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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: dibberxxx on May 06, 2005, 15:50:01
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What a noise was woken at 3 this morning by the loudiest noise i have ever heard dived out of bed as it was outside my bedroom window , the bush was shaking like mad and i could not believe my eyes it was a fox attacking my cat did i scream the fox ran off , i ran down the stairs and flew out the front door to meet my neigbour as it had woken her to .the cat was fine thank goodness just very scared, i did not think foxes attack cats i still cant beleive it so from now on my cats will be staying in at night
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I'm so glad you're cat's ok.
I've heard about it happening in my area too. It's really horrible but aparently a fox was stalking a cat for ages before ripping it to shreds. It's so very gross.
I was thinking about getting a cat too. But not now.
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Oh well I'm blowed I saw a tele program that showed foxes and cats side by side just ignoring each other. I never knew they would attack a cat. I do hope you and the cat have recovered it really leaves you shaken something like that.
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Dibber thank goodness that you heard and managed to rescue your poor cat, hope its ok today. :-*
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If there is no other food about, I think they'll have a go at nearly anything.
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Hi Dibberxxx
So glad your cat is OK. I know cats like to be out at night but I wont go to bed until Merlin is safely inside. You might be in for some interupted sleep as they complain about being kept in but they'll get used to. I find it's worse with the light mornings, Merlin some times wakes me at around dawn because he wants to go out but if I ignore him he usually settles down again. But then some mornings he just wants to snuggle up and have a cuddle. :)
I would have said it was very unusual for a fox to attack a cat but there are always exceptions to the rule.
MM
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Glad to hear your cat is OK dibber. I can only think the fox was very hungry ... I think it is wise to keep your cat indoors from now on. Good luck :D
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Thank goodness it all happened near enough for you to hear and get out there.
Never heard of that happening, though some of our urban foxes here are pretty large - and pretty confident - so they probably could attack a cat. I just can't imagine that with all the successful scavenging they do, they could get that hungry.
Ellkebe