I wonder how many lives this feral cat has

[goosifer]

first pic taken today, 11 hours before second pic

[Woody Meristem]

Too many!

[Steuben Jerry]

That kitty looks pretty well fed for a feral cat. Somebody's outdoor cat on her mid-day patrol?

[goosifer]

3 minutes ago, Steuben Jerry said:

That kitty looks pretty well fed for a feral cat. Somebody's outdoor cat on her mid-day patrol?

I really don't know know. I've seen it for a couple years now, along with a black one (never together), out year round. I'm amazed its survived this long. Maybe a barn cat, so it has some shelter.

[TreeGuy]

I have a black and a dark grey. Not sure how the heck they survive with Yotes and the cold,but they do. I'd be lying if I said they hadn't been in the crosshairs a few times..... Just not much of a kitty killer

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[corydd7]

No houses near me or farms. I couldn't figure out where this guy came from. I have him twice headed right towards where the poults hung out.

[Steve D]

I wonder how many lives this feral cat has

 

Not many if it walks up my laneway

[BigVal]

I took a cat in that lived outside for a couple years. He's awesome. 

[WNYBuckHunter]

Its crazy how many feral cats get hit by lightning in certain areas

[Steuben Jerry]

Nah - cats always get a pass from me. Most of them belong to somebody. Why kill them?

[moog5050]

We had a cat that roamed my father's 40 acres all day long and would come home to eat and sleep when he whistled.  I couldn't kill that poor kitty.

[Steuben Jerry]

We've got a cat that lives in the chicken coop with my wife's birds. She has her own clean/heated apartment in there. Someone dumped her on us a few years ago.

She roams around all day mostly on our place. I can walk outside and call her/whistle and if she's within earshot she comes running. Always affectionate.

Edited February 6, 2018 by Steuben Jerry

[Robhuntandfish]

had one below my treestand one time and it had no idea i was there.  I broke of a little twig and was dropping pieces of it in the leaves and the cat would jump at it.  entertained me for a bit.  Then i made a noise and its eyes got like as big as a cartoon cat and man it took off.  

[WNYBuckHunter]

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0907_040907_feralcats.html

 

[WNYBuckHunter]

We have a cat, hes very affectionate, stays indoors all winter, cuddles up to us, etc. During the summer, when he goes outside, he hunts and kills everything he can catch. A couple of times, weve found dead bats on the steps. Honestly, I wish my girlfriend would keep him in the house. Cats are proficient killers, and do a number on wildlife, especially songbirds.

[Hunter007]

I read someplace that in some cities like NYC they welcome Wildcats as a solution for the rat problems they have there .

[Hunter007]

6 minutes ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

We have a cat, hes very affectionate, stays indoors all winter, cuddles up to us, etc. During the summer, when he goes outside, he hunts and kills everything he can catch. A couple of times, weve found dead bats on the steps. Honestly, I wish my girlfriend would keep him in the house. Cats are proficient killers, and do a number on wildlife, especially songbirds.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/07/15/health/cats-chicago-rat-patrol/index.html

[Hunter007]

pest control

 

Cats have worked as the world's fuzzy exterminators for at least 10,000 years. That's when wild cats cozied up to the Natufians, the first human farmers who stored grain, which attracted rodents.

Agile and nocturnal, cats need little light to hunt. With rodents most active at night, cats became their perfect nemesis.

Cats have worked as rat catchers in New York bodegas, Disneyland and ships during World War II. They've even protected the prime minister at number 10 Downing Street, although Larry the cat is described as a terrible mouser.

Even cats you costume for internet videos or holiday cards maintain that hunter instinct.

Knowing this history, Tree House organizers started the Cats at Work project five years ago. It transplants these colonies to areas that need their kind of help

[WNYBuckHunter]

Thats great, but what about all of the other animals they kill? Cities arent the only place that feral cats live. People drop their cats off out in the country all the time.

[Hunter007]

48 minutes ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

Thats great, but what about all of the other animals they kill? Cities arent the only place that feral cats live. People drop their cats off out in the country all the time.

Just a educated guess but more then likely in the wild away from cities they feed off of field mice/ Chipmunks insects and other  ground animals . for the most part then anything else  just easier for them to catch then birds and bigger Critters. 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Storm914

[goosifer]

plenty of field mice where I hunt. one gave birth under the bench seat of the Kubota this past fall. What a mess . . . .

[phade]

On ‎2‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 2:57 PM, WNYBuckHunter said:

Its crazy how many feral cats get hit by lightning in certain areas

How do you make that statement and not provide said proof, lol?

[Jeremy K]

If i ever start a farm i'll get a cat ,otherwise i can't stand them nasty things . They stomp their crap down in their toilet and then walk all over the furniture, tables and counter tops. 

[WNYBuckHunter]

26 minutes ago, phade said:

How do you make that statement and not provide said proof, lol?

 

[G-Man]

Friend has an old field and stream mag that has the advertisement of "Protect your small game kill all feral cats!" Its on a grwat litograph of a cloud of small game floating to heave. And an army.of cats marching at you ...