Crazy cats giving me gray hair
@GardenGerty (157546)
United States
June 26, 2022 8:28am CST
The temperature dropped a little and a breeze picked up. I went outside about 8:30 to do some yard work.
There is an abandoned house and garage next door, full of furniture and stuff. The lady's son mows the front yard, and that is it.
The garage is where all the stray cats tend to hang out, as well as my cats if they take a notion.
There are lots of small trees around and all kinds of birds. The birds will chase each other and any cats and whatever other intruder they perceive. The birs were truly raising a ruckus and I thought nothing of it.
Angel was inside, and so was Bitty. Tinker and Lady were out front.
The bird noise intensified and I look up and see a stray, yowling cat running around the far west side of the house--the side away from me. It was being chased by a coyote.
The coyote saw me and took off toward the grove of cedar trees two lots away.
I try to get my cats in, and Angel comes busting out of the house. She and Lady, and Tinker take off chasing the coyote, until he gets to the next empty lot.
No clue what they would have done with him if they caught him, but it sure makes me concerned.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 Jun 22
Maybe you aren't feeding them enough? Coyote would make good cat chow, in my opinion. 
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil They like the challenge.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
They have food and treats anytime they want it, they just have to come in the house. I think they eat a lot of rodents and birds as well.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
27 Jun 22
@GardenGerty And maybe snack on coyotes...
I understand you give them enough to eat. And yeah, all cats will catch their own food when they're outside. 
I understand you give them enough to eat. And yeah, all cats will catch their own food when they're outside. 2 people like this
@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
I live very rural, but we had them in our previous town as well. They adapt well to city conditions and live out of trash cans, etc. Very adaptable and opportunistic.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
27 Jun 22
@GardenGerty I know you are rural, heck - your previous town was pretty rural - whereas, I live in the 11th largest city in the U.S. The coyote I saw was in an area that hadn't been built up - yet. Now it does. The story I heard about them down at a creek nearby was in an older suburb that was built at a time when the area around it was out in the country. I also heard a story from my dentist that he lived in an area of town called "Hyde Park" and the creek that runs through it, Waller Creek, had a small coyote pack. One of his neighbor's lost a chicken to the pack and they started keeping their cats and smaller dogs in, only walking the dogs not letting them out in the backyard.
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
26 Jun 22
Yes there are plenty coyotes around here along with bobcats and now mountain lions. Its dangerous for pets here.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
I have not seen bob cats but suspect they are also around. Not sure about the puma/panther/mountain lion.(it has a lot of names). We may be too far east for them. I have also had foxes in my yard.++++++
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
@RebeccasFarm Everything eats something. My kitties eat mice, rats and birds I am sure.
@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
27 Jun 22
@GardenGerty Yes I am not sure either about the mountain lions there
I love the little foxes but they eat other animals
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jun 22
I don't blame you coyotes are dangerous, I am glad I made the decision to keep my kittens inside,
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
I have always had cats that go in and out. I have not always seen coyotes.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
@RasmaSandra I have lost some to traffic here and some in the other town.
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jun 22
@GardenGerty well we might not have coyotes but we do have a busy street right near by and my friends have already lost three outside cats to the street. Seems they know how to be careful like the kittens mama but for the three of them it ended badly.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
27 Jun 22
If the lady and her son might have killed the coyote it's very cruel of them. I don't like people pestering animals and birds.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
No, the lady and her son do nothing with their property. I like it better when the coyote stays in a more wild place.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
I never have heard them here, but my husband has seen them in the field across the road.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
@CarolDM Hubby says the single ones do not howl, only the ones in packs. To me that is scary. I used to listen to them at night at my grandparents'.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jun 22
@GardenGerty I like when they keep their distance.
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@BarBaraPrz (45476)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Jun 22
My long ago and far away cat Mona used to chase the landlady's dog...
I guess Angel, Lady and Tinker figured they had the advantage of numbers when they took off after the coyote.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Coyote seemed to realize he was outnumbered.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
27 Jun 22
For some reason I don't think they would have caught that coyote.
I knew you would say the cats went next door. Lol
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Not much telling. If he had stood to fight they might have caught him. We have so many abandoned and derelict properties here in town. It attracts pests.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Yes, that is what would be logical. He would more likely try to sneak up on them if he could.
@LindaOHio (155957)
• United States
27 Jun 22
That's scary. I'm glad your cats are OK.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
1 Jul 22
Me too. They are more scared of the fireworks than of other wildlife.
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@cabuyogty (2304)
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26 Jun 22
I love cats a lot even they use to scratch me sometimes and they were naughty :)
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
26 Jun 22
Yes it's okay to be concern but it's also very good that they can give you a company, isn't it my friend?. Have a blessed Sunday
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Yes, the cats make good company.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
5 Jul 22
Your cats aren't afraid of coyote. They scared it away. Coyote doesn't like cats and prefer the birds.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
7 Jul 22
He did not mind chasing a single stray cat, but my three acted together to scare him away.
@rebelann (111154)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Jun 22
If enough cats get together to fend one off they can really do some damage. I haven't seen what a coyote would get out of it but I've seen the aftermath of a husky that a group of feral cats beat up on, they got to his ears some but thankfully not his belly. Cats can be mighty scary if they're intent on beating on ya.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
I have had cats forever it seems. I know they can be pretty tough if they need to, especially in a group.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
No one is going to do anything about the empty house until it just falls down. I wish they would clean it out.
@FourWalls (62096)
• United States
26 Jun 22
That’s what pets do for a living….especially cats! You have to somehow convince them they are NOT lions, despite being in the same general feline family. I mean, I’m human and so’s a brain surgeon but that doesn’t mean I can do brain surgery!
You have to somehow convince them they are NOT lions, despite being in the same general feline family. I mean, I’m human and so’s a brain surgeon but that doesn’t mean I can do brain surgery! 1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Exactly. Tinker also thinks he can fly, or at least jump really high in pursuit of birds.
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Jun 22
I think I would be keeping them locked in. Cat is a favorite food of coyote. It wont be going anywhere while all those are around.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
27 Jun 22
Bitty is the only one I am being really strict with. The coyote does not seem to be very successful. We have at least one adult feral cat that hangs around here a lot.
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