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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

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.

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.

Dibber thank goodness that you heard and managed to rescue your poor cat, hope its ok today. :-*

If there is no other food about, I think they'll have a go at nearly anything.

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

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

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