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su2009 10-03-2015 08:44 PM
Coyote tore thru lanai screen, took cat
 
Two nights ago (Oct. 1-2) between about 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., a large animal tore a big hole through the screen on the small birdcage attached to our lanai and took our young Siamese cat, Timmer. I believe it was probably a coyote, because no other animal here would have been fast and powerful enough to grab Timmer before he could get away and come back in through the cat door to the lanai. I had not realized Timmer was in danger, or I would not have let him go in and out at night through the cat door; I thought he was safe with the screen door shut tight, the lanai and birdcage well screened, and a cat door to escape back into the house if something scared him. We are heartbroken; he was a beautiful, sweet young cat and we loved him very much. I'm writing to warn other cat & small dog owners of this terrible danger. http://lawmarkets.com/images/10-2-sc...-by-coyote.jpg http://lawmarkets.com/images/timmer.jpg

Villager Joyce 10-03-2015 08:49 PM
What? Starting the thread again?

su2009 10-03-2015 08:59 PM
Again? I tried to post yesterday but it never showed up anywhere that I could see.

Bonny 10-03-2015 09:01 PM
Yes it showed up and many people posted on it. The thread has been deleted.

graciegirl 10-03-2015 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by su2009 (Post 1123852)
Two nights ago (Oct. 1-2) between about 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., a large animal tore a big hole through the screen on the small birdcage attached to our lanai and took our young Siamese cat, Timmer. I believe it was probably a coyote, because no other animal here would have been fast and powerful enough to grab Timmer before he could get away and come back in through the cat door to the lanai. I had not realized Timmer was in danger, or I would not have let him go in and out at night through the cat door; I thought he was safe with the screen door shut tight, the lanai and birdcage well screened, and a cat door to escape back into the house if something scared him. We are heartbroken; he was a beautiful, sweet young cat and we loved him very much. I'm writing to warn other cat & small dog owners of this terrible danger. http://lawmarkets.com/images/10-2-sc...-by-coyote.jpg http://lawmarkets.com/images/timmer.jpg


Have you lost TWO cats to coyotes here in The Villages?

Bonny 10-03-2015 09:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by su2009 (Post 1123852)
Two nights ago (Oct. 1-2) between about 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., a large animal tore a big hole through the screen on the small birdcage attached to our lanai and took our young Siamese cat, Timmer. I believe it was probably a coyote, because no other animal here would have been fast and powerful enough to grab Timmer before he could get away and come back in through the cat door to the lanai. I had not realized Timmer was in danger, or I would not have let him go in and out at night through the cat door; I thought he was safe with the screen door shut tight, the lanai and birdcage well screened, and a cat door to escape back into the house if something scared him. We are heartbroken; he was a beautiful, sweet young cat and we loved him very much. I'm writing to warn other cat & small dog owners of this terrible danger. http://lawmarkets.com/images/10-2-sc...-by-coyote.jpg http://lawmarkets.com/images/timmer.jpg
You posted before you lost a cat in January. Now you posted again and said you just lost a cat.

Boomer 10-03-2015 09:45 PM
Just looked at the online news site. There is a new story there of another cat taken from a lanai in Lynnhaven last night. Coyotes are highly intelligent opportunists, practiced observers, well aware of patterns. Could be.......

tomwed 10-03-2015 09:46 PM
????

golfing eagles 10-03-2015 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1123881)
????
:agree:

gerryann 10-03-2015 10:06 PM
Playing games.......

golfing eagles 10-03-2015 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gerryann (Post 1123886)
Playing games.......
Probably. Can't wait to hear about the psychic cat that speaks English again.

Barefoot 10-03-2015 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1123881)
????
. :confused: I am totally confused as to why this thread was deleted and then restarted?? It did disappear didn't it? It feels like "Groundhog Day."

Chi-Town 10-03-2015 10:50 PM
That Lynnhaven cat has nine lives.

Sandtrap328 10-03-2015 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 1123895)
That Lynnhaven cat has nine lives.
You got that right!

Can anyone say "SPOOF"?

graciegirl 10-04-2015 01:35 AM
There have been spirited and intense conversations about coyotes on this forum lately.

It seems so unlikely that anyone would allow another cat on the lanai if one had been taken.

The OP also has a post about training a cat to stay in the yard. I have had a lifetime of cats and this skill is beyond me for sure.


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