You do know hawks too are a danger too?
My sister in law amost lost hers that way
My sister in law amost lost hers that way
Kittens maybe. . .although maybe there arre some extra-large hawks? There are a pair of Cooper's hawks (chicken hawks) who raise their babies in the park next to my house every year, and I've seen them attack the ferals (they swoop at them and hit them in the side) if they think they're getting too close to their babies. I imagine a cat could get clawed up that way, but it's obvious the hawks wouldn't be able to pick up and fly away with a grown cat.You do know hawks too are a danger too?
My sister in law amost lost hers that way
Oh no! I'm so sorry. What a terrible thing to happen.. *hugs*Sadly, I have to report that just last week I lost my 1 1/2 year old baby boy cat at night. He was 12 pounds, very personable, loving and cuddly, and had gone out for his usual evening prowl before bed, and never came in. I discovered him lying on his side in our yard the next morning, with only a huge puncture wound on the right side of his face. Yes, we do have coyotes in the neighborhood, a constant worry, but we also have some very large owls from time to time. Because his body was intact, we are making the assumption that he was caught in talons, not by a coyote, but too heavy and when he squirmed was dropped. :/ We now lock all our doggies and kitties inside at night.
I am sorry this happened to your cat. I live in an area with much wildlife, coyotes, ow.ls, bobcats, bears and who knows what else. Our cats are taken in by dark and sleep in our garage in a big animal cage. Most of the time, if I am gone during the day, they sleep on the screened in porch. Hugs to you. I am so sorry.Sadly, I have to report that just last week I lost my 1 1/2 year old baby boy cat at night. He was 12 pounds, very personable, loving and cuddly, and had gone out for his usual evening prowl before bed, and never came in. I discovered him lying on his side in our yard the next morning, with only a huge puncture wound on the right side of his face. Yes, we do have coyotes in the neighborhood, a constant worry, but we also have some very large owls from time to time. Because his body was intact, we are making the assumption that he was caught in talons, not by a coyote, but too heavy and when he squirmed was dropped. :/ We now lock all our doggies and kitties inside at night.
I had to actually look up "windbreak" on Google and read the Wikipedia entry to understand what you were saying. Sometimes I'm reminded of how ignorant I am of rural life and entire swaths of the U.S., living in this urban dump my whole life. Sorry, off topic, but I when I Googled "windbreak" I was fascinated.Vultures can't kill anything---they have extremely weak talon and beak muscles. They're designed purely for eating dead things. They can't even slice open a dead deer because the skin is too tough; they have to wait until it rots or gets opened up by another animal. So vultures don't pose a threat to cats or anything else that's alive.
The last 2 years, there was a couple of great horned owls raising their family near my house. They never bothered my ferals, it seems like they rarely even ate squirrels or rabbits. Every time I found a pellet from them it was all black feathers and bird bones. So I think that owl family liked starlings best. Now there's a red-tailed hawk living in my windbreak. And a feral mama kitty raising her babies in my back shed. I worry about the kittens but so far nothing has happened. I don't think the hawk would bother a grown cat though.