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Do Foxes Eat Cats?

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Do Foxes Eat Cats?

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Foxes will definately eat cats. I have been keeping and breeding cats for over 20 years. I never had a problem with foxes until about 20 months. A kitten disappeared from the patio and snarling noises were heard. No hard evidence but a few days later my son was woken by snarling and struggling outside his window. He got up and saw the mother cat being shaken by a fox. He threw something and frightened the fox off but the cat’s jaw was broken in 2 places and her shoulder muscle was badly damaged. She needed 3 operations at a cost of £300. This happened in early morning in June when it was light. The next summer we had kittens again with a different mother cat. This time a kitten disappeared from the kitchen after being snatched through the catflap while eating. I was out of the room so only heard and saw the cat family scatter. One kitten had gone afterwards though. A week later the kittens were in the garden when one got snatched again. My son gave chase and the kitten was dropped. She

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Foxes eat cats. But since foxes and cats can be comparable in size, it doesn’t happen with high frequency. Coyotes are much more prone to prey on cats, since they hunt in packs, while foxes are often solitary.

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