Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: shinney on June 01, 2007, 18:05:35 PM
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Can any one tell me if foxes can attack and kill cats. We have a fox that keeps coming in to the garden dueing the day and night.
The other day, one of my cats was sitting in the garden, when a fox came up behind him. my son shouted at the fox and it turned around and ran, but then the cat chased the fox.
I am worried about letting my youngest cat out in the garden, as she is ownly 7 mths. :scared:
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my mums neighbours cat was killed by a fox a couple of years ago
her owners werent that bothered
but we was devastated
and we will always miss tinker she was lovely and always came in our house :Luv:
id not let ur babe out if theres a fox about hun but its up to u
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Fox's will attack cats if they have babies nearby or if they are really hungry.
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As the others have said - foxes will attack cats
I would be very careful
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This is so sad..........gone are the days that foxes would not bother with cats unless injured :(
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We have hundreds of foxes here in SE London. I was standing on the flat roof outside the kitchen when I saw one chasing a black cat along a narrow fence. I didn't see the end but heard the most blood curdling noises. Nothing I could do as was too far away and it was awful. A young, old or ill cat stands no chance with an aggressive, hungry fox. The foxes here are mostly around in the early ams and evenings, but they are really tame and sleep on the grass during the day too.
I don't know if the introduction of sealed wheelie bins means that they have less to eat and so attack cats?
OH was very annoyed with me as I wouldn't consider any garden flats in case my boys escaped and got killed by a fox. He took my point though when his boss told him that she and her husband had buried their cat in a nearby forest in Kent and gone on the weekend to visit her grave, only to find to their horror that she'd been dug up and eaten. Stretches my AR credentials to the utmost.
Remember if there are foxes in your area and you build a cat run, to make sure they can't dig their way in - just grass and soil and they can.
I do like to see the foxes though in an urban environment, but make sure your cat is safe. Having said all that, there are plenty cats walking around who they don't seem to bother - probably young and fit cats.