Mine went missing for a day, and then at 2am a neighbor started pounding on the door - was this our cat wailing keeping them awake?

So I climbed about 30' up a pine tree in my boxers, in the dark, unwrapped the cat from the tree, wrapped it around my bare chest (it's terrified fully extended claws made this a snap, right into my flesh) and down we went.

She never tried that again, but did enjoy annual escapes onto the roof until the arthritis got too bad.