I found a dead cat in a tree

[Grace Tree]

You've probably heard the expression about rescuing cats from trees; "you never see a cat skeleton in a tree." Well this morning we were taking apart a sugar maple and about 30 feet up was the carcass of a large cat wedged in a narrow crotch. Must have slipped into the crotch and couldn't free himself. We thought it was a coon but it was a mighty smelly cat. We sent him through the chipper, still wedged in the crotch. Gross pics to follow later.
Phil

 

[wood4heat]

Oh gawd, why would you send it through the chipper? The smell after that must have been horrific!!!

 

[TDunk]

There's something odd about having a tree co. named Grace Tree Service and throwing a dead cat threw a chipper.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

TDunk,



I can hear the music in my head now. Cue the Bee Gees:

Hah, hah, hah, hah,
Chippin' a cat! Chippen' a cat!
Hah, hah, hah, hah,
Chippin' a cat! Chippen' a cat!
Chippen' a caaaaaaaaat, Chippen' a cat!



Thank you! Thank you! Thang you vewy much!

 

[Grace Tree]

Oh gawd, why would you send it through the chipper? The smell after that must have been horrific!!!

Well the cat was still jammed in the crotch. We could have cut it out but it didn't appear that anyone wanted to approach cutting a dead cat out of the crotch with a chainsaw. Yep it sure smelled. As far as throwing a dead cat in the chipper--he never felt a thing. He appeared to have been dead for at least a month. Yesterday morning I climbed down out the top of a 40 ft. white pine one handed with a Robbin's nest in my hand in my other hand. That's where the Grace comes in. We don't worry about the dead stuff; just the living.
Regards,
Phil

 

[wood4heat]

Well the cat was still jammed in the crotch. We could have cut it out but it didn't appear that anyone wanted to approach cutting a dead cat out of the crotch with a chainsaw. Yep it sure smelled. As far as throwing a dead cat in the chipper--he never felt a thing. He appeared to have been dead for at least a month. Yesterday morning I climbed down out the top of a 40 ft. white pine one handed with a Robbin's nest in my hand in my other hand. That's where the Grace comes in. We don't worry about the dead stuff; just the living.
Regards,
Phil

I wasn't terribly concerned about the cat, more the chipper and people in the vicinity. :fart:

Does the chipper still smell?

 

[Grace Tree]

No, I don't think it smells. I have to go out and grease it later and I'll give it a good whiff. I made sure we didn't wait until the end to chip the cat. I wanted to put plenty of stuff through after to clean it out some. Tomorrow we're going back to finish chipping the white pine so everything will smell like the inside of a '98 Peterbilt. The family was gone for the day. The husband was having open heart surgery and the outlook isn't great. We wanted the tree to disappear while he was away so he wouldn't have to look out the window and worry about it. We got that done so it was a good day even with our most excellent cat adventure.
Regards,
Phil

 

[squad143]

TDunk,

I can hear the music in my head now. Cue the Bee Gees:

Hah, hah, hah, hah,
Chippin' a cat! Chippen' a cat!
Hah, hah, hah, hah,
Chippin' a cat! Chippen' a cat!
Chippen' a caaaaaaaaat, Chippen' a cat!

RLMFAO!!!!! Man, I have not had a laugh like that in a long time.... Now that's funny.

 

[Sprig]

Yuck. Did you inform the HO of your find? There may be a neighbour pining away for Fluffy's return, just a thought. As fer chipping dead critters, hm, when I was in the sawmill years ago we sent a (very, very) dead seal up into the mill, this was after my crazy-azzed co-worker speared it with a pike pole and got sprayed with 'devil juice' (never seen anyone toss a lunch so quick ) as it had to be moved, for some stupid reason we decided to chip it, bad mistake near cost us our jobs (we thought it was a good (and funny) idea at the time, ya know how that works... :monkey: DOH!), no skunk could have ever competed and the mill shut down for 2 hrs while the smell dissipated. That theres my chipper story du-jour.


Serge

 

[Grace Tree]

That's probably a good idea, Sprig. I hadn't thought of that. Good seal story. Do they have musk glands like skunks?
Regards,
Phil

 

[czeigler]

You've probably heard the expression about rescuing cats from trees; "you never see a cat skeleton in a tree." Gross pics to follow later.
Phil

I need to see these pictures. I am a 9-1-1 Dispatcher and we use this saying quite frequently. The pics would be awesome to hang up in here!!! lol. yeah, I know we are some sick :censored: !

 

[Grace Tree]

My partner has them on his cell phone. I'll try to get them tomorrow afternoon and post them. I'm anxious to see them too.
Phil

 

[czeigler]

My partner has them on his cell phone. I'll try to get them tomorrow afternoon and post them. I'm anxious to see them too.
Phil

Great... I won't be able to sleep tonight, I'm that excited! lol.

 

[Sprig]

That's probably a good idea, Sprig. I hadn't thought of that. Good seal story. Do they have musk glands like skunks?
Regards,
Phil

Not that I know of Phil, but if ya took a handfull of fatty rotten meat and stuck it it a rubber glove topped off with water, tied it off, and let it sit it the sun for a week or two.................now imagine that x1000 (that seal was around 8ft long and about 5ft in diam before buddy speared and deflated it a bit, evil I tell ya, no jk) *gag*


As for kitty, well we're sort of use to knockin' on doors when one gets run over etc. just courtesy I think.



Serge

 

[(WLL)]

Great... I won't be able to sleep tonight, I'm that excited! lol.

you realy are a sick:censored:

 

[czeigler]

you realy are a sick:censored:

Thought someone would like that! I'm not really that sick!

 

[(WLL)]

Thought someone would like that! I'm not really that sick!

sure buddy,sure lol

 

[czeigler]

sure buddy,sure lol

:chainsawguy: Here kitty kitty!

 

[squad143]

Still..... it is not a true Skeleton, is it.

 

[wood4heat]

So if the saying was "you ever see a cat skeleton in a tree?" wouldn't the logical response be" you ever seen one at the base of a tree?"

Just figure gravity would do it's part in keeping the tree free from....dead cats I guess.