Quote - Great example: Man calls cops over "hostile" house cat, after hiding himself and his wife and child in bedroom. 

My 66 year old diabetic mother just got into a rather nasty fight with a semi-feral cat last week and survived with a few scratches. Yes she went to the hospital, but only a couple days later after her hand swelled up. She's fine now. 

This guy, however, had to call the cops.

:shakes head:

Message to wussyman: Find the nearest, tallest bridge and do society a favor before you put your wife and child in danger when they have to protect you from a real threat. 

Sorry. I'm in one of those moods today.

 

~Shane

LOLOL. 

Cats can be tough. Our family had one. He looked a little like a bobcat and was almost the size of one (over 35 lbs and not fat, in his prime). He got shot on three occasions, and we had to take him to the vet to have bullets removed. Twice it was just BB's, but once it was a verifiably large lump of lead that got lodged in his tail.

We left him alone for a few days and asked my sister's boyfriend to drop in and feed him. The man returned with numerous deep, long scratches down his back. Apparently, the cat did not care for him so much (the cat was a better judge of character than my sister). Several times we came home to find loose dogs roaming around, so from the inside of our car, we would call the cat to come chase them away. Which he did faithfully. The only time I saw him run away from dogs was when a pack of them chased him, and he was 18 years old.

When our apartment was broken into, both we and the police who investigated were surprised that nothing was stolen. The cops suggested that "something must have interrupted" the burglars, causing them to leave. Hah. It wouldn't surprise me to find out it had been our cat. :D

Still... despite his flaws, my sister's bf STILL fed the cat. He wasn't going to let a few scratches deter him. This was 1987. So I suppose your point is made. :D

According to a biker friend, aside from the noose thingie that animal control uses, the best thing for handling a feral cat is some leather motorcyle gauntlets.

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