Would a fox attack (heaven forbid, eat) a cat?

[DumbledoresGirl]

Dh and I have just seen an enormous fox in our garden - a real whopper size-wise. My concern is for our two cats who are only 10 months old and often spend the night outside, certainly all evening. Are they in danger from the fox or would a fox not attack cats?

just saw a fox go for a cat. I stopped it by shouting at it. it was not a small cat.

We have a lot of foxes here and my cat will not allow them in our garden. She actually chases them all round the garden and they scale the fence and are gone.

We had a cat that was murdered by somebody vile. The police blamed a fox although everyone knows who did it. Our next cat who is now one is the most gorgeous cat and I often get worried about him, I'd be devastated if anything happened to him. We always get him in before we go to bed, its harder now the nights are warm he doesn't always come in when we shout so we've stopped feeding him in the evening so we can tempt him by banging the tin then give him food when he's in for the night. He tends to always come in now

Next door's dog (collie) was bitten by a fox; so was a cavalier spaniel a few streets away.

I think the fox would win. however, i am willing to put it to the test... i got a fox trapped by tempting it into the garden with some meat and stuff and i hate my neighbour and especially his stupid cat called smokey, so whos up for seeing who wins? i reckon with enough goading the fox will win

WTAF Hedraflex?!?

Sigh, Zombie thread.
Ignore the idiot.

Oh, quelle surprise, Hedraflex's first and only post.

Yeah they do,i heard this awful screeching sound in my garden and ran to open my door as my cat was out.My cat bolted past me indoors and in the garden stood two foxes,i pretended to run at them,one ran quickly away and under my fence the other couldnt get out that way so it ran up and over my 6ft fence..i couldnt believe what i'd seen.thank god i was there to let my cat in or they'dve had him for supper

Do you have a neighbour with a dog you can borrow? We had hens and patrolled the boundaries with our dog each night (very rural area) and never s problem. X

Foxes do climb fences very well. I live in a terraced house with 2 houses either side of me all gardens have 6ft fencing and foxes are in my garden all the time and unfortunately did get my little cat :(

I remember watching a fox out of my window in the middle of the night, chasing a neighbourhood cat along the road (suburban North West London at the time). The cat was terrified and hiding under cars, leaping into front gardens, etc. The fox was relentless - there was nothing I could do as they were disappearing round a curve in the road fast and would be long gone before I got dressed and locked the house and rushed after them - I just hoped the fox gave up. It might have been a younger fox and thought it a game but I was worried for the cat and never found out if it got away.

Aargh! zombie thread (2nd time it has risen from the dead)

Be great to know how the cats got on... They’d be about 13 yrs old now.... !