Farm cat has been bitten by something big.. ideas??

[farmer92]

So today we noticed a wound on one of the farm cats and upon a closer look it’s a nasty puncture wound. He has the same on the other side as well, giving me the impression that something had grabbed him over his back.

Mum took him to the vets this afternoon and the vet said he’s lucky to be alive. Mum explained to the vet that we have a stray cat hanging around at the moment but he said that the wounds are too big for it to have been caused by another cat. We get a lot of badgers here but the vet was adamant that it wasn’t one as he said they tear when they bite. It definitely wasn’t one of our dogs. I honestly don’t know what could have done this. Any suggestions?

On another note, the missus’s horse hasn’t been letting us catch her today, as if something is spooking her. (Probably being paranoid but I think somethings out there!!! )

Will also point out that the vet said he was pretty sure a fox hadn’t done it either.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Another, bigger dog?

 

[farmer92]

Another, bigger dog?

Would have to be a stray. That seems the most likely, judging by his wounds. Makes me worry about our sheep if that’s the case! Haven’t seen any sign of another dog around here though..

 

[michael N123]

Proberly a lynx

 

[unlacedgecko]

Would have to be a stray. That seems the most likely, judging by his wounds. Makes me worry about our sheep if that’s the case! Haven’t seen any sign of another dog around here though..

Some stroker lambing maybe?

 

[GTB]

Fox ?

 

[Kevtherev]

Fox most likely

 

[farmer92]

Fox ?

Vet said he was sure it wasn’t. Apart from a stray dog I don’t know what it could be

 

[ollie989898]

Fox or Badger or a large cat from nearby (not a Lynx just a regular cat)??

 

[Joseph]

Most likely to be a badger. I have seen awful injuries to a cat from a badger in the past.

 

[A1an]

You in hunt country?

A lost/stray hound

 

[farmer92]

You in hunt country?

A lost/stray hound

That was one of our first thoughts. We have two hunts quite close to us, with one coming through our farm occasionally. The last time was a month or so ago though.

 

[A1an]

I've heard of it before but it was killing lambs.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I've heard of it before but it was killing lambs.

Any hunt hound that even looks at livestock needs shooting!

 

[A1an]

Any hunt hound that even looks at livestock needs shooting!

It had gone feral, in fact, it was pretty much feral before it got lost.

It never made it back to the kennels.

 

[milkloss]

It’s the horse. Shoot it and then the cat. Problem solved.






Sorry, my sick sense of humour whilst I suffer from man flu proper.

 

[michael N123]

Actually blame badgers and plaster it all over facebook and ring the daily mail

 

[snarling bee]

Whats proper man flu? A runny nose?

 

[milkloss]

Whats proper man flu? A runny nose?

Well I’ve got one of those coughs that you keep trying to subdue and end up straining your throat. The annoying part is I never cough anything up. My nose has that raw fizzy feeling and I must be sneezing, I dunno, 20 times a night........which wakes littleun up........which has toddler flu combined with constipation (no shite since Friday) and a Mrs that is coming down with woman flu and, by my reckoning, a double whammy because of her lunar cycle.......which she has forgotten about and I don’t have the balls to remind her.

I think that covers it

 

[Old Boar]

It is not man flu. You are turning into a werewolf and it was you who bit the cat and scared the horse.