What Do You Do When Your Cat Gets Stuck in a Tree? What do you do when your cat climbs 30 feet up in a tree and is way too scared to come down? Well, probably just wait until it gets hungry enough, and it’ll find a way, right? I had one once, where I just shook a can of Pounce a couple of times, and down he came. But sometimes it’s not that simple. Unlike a squirrel, cats can pretty much go one way. Forward. Earl had never climbed a tree to my knowledge. In his almost 15 years, he never had to. He’s not squirrel-like in the least. The problem last weekend was that our recent family addition, a round-headed numbskull of a Rottweiler mix pup named Riker, looks like the German Blitzkrieg approaching. Oh, he’s sweet and very playful, and built like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, only with fur, and more teeth. And he loves to chase things. Anything. Tennis balls, dog toys, flies, and unfortunately, cats.