Saving the Fur

Mom is writing the post

for this blog today...

  Chey

I left the house Monday morn 

to pick up my groceries 

that I ordered on line. I 

came home and did not leave

again until Wed evening.

I made myself leave 

the house then 

cause I needed to go treat 

Shadow at the barn for fleas. 

I say that I was going to treat

Shadow because I only 

had one treatment. I have 

more but apparently they are

in a box that has yet to be

unpacked! And since this

girl is HIGHLY allergic to

fleas I try to be sure she

gets treated. 

Shadow is the cat that showed

up when the other kittens were

3 months old. She was at some

point an indoor cat with beautiful

fur and well cared for. 

Anyway....moving right along....

I got out of the car and fed 

Arnold some cantaloupe rind. 

Arnold is the big pink pig

at the barn. I called for the 

other two but they did not

come so Arnold had his own

little treat. 

Shadow came up behind 

me telling me hi with a 

couple of meows. But it 

was the sound coming 

from the barn that got my

attention......a cat crying in 

distress. I looked in the

barn and there were two 

ladders there. One going to the top 

of the feed room and the 

other on top of the feed room going 

up in the rafters. There she was 

at the very top of the barn as

close to the tin roof as she 

could get, crying her heart 

out....my little Ms Tigress. I 

called up to the house and Renee 

said she had tried to get her 

down with the ladders but could not

get up there....hold up 

and she would come down

to the barn and we would see

what we could do.

Tigress was crying her heart out, 

she was next to that tin roof 

where I know it was hot and 

she was panting so hard between 

the cries. So I climb up the first 

ladder to the top of the feed room. 

This was not too high but it was up

off the ground, sort like you standing

on the ceiling to your living room.

Also, keep in mind, I am not a fan

of heights.

Once I was on top of the feed room

I looked at the other ladder....

OH CRAP...but that babe needed 

saving so I sucked it up and started 

to climb. I got a little over half way 

up and panic sat in. Panic set in cause

I kept looking down and the board that

the ladder was leaning on was not

exactly what I would call safe. 

One end of it had come un-nailed

from the other beams. I started to shake 

so I had to work my way down that

ladder,judging each step.

I took another deep 

breathe and decided that if I had 

to climb up to get Tigress I 

would have to do it with my

eyes closed.

Now would probably be a good 

time to also tell you that I was

up on top of the feed room 

without my phone. WHAT THE 

HECK! I had set it down in 

the hall area of the barn cause

I was afraid I would drop my

damn phone! Forget about the

fact that if I fell I might need it!!

DUH! Also keep in mind that 

Renee had yet to come down

to the barn!

Anyway,  I could not leave Tigress

up there. Renee brought in a long 

2x4 and handed it up to me.

I tried holding it up there 

hoping that Tigress would get on 

it and walk down. I had it right up

there with the end next to her

balanced on a beam. I think it was to 

big of a slope and she would not 

get on it. I could not hold it higher

on my end to level it out some for her. 

It was just too hard with me hold 

this long board up over my head

and I was just not tall enough to

get it higher on my end. 

At this point Renee looked out

of the barn door and called 

for Monkey. I have NO clue what

Monkey's real name is but he has

that nickname because he can

scale a tree like a monkey! He 

had actually pulled in behind me

when I came in the drive but he

bared off to the rental house 

and I to the barn. Renee yelled

at him and asked him to come

help. 

Monkey scaled right up the first

ladder and the the bigger ladder

with no issues. I told him to grab

Tigress behind the neck and she

not claw at him. However he had

to grab her around the middle. 

Bless her heart she must have

known we were there to help

cause she did not even try to 

crawl at him. He came right 

down that ladder and handed her

to me. Now like Lily, Tigress will

allow me to hold her, for a min 

then she pushes to get down. 

However not now...I cradled her

close to me and she was just

fine with it.

Monkey looked at me and 

asked me was I going to 

jump down off the feed room!

HAHA...I told him my flying

powers were not working. I

sat Tigress down, they get

on the feed roof all the time 

and I knew she knew how to 

get down. Then I looked at

Monkey and said, "AW hell,

how am I going to turn around

and start down"!?? Monkey had

already sat the big ladder down

on the barn floor so he raised

it up over the lip of the roof

so I could sort of just

walk on to it and I started

down. He said he was there

to catch me. HAHA....I think

I am a tad bigger then him and 

he told me that was not an issue

he would not let me fall. 

I touched BOTTOM!!!

Thanked Monkey and 

jumped into cat mode.

Tigress had come down

to the inside of the feed 

room and I ran and got 

her water. Renee said she

found her up there early

that morning, and it was 

around 6 when we got

her down. I knew that she

might even have gotten up

there the night before. I

knew that tin roof was 

hot. 

I tried to love on her again

and she was over it. WOW,

cats sure are not grateful.

I was willing to risk my

life for her!!!

Sorry NO PICS cause I 

went into saving mode

when I saw her and never

even thought about taking

pics of the cat up there or

the ladders propped up. 

I just needed to save

Tigress. So, I guess that 

is the one way to get me to

put my camera down. 

Thankful that Monkey 

came along when he

did. 

I visited with Chris and 

Renee for a bit. Let me

also throw in here that

Chris was unable to help

with the cat cause just

a few days ago he had

a second surgery on his

shoulder. I did however

scold Tigress when she

came up on the deck and

Chris said that she prob

chased a mouse up 

there. I knew if had to 

be something cause those

cats have NEVER climbed

those beams that high

up. The ones between

the feed room and the 

ground they are pros at!

That would be my 

fur adventures of

the day!

Pam