Fox attack on my cat

*bet not get! D'uh!

So sorry to hear of your poor cat's run in with something predatory. We lived in open country for many years and often saw foxes around the garden/garage, but there seemed to be a Mexican standoff between them and my two cats and they never fought. My money is on a badger attack- they are absolutely vicious when cornered - far from wise old Badger in Toad of Toad Hall! My big bruiser of a cat (8 kilos) had a similar experience to yours but it was def a badger as we caught the tail end of the fight. I hope your cat makes a speedy recovery and I get he he looks really cosy in his jumpers!!

I'm glad to hear your cat is recovering chicken and hope he gets his bounce back soon.

Blimey, it sounds as if badgers are a nuisance as well. Maybe we need a cull.

My dog once came off worse after a scrap with a badger.
The vet cleaned her up and gave her antibiotics. He was pretty sure the wounds were from a badger, going from the size of the scratches.
He said she had done well to escape with as few wounds as she had, as badgers generally kill dogs.
It never put her off going into the fields though, even though we tried to dog proof the yard at the back of our house.

I am sorry to learn of the cat, so distressing.

As to ' foxes are natural born killers' cats kill birds do they not ?

I was so fortunate to once watch a fox walk through a field of sheep and lambs, it was such a joy to see

Foxes in overcrowded towns and cities are different from their truly wild rural cousins. They don't have to rely on stealth and cunning to find a food source so are nothing but a nuisance and shouldn't be encouraged.

I suppose I just like to see real wild animals in our built up overcrowded towns and cities. Yes foxes are just animals and instinct drives them just as it drives our cats to chase mice, bits of string, rustly things etc. I did once lose a cat and could never be sure it wasn`t to foxes.
I`m so sorry to hear of poor chicken`s cat. I hope he gets his bounce back soon. He may not be too keen to go outside again though?

I can't see any insults in absentgrandma's post. She was just saying it like it is. Foxes are not cuddly creatures to be encouraged into gardens by feeding.

Thanks for all the get-well messages for my poor cat.He's obviously feeling a bit better (feeding OK) but he has lost his bounce.Back to the vet tomorrow for the first checkup and he'll howl all the way there!

When we lived in the country and kept ducks and chickens foxes were a natural hazard. When we lost birds it was usually because the fox had found a gap that we had missed.

At the moment we live in a row of houses where five families have multiple cats and one cat owner also puts out food for a fox every night with no problems at all.

One of my friends had an old cat die of a heart attack after meeting a fox in her garden, but there didn't seem to be any aggression on the part of the fox.

Why do you assume that merlot?

I was referring specifically to absentgrandma's reference to an attack 'in a henhouse'.

nightowl I don't suppose you've ever seen the carnage that can be cause by a daytime fox attack.

Well I should have lunch really! May consider vegetarianism again......

Don't slink away Starling!

And don't blame your cat for killing things - humans are pretty good at that too!

So many insults in one post absentgrandma and so many assumptions.

Eg. 'Townies' (there's a loaded term if ever there was one), 'deluded', 'natural born killers' (could that be because they're carnivores?)

If I was taken to a hen house after a fox had 'had it's fun' as you put it, I would think 'why on earth didn't the owners fasten the poor hens up better?'

deluded townie slinks away


I'm actually not too keen on our own cats currently though (as per other thread) - why do animals have to kill each other?

DDs cat was killed by a fox. I have zero tolerance for the deluded lot who put food out for them. They should be taken to see a hen house after a fox has had 'its fun' They don't even kill to eat. I am well aware this is a unpopular attitude for townies to come to terms with but foxes aren't cuddly little things, they are natural born killers.

We have had the odd urban fox occasionally pass through garden, our cats must have kept out of the way.

(Some time ago, one fox had an injured paw so it limped around our garden until we put some food out for it - it then picked up the cat bowl in its mouth and took the bowl into a more private location behind a bush! Then it went to next door's garden (not animal lovers) and sunbathed in full view....)

That must have been so distressing for all concerned chicken. I hope your cat recovers well.

We once had a cat killed by a badger. We heard the screams and ran out just in time to see the badger running off. The cat was young and healthy but bled to death on the way to the vet.

I do hope your puss feels better soon poor thing,very strange for a cat not to see off a fox as foxes are spooked and run off at the slightest confrontation so he must have been really starving and after food.
We have had a family of foxes live locally for quite some time but they have only been seen in the early hours,mr.glamma (in his wisdom) suggests it could have been a badger rather than a fox as they leave the same type of bite marks and have no fear of cats.
Get well soon puss.

See so many "missing cat" notices round here, and foxes are not uncommon. I believe it's down to foxes. Perhaps urban foxes are hungrier since the less easily raided wheelie bins came in.

Poor puss. Hope he's better soon.

Our young cat is small but fast. I keep her in at night because our neighbour keeps chickens and his garden is full of foxes. I think she could probably move fast enough to get away but don't want to take a chance.

What a shame, I hope his wounds heal quickly. I'm sure my cat would be no match for a fox.

Oh dear. I am surprised at this, as I would have thought a cat could fiight off a fox quite easily.
Get Well Soon, cat. Best wishes from a cat lover.