Violently aggressive cat - long post

[LuvDFuzz]

I had a bird feeder in the back yard. It's down now. I have witnessed Ms Vicky jump five feet and hang on the bird feeder for half a minute .

Wow! That's some feat!! Sounds like one very determined kitty!

Worst of all, she is an "ace" - 5-6 kills and left them for Garbo to treat on. Doves on the ground are esp vunerable...

My last cat, Toby, was also a great hunger.. Very few days went by without some sort of "gift" waiting for us by the front door. Sometimes we took small animals away from him and managed to save them. He must have had his fill already!
His largest catch was a rabbit! Don't ask me how he managed to bring the poor thing back to the door!!

I am planning to post the bird house seven feet high with a screen barrier that will keep the feed from the ground, the cats out of the air. I hope the new bird feeder will be safe.

I hope so too! Sounds like an interesting idea.. Unless of course Ms Vicky uses the screen to monkey bar his way over to the side, hoists herself over and gets herself a "feeding platform" to hunt from. But I think the birds would be long gone by then anyway! LOL

If I get flamed over letting Ms. Vicky become a mass murder, it's deserved.

If someone flames you, they don't have an outdoor cat. Can you blame them for doing what's natural? I think not!

[LuvDFuzz]

Originally posted by NoahsMommy:
<STRONG>LuvDFuz,

He likes to "attack" our rabbit though, as if it were another kitten. I don't think he understands...</STRONG>

Some cats get along great with rabbits! My friend had a rabbit running free in her house, litter trained, and their cat didn't seem to mind much. Once in a while he would take a swipe at the rabbit, until the rabbit fought back.. Then they just left each other alone.
Perhaps since your kitty is so young they'll become fast friends!

[4 feline house]

OK, Spencer and Luv, I'm going to take the opposite view - come on flames! Of course, cats will do what comes naturally, but luring prey to their waiting claws and jaws is something else altogether, in my humble opinion. Spencer, I'm glad you've taken steps - all those pictures of dead birds really bothered me. No, you can't stop cats from being predatroy carnivores, but, like I said....I feed birds but my cats have never expressed an interest in them; besides, it's too difficult for them to reach the birds. They're much more interested in the cottonwood leaves blowing around.

[LuvDFuzz]

No, you can't stop cats from being predatroy carnivores, but, like I said....I feed birds but my cats have never expressed an interest in them; besides, it's too difficult for them to reach the birds. They're much more interested in the cottonwood leaves blowing around.

I think we may have our wires crossed somewhere.. I never meant that anyone would intentionally lure birds to their home so their cat would snack on them. The thought never even occured to me so your message came as a huge suprise!!
We lived in an area that was close to a forest when I had Toby, he would go off by himself for most of the day, not stay in our back yard to catch animals. We always called him away and make it very clear that we didn't like him stalking them if we saw him even watching birds when we were around.
Sorry if you misunderstood, but I'm not about to follow my cat around, even if I could, everywhere he goes to make sure he's always behaving the way I feel he should. I'll do what I can when he's in my sight. He didn't hunt at home anyway, he learned he would never get away with it when we just scared off his prey every time.

[ August 21, 2001: Message edited by: LuvDFuzz ]

[4 feline house]

LuvDFuzz, no I didn't think that's what you meant! I wouldn't expect anyone to follow their cats around every second! He he!

[LuvDFuzz]

I noticed you guys have pictures of cats in your signatures.. Are these your cats?? Cute, if a bit small! The pictures not the cats!

ps let's stay away from the bird thing to keep things positive, k?

[LuvDFuzz]

Originally posted by SpencerTheLion:
<STRONG>That thumbnail is Spencer. The full-sized picture everytime would slow down the site. You can see my cats (& fosters) at URL HERE . My cats are Spencer, Xena, Ms. Vicky, AJ, and Garbo. Mr. Socks is in a new home by himself because he would not get along with the others...</STRONG>

That's a lot of cats!
I was always trying to convince my mom to have more cats when I lived with her.. Not until now, many years later, has she taken it to heart. She now has 3 with a stray that's become their "always outdoor" cat.
We had 2 living here until Scooby became used to Oreo and no longer feared her. He started to take his frustrations out on her and things got bad.. She's living with mom now too and is much happier.

I can't get into the site to see the pictures.. says i'm not the owner of the album.. Perhaps there's some other way to see them? If not, thanks anyway.

[ August 22, 2001: Message edited by: LuvDFuzz ]