Dottie needs a miracle.

The 7-month-old American tabby climbed more than 50-feet up a neighbor's tree on Oak Avenue in Staten Island's Oakwood section -- and the kitten has been stuck there for four days.

"I don't know what else to do at this point," Stacy Pizzurro, the kitten's owner, told the Advance today.

Here's a video from the yard:

7-month old kitten stuck in tree

Ms. Pizzurro said attempts to get the Fire Department or Animal Care and Control of New York City to come to the kitten's aid were unsuccessful. When informed by the Advance, a crew from Con Edison arrived on the scene within an hour, but the kitten scampered even higher up the tree, out of reach from the utility's 30-foot tall cherry pickers.

"All the city agencies we pay taxes for didn't want to help," said Marilyn Crespo, the owner of yard with the tree where the cat is stuck. "Animal Control said put food out, she'll come down. It's been four days."

Four Con Edison workers arrived on the scene this afternoon, but were not able to rescue the kitten.

"We thought we'd be able to reach her with the bucket truck, but this is in the backyard," said Jeff Isaacs, the Con Edison supervisor.

Nicholas Marshall, the chief lineman, climbed up a ladder with a can of tuna trying to lure the cat down. His partners poked and prodded with the long extension sticks hoping it would fall into the long comforter held out by Ms. Pizzurro and her neighbor.

When that didn't work, another neighbor came with a hose and squirted it with water, but the kitten climbed even higher out of reach.

-- Reported by Margaret DeJesus