More of a scavanger/ small varment preditor. Perhaps if the cat got mixed up with a mother and pups, or was injured. Other than that, cats defend themselves better than say voles, mice, and in instances chickens.
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Foxes will definately eat cats. I have been keeping and breeding cats for over 20 years. I never had a problem with foxes until about 20 months. A kitten disappeared from the patio and snarling noises were heard. No hard evidence but a few days later my son was woken by snarling and struggling outside his window. He got up and saw the mother cat being shaken by a fox. He threw something and frightened the fox off but the cat's jaw was broken in 2 places and her shoulder muscle was badly damaged. She needed 3 operations at a cost of £300. This happened in early morning in June when it was light.
The next summer we had kittens again with a different mother cat. This time a kitten disappeared from the kitchen after being snatched through the catflap while eating. I was out of the room so only heard and saw the cat family scatter. One kitten had gone afterwards though. A week later the kittens were in the garden when one got snatched again. My son gave chase and the kitten was dropped. She suffered spinal damage and was left paralysed. After careful nursing and hand feeding she managed to walk again in a very wobbly way. A month later the fox came back and attacked her mother. She wasn't eaten but left headless. I buried her but the fox dug her up. The final straw came this week when the young cat who had been paralysed was locked out by mistake for only an hour but disappeared, presumably fox snatched.
My cats are kept indoors except when I am with them but the last few attacks have happened when the cats have managed to get out accidentally. The quality of life they were used to has worsened as they have to be kept in most of the time. I feel I can no longer give them the life I would like them to have because of foxes. I have now given up breeding because it has become too dangerous for the cats. My surviving cats live in a state of siege and I have been left devastated and traumatised.
I went to sleep around 2 am and the window was slightly opened because it was to warm, i was getting to sleep when i heard a very loud cat snarling noise so i got out of bed to look out the window to see two foxes sitting on the road they were looking for food. I watched them as they were fighting with each other i think one was female and the other male. I was worried that any of my cats were out side as they are in and out door cats.I had to go down stairs to count all my cats and kittens to make sure they were all safe. I didn't realise what foxes could do to other animals i didnt think they were as vicious as that i am now keeping my cats in at night so i dont need to worrying about them. I looked up the internet the next day and it said Domesticated cats and foxes normally ignore each other. My mum found a fox two days previous at the side of our house with a big black rat in it's mouth, God know's what else it could catch. So keep your cat's and other animals in at night.
Foxes eat cats. But since foxes and cats can be comparable in size, it doesn't happen with high frequency. Coyotes are much more prone to prey on cats, since they hunt in packs, while foxes are often solitary.
I have just looked out my window 3.30am and seen a fox chasing a small cat they were not playing it was clear it was after it,
by the time i went out it had gone, So yes i believe foxes eat cats so keep your cats indoors at night
i live in bradford
Possibly if the cat is a small kitten or near death. A fox isn't much of a predator, it's more of a scavenger and opportunist. They are about the same size and a cat is pretty vicious and not a scavenger. Then again, not even vultures will usually touch a dead cat on the road.
yes they do. I hate foxes they are horrible, disturbing, vermin. Because they ate my cat. i saw that big, red, fox with black ears, tail, and feet dragging my cat off. to finish my cat off. When we drove home from the doctors appointment, we saw they big yellow-orange eyes glowing in front of the headlights, my cat got out two days before this and it was 8:00pm, we thought it could have been my cat but instead it was the fox that had eaten my poor baby. We chased him off and found my cat with it's abdomen cut open. We then the next day gave him a proper burriel and put all of his favorite things in the box with him so he could have those with him in heaven. We threw 4 roses in the hole and burried him. We said our last goodbyes. The next day we came back to the grave and the fox had burried up the box so we put rocks and logs on. But what i regret most was the last thing i said to him. i said i hate you because he did something that i was mad at him for and then he was gone. It's been, 5 monthes since and i'm still crying. It was my daughters cat and she was devistated. She had lots of problems and she really loved that cat and is some what depressed from it. We love that cat, his name is tango, we love tango so much. He was my daughters cat and she picked him out. Tango was also our very first cat as a family together. Rest in peace Tango, we love you.
It's possible if its a smaller cat.
I think they would have a problem with my cats though.
Mine are very well fed, most weigh 18-22 pounds which is as much or even more than some foxes weigh.
All of my cats except one are related and five are from the same litter and they have developed a "pride" or "pack" mentality.
I didn't think domestic cats would do that but I have one dog who is 3 times as big but they will send one or two cats out to play with her and distract her while 4 or 5 of the others sneak up from behind and flank her, Then they all attack at once and beat the crap out of the poor dog.
She is part pit bull by the way but still gives the cats a LOT of respect and wont act agressive towards them.
Short answer though.
A fox might be able to take a smaller cat on it's own but it would probably still be a tough battle.
As someone else said though with a coyote all bets are off.
Coyote's are much more aggressive.
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quack is whack Mar, 06 2009 at 12:21 PM
