Sorry you had to go through that. I just started raising my first flock, the babies only 3 days old, and your post opened my eyes to what I might have to do in the future. I never even considered cats, and I should have. I know we have coyotes, foxes, hawks, skunks, coons, and possums here, and an occasional black bear spotted once every few years...I knew I may have to shoot one of those animals, but I never thought of a cat.