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| - My indoor only cat escaped and went missing very early Friday morning, and I spent 36 hours searching for him, only to discover him 30' up a palm tree on Saturday night, scared out of his mind. I called the fire department- they couldn't help. I called AZ Humane society- they could help, but we were not a priority and it wouldn't be until the next afternoon at the earliest that they could come out. Then I started calling tree trimmers. First one told me to call Dave, but Dave said he was too old to do cat rescue anymore- so he told me to call Jesse with Arborvision. I did, and boy was I relieved when he said he would help... but not until the next morning, and to call after 8:30am if my cat was still stuck. It was a REALLY tough 12 hours, wondering if he would die of thirst and/or fall out of the tree and onto the hard ground or brick wall beneath him- but at least I finally had some hope. So I went to bed, and slept for the first time all weekend. The next morning, I waited until 8:30am, and called Jesse. No answer. Left a message, and went over to my neighbor's house to wait. He never even called us back! I mean, who does that? At least call us back and say "you know what, I'm sorry- I can't make it- but maybe here's someone else you can try." We would have been understanding- life happens. But nope- not even a courtesy text. We tried several other resources on our own, with no luck for hours- as my poor black cat roasted in the afternoon sun. Thankfully, we found a neighbor who happened to be an out of work tree trimmer to help out. He received a few hundred dollars from me, and he didn't even ask for it- he was a true hero. I'll be recommending David for all our tree trimming and cat rescuing needs from now on.
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