold

I'm amazed that people are so precious about their houses and feel it would be awful to let strangers walk through the hallway. Don't get it at all.

My cat was stuck up a very tall neighbour's tree from early morning to late evening- chasing birds, I expect. My daughter did go up a ladder but it wasn't long enough and she couldn't be tempted down with food (tuna) and just miaowed pitifully all day. Eventually about 10 o'clock I found her back in my garden with a cut face. It had started to rain and was windy by then so not sure if that encouraged her to come down or if she fell.

Anyway, after some cuddles on the sofa with me she was fine and has never been up that tree again! I've never heard of a cat dying of starvation up a tree so I feel they get down in the end. If your neighbours insist on trying to rescue it then tell them they will have to put the ladder over the back fence. I wouldn't let them come through the house and I am a big cat/animal lover.

I really don’t understand why it’s such a big deal to allow some neighbours to carry a ladder through your house.
They are just concerned about the cat.

What about other strangers? boiler service, builders etc.
My mother is the same, has never had neighbours in, as an animal lover I dont know what she would have done, I shall ask next time I see her.

Ditto what Old Meg said ..........Poor thing !!

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I agree with the OP. The cat got down, so no harm done.
It wasn’t even the cat owners who wanted to come through her house!
If it had been me, I would have said, You are welcome to come over the fence at your own risk, and with your own ladders if you insist, but the RSPCA said it will find its own way down.
There is no way to get to my garden other than through the house, so I do understand the intrusion from total strangers. We have no idea who lives over the back of us. My neighbours are those who live each side of me at the front. That might be a different matter, but I still value my privacy.

Usually cats do manage to find their way down again, but a young cat or one that was being chased and ran up a tree may simply not be able to figure out how to come down.

I would let the neighbours in, but definitely not traipsing through the house with ladders, after warning them, that as the tree is covered in ivy, it may very well be partly decayed and dangerous to climb.

You could suggest that they all left well alone for a couple of hours and kept quiet, then put some food - a tin of sardines will do nicely and a bowl of water at the foot of the tree to tempt the poor thing down.

Well! Bluebelle,! I am sure were I to need assistance for that you describe I would hope those who were to assist me would have the intelligence to know of a way with the least inconvenience and disruption to my fellow neighbour. Unlike those who wanted to bring presumably a long ladder into someone else's property. which could cause interior damage. Who would admit responsibility for that.?

Tell them you've taken advice from the RSPCA and the FB and that the cat will come down of it's own accord. What if one of them has an accident climbing the ladders? We had similar problem when 1 of our cats got stuck on top of a neighbours tree. The tree had recently been topped and the total diameter that the cat was perched on with all 4 paws was no more than 6". We put food at the bottom of the tree and several hours later the cat was down and perfectly happy

Mumofmadboys. Gather you were having a laugh?
You certainly gave me one. Sorry cat.

Yes! I'm not a cat lover by any means but unknown neighbours would have been let through the house with their ladders. I don't suppose they'll ever bother you again!

sarahellenwhitney WTF?

Takes all sorts I suppose.

I am so glad you and others aren't one of my neighbours!

Some Hallways don't go straight through the house , no way would a long ladder get there where we used to live , quick right to living room , turn left to kitchen and then there was the four steep steps to the garden . Bins had to live at the front

Rubytut Professional services are covered by insurance for any mishap they are responsible for that occurs to a property while they are on its premises.To let a person, with a long ladder, enter a property belonging to his neighbour to rescue a cat belonging to his self but in doing so causes damage to the neighbours property, in what ever shape or form, who would pay to have the damage rectified.?? The fact they asked and were allowed to enter the property is not relevant .It was what they caused while in that property. I am sure those of us who have been against allowing this neighbour in with his ladder are of the same mind and not petty minded as many believe us to be.

This entire thread reminds me of a cat story.

Years ago, when we lived in our old house, a 'lost' cat had been stuck in a tree and meowing woefully for two days! The very tall tree stood at the foot of a steep embankment, on the other side of our neighbor's back fence. They could place the ladder on the yard side because it didn't reach...anything longer wasn't safe. On the other side of the yard, the terrain was too steep and rocky so there was no place to set a ladder safely).

Neighbor's sixteen year old son had an idea. He attached a small cardboard box to the (pool) skimmer net at the end of a long extension pole (don't know how he attached it exactly). The idea was to climb over the fence and use the pole to reach the cat and bring it down safely inside the box.

After repeated tries he wasn't getting close enough for the cat to get in. The pole was unwieldy and hard to control. After numerous attempts, cat had the idea but the pole kept moving. Then, another close encounter and the cat took a long awaited leap of faith.

Alas, the pole moved yet again and the poor animal landed over one side of the box. Box became detached on that end. With box now hanging off and front paws clinging on for dear life, the hapless cat let go as soon as he could land safely. No sooner on the ground, he took off into the woods, never to be seen again.

Our hallway doesn't go straight through the house either and I can't see a long ladder being taken through without bashing the paintwork!

Sorry...I meant to say that ladder on yard side couldn't reach

I wonder where the cat went willa They can be very fickle!

Sorry I can’t read the title of this thread without thinking that it might be a Euphemism, it obviously isn’t.

It’s just me ?

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