A good reason to keep my indoor cat...indoors

I saw some kind of really large black object pass by my front window this morning, so I looked out in my yard and saw this thing in the tree out there.


There were actually two of them but by the time I got my camera one of them was already circling around again.

I have read that turkey buzzards will and do prey on animals as big as a cat.475';;;??????????????/////,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmz


Also, did you know that cats really like to jump on your keyboard when you're trying to type something?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhUotdwTEA"]Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey (older version) - YouTube

 

my parents lost about 5 cats to coyotes.

 

Here they were most often killed by cars when they crossed the road. My parents don't have any cats anymore

 

We have 6 cats here in the middle of coyote country and we did lose one of our two when we first moved here. His gf, an abandoned Arizona Paint who had managed to survive on her own for at least 6 months adopted us, taught our remaining siamese and the kittens the value of being aboreal and coming in at sunset. Its going on two years with no more loses.(knock on wood)

 

It's recent(yesterday) sightings of lions here. Right in town.

 

I've seen those exact type birds out here, in no-man's-land-country...also hawks and owls. It's been a few years, but in the past I've had 3 very special cats to suddenly "disappear". Thing is...all of these cats were just "taking a brief break" outside and were, for the most part, indoor cats.

Short of seeing a film of it (or in a crystal ball), I am certain they fell prey to the owls and/or hawks. The last 2 were nursing mama cats, and I know for a fact that owls are known (my friend saw this) to snatch up nursing cats.

I could definitely be mistaken, but I thought buzzards were mostly interested in road-kill or already dead things.

 

I live in the city, on one of the busiest streets. My cat was definitely an indoor cat.
I would be so upset if she had just disappeared.

 

Cat Fancy magazine's official stance is that all cats should be indoor cats, and I totally agree with them. It's the best way to prevent pests, disease, injury, or death....

 

there are several hundred birds that live on my works property and out of all the dozen or so buzzards i have seen there they are scared of their own shadow despite being the biggest of all the birds i commonly see. the other day a hawk was sitting on a lightpost and there wasnt a seagull to be found. last year there was a hawk in the area and on three different occasions i saw it sitting on the chest of a seagull or pigion eating its guts out.
as for cats though, they come and go, its impossible to know if they were killed or if they just moved on. there is a family of raccoons that live next to the pond though, havnt seen them in a few weeks now though but they have been there for years.
there was a pack of dogs last year that were funny, they would come in looking all around like a burglar would. they would take a few bites until they know they were seen then they would take the biggest piece of chicken they could find and run into the woods with it.

 

It can be hard to keep cats inside depending on the cat. Meow complained most piteously for the first few weeks I had her because I kept her inside. She is much happier having the option of going outside, now, although she seems to stick very close to the house, anyway.