08-14-2004, 08:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-14-2004, 08:10 PM by Sir_Die_alot.)
I think most people who say coyotes don't eat cats have an environmentalist agenda. A cat is the exact size of the animal's indigenous prey. While I'm sure there is a little truth to that idea in that a coyote that has never seen a cat might hesitate, a smart animal like that wouldn't take long to figure out housecat = easy meal.
Edit: After all that rewrite I wrote out and forgot to write back in we belive our own cat was eaten by coyotes a few years ago. She made it through a lot of things most cats would have died (smashed pelvis, frequent tree climber and bird hunter, we have 2 owls in a nearby tree). But when we started getting a decent amount of coyotes wandering around *poof* gone.
Edit: After all that rewrite I wrote out and forgot to write back in we belive our own cat was eaten by coyotes a few years ago. She made it through a lot of things most cats would have died (smashed pelvis, frequent tree climber and bird hunter, we have 2 owls in a nearby tree). But when we started getting a decent amount of coyotes wandering around *poof* gone.