BigBill
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He doesn’t know the three bigger brothers are outside, intime I’m sure he’s going to be lunch for sure. This could get interesting I need to video this one.
Squirrel in my window playing with my 4 inside cats.
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Triathloncoach
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I used to feed the squirrels on my deck. The windows were floor to ceiling. I put sunflower seeds just on the other side of the screen and opened the windows. My two indoor cats went bonkers. The squirrels would lunge at the screen. Very entertaining.
Then rats showed up and moved into our garage. My wife was not amused. The squirrel game lost all its charm.
Then rats showed up and moved into our garage. My wife was not amused. The squirrel game lost all its charm.
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We had the same problem but it turned into a fun game. The squirrels were left alone but the rats became .22LR target material.
Caution: Cats may be closer than they appear!
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Ivan the Butcher
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When I was a teen, there was a large Grey Squirrel that would torment my dog by playing just beyond his chain's reach! We went out of town on long weekend and left the dog unchained. When we returned, the dog had the squirrel displayed where he nailed him, 2 feet beyond where he could normally reach. Even though he was getting old, he had a spring in his step and a gleam in his eye for days!
Ivan
Ivan
Jack Flash
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Squirrel in my Window Playing with my 4 Inside Cats ...
It wasn't this guy was it?
It wasn't this guy was it?
BearBio
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Cat next door to my brother used to run along the fence, teasing my brother's pointers. The dogs learned that, if they hit the fence simultaneously, the cat went flying. After a couple of tries, the cat landed in the yard. My brother took it next door in a shoe box!!
I have a clowder of 5 and I could turn off all the televisions and they could entertain us 24/7.
A few days ago, a large moth got inside and within minutes we had lost 2 blinds, a valance and a lampshade.
Good times.
A few days ago, a large moth got inside and within minutes we had lost 2 blinds, a valance and a lampshade.
Good times.
Very few house cats mess with gray squirrels. Lucky you to have a house cat that'll take a gray squirrel.
In my experience, most house cats will mess with a squirrel - ONCE - if they get the chance.
It takes a pretty aggressive and tough cat to mess with one more than once...
susieqz
Absent Comrade
if my drifter decides something tastes good, size n toughness don't matter
no squirrels here but the rats she takes must weigh as much.
no squirrels here but the rats she takes must weigh as much.
This cat lives down the street from us. She has always LOVED to hunt squirrels in our back yard...that is until she caught one. she lost an eye in that fight. Squirrels are faaassst. Did you everwatch one eat? They chew very fast. They can bite you 20 times before you know you're getting bit.
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Exactly. Most house cats that successfully catch and end up tangling with a squirrel don't want to go for round two. Only the ones that are really tough, quick, and still have killer instincts will attack them more than once.
Most of the time a soft, flabby, kibble-fed, tabby ends up getting seriously hurt if they ever are unlucky enough to actually get their claws into a squirrel - even one that's only 1/3 or 1/2 their size. Wild animals can and will put a whoopin' on most domestics two or three times their size.
Same is true when your average pet dog tangles with a racoon. More often than not the coon will get away and Fido gets tore up.
In the early 60's my brother had a cat named Ferocious. Weighed something over 20 lbs. and wasn't fat, just big. Nice cat but it hated dogs. He would sit on the back of the sofa in the living room and look out the window and when he saw a dog he would go to the front door and meow to be let out. He would sit on the steps and wait for the dog to see him and start something then he would go on the offensive. After about 6 months of living in that house we never had a dog even walk thru the yard let alone mess with the cat.
