Re: Fluffy is missing

Posted by warbaby on November 05, 2019 at 20:05:54 from (24.180.81.247):

In Reply to: Fluffy is missing posted by 37chief on November 05, 2019 at 18:01:10:

We have barn cats and coyotes.

Last winter I got up about 4am to answer nature's call and when i looked out the bathroom window in the yard light I could see there were 3 coyotes sitting under a stand of pine trees in the backyard where we winter feed deer, just like a trio of domesticated dogs. They were about 30ft. from a barn where the cats stay under a lean-to on the same side the coyotes were. I got on my boots and coat, then went out on the deck and flung my arms open, (reenacting that scene in Dr. Zhivago with Yuri the wolves at Varykino) whereupon the coyotes scattered. I figured there would be no cats- at least no complete cats- left, and sure enough, when I shone a torch into the lean-to all their straw boxes were empty and straw was scattered about.

Then I looked up on the parts shelves that line the outer wall of the barn inside the lean-to, and up on the top shelf, 14 feet up, were all 8 of the cats, all puffed-up staring down at me! Two hours later, half of them were still up there and stayed put until the sun came out.

Almost every night I hear coyotes behind my house in the woods and across the road in the fields and woods there. Any time a siren goes down the main road at night a few coyotes will join in, howling a backup chorus as it passes by. In the winter I can see where they cross by yard at night and find deer and rabbit kills frequently. My neighbors raise sheep, cattle, goats and chickens and I have a fine herd of fixed, well fed and healthy once abandoned cats (yes, you cat dumpers- those are cows, but the farm across from me is a BEEF CATTLE operation, NOT a dairy farm!!). All those animals running around here making noise and spreading scent must make it irresistible to the pack, but I haven't lost a cat yet to coyotes in 30 years here, but i stay up (and outside) late, and sleep light.

The biggest threats to my pride of cats are hunters who "gotta kill something!", and idiots who drive 60mph+ on a narrow dirt road lined with mature trees and deep ditches.

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