My neighbors have at least 3 cats that roam the outdoors & I'd just love for
one of them to attempt to catch a squirrel. My bet is unless the cat was
unusually lucky, there's no way he could latch onto a healthy squirrel and
could wind up with some nasty scratches from the squirrel.
I've seen the results of cat hunting & it mainly consists of mice, small
rabbits & the occasional bird.
The squirrels around here are not afraid of the local cats.
Kenneth Waller
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Whaley" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels
David J Brooks wrote:
[...]
We have three cats, one of which is an outdoor cat, Norman. She will
go after the birds, mice, moles etc, but just sits there and watches
the squirrels. I have pictures of her and a squirrel 3-5 feet away,
just looking at each other. On occasion she will make a feeble attempt
to chase one, but not very fast or very long.
She's eleven which could have some bearing.??
Just remember, there is no such thing as a squirrel proof bird feeder.
Dave
Two things. Eleven is plenty old enough to have learned a lot of life's
lessons, especially about squirrels, one of which is 'There is no end
point in chasing a squirrel." It's more like "So, what happens THEN?"
And while cats are amazingly agile and fast, they are NOT squirrels,
which, being smaller, etc., will always have the edge in speed and
agility... More like "Supera Rodentii." <g>
keith
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