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Cats and Foxes

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Phil - 13 Jul 2006 10:21 GMT
Has anyone ever come accross a case of a cat be friending a fox?

I think my cat, Kenny has made friends with a fox!! I opened the bac
door this morning to call him in for breakfast. He is usually in th
empty garden next door, so I called him and was looking over there an
I suddenly saw him and a fox get up and the fox wandered off the othe
way and Kenny came trotting over to me, not distressed or unhappy a
all so definitely not in a stand off with the fox!!!

Normally if he is called when he is in a stand off, he'll stand hi
ground and definitely doesn't come running

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Phil
Matthew - 13 Jul 2006 17:27 GMT
you need to be careful about rabies   foxes can carry the virus  and if it
is acting strange and not in the normal behavior for a fox  it could be
infected   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/kidsrabies/Animals/fox.htm

> Has anyone ever come accross a case of a cat be friending a fox?
>
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> Normally if he is called when he is in a stand off, he'll stand his
> ground and definitely doesn't come running.
ClicketySplit - 24 Jul 2006 03:01 GMT
There is not more I can tell you other than I have heard of it before.  My
mother tells me her neighbors cat has been seen playing with a fox and they
dont harm each other, they are actually playfully frienly with each other.

As with the other post to this thread make sure your cat is vaccinated
against rabies.  If the fox appears to be disoriented or entranced and
doesn't run when you approach it and it growels at you there's a good chance
that the may have rabies, in that case keep yourself and your cat as far
away from it as possible and contact your local animal control or law
enforcement agency immediately.  Last thing you want is to be attacted by a
rabid animal and you dont want it around your pet either!

Hope this helps!

Doug
Newport, RI

> Has anyone ever come accross a case of a cat be friending a fox?
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Normally if he is called when he is in a stand off, he'll stand his
> ground and definitely doesn't come running.
ClicketySplit - 24 Jul 2006 06:52 GMT
There is not more I can tell you other than I have heard of it before.  My
mother tells me her neighbors cat has been seen playing with a fox and they
dont harm each other, they are actually playfully frienly with each other.

As with the other post to this thread make sure your cat is vaccinated
against rabies.  If the fox appears to be disoriented or entranced and
doesn't run when you approach it and it growels at you there's a good chance
that the may have rabies, in that case keep yourself and your cat as far
away from it as possible and contact your local animal control or law
enforcement agency immediately.  Last thing you want is to be attacted by a
rabid animal and you dont want it around your pet either!

Hope this helps!

Doug
Newport, RI

> Has anyone ever come accross a case of a cat be friending a fox?
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Normally if he is called when he is in a stand off, he'll stand his
> ground and definitely doesn't come running.
 
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