I saw a neighbors cat eating my chicken just an hour ago. The cat ran off and hid under their house and I had the lady come look at what I believe that cat had done.
She said it could have been a weazel or a raccoon and thought it wasn't freshly killed.
I don't believe that. Please someone help me figure this out because if this cat (which she says she doesn't care about) killed my chicken then I feel my other young chickens (about 2 months old) are at risk now.
I'll post pictures next because it will take some time and want to explain what I saw first. (DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON"T want to see graphic pictures please.
It appears to me that the chicken was being eaten on the spot it possibly was dragged to by it's neck, as it was laying on it's side and only one side was eaten.
The neck feathers are red with blood.
Right side breast and thigh eaten. The thigh was cleaned of meat and bone broken probably at that time while being eaten. There were some flys and a few ants, but rigor mortise hadn't set in.
Right now I'm waiting for animal control to come out and help me catch that cat. These people have been ticketed for animal cruelity, negligence etc. They don't fix their animals and think of pets as disposable. While I have tried to maintain a civil relationship with them at this point I don't care if they get mad becuase I feel justified after what I've just been through. Right now I'm calmed down b ut still I want justice because I feel if it happens again I will do something that I've never done in my life and that is shoot an animal. I already warned them. Thank you for any help or advice.
She said it could have been a weazel or a raccoon and thought it wasn't freshly killed.
I don't believe that. Please someone help me figure this out because if this cat (which she says she doesn't care about) killed my chicken then I feel my other young chickens (about 2 months old) are at risk now.
I'll post pictures next because it will take some time and want to explain what I saw first. (DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON"T want to see graphic pictures please.
It appears to me that the chicken was being eaten on the spot it possibly was dragged to by it's neck, as it was laying on it's side and only one side was eaten.
The neck feathers are red with blood.
Right side breast and thigh eaten. The thigh was cleaned of meat and bone broken probably at that time while being eaten. There were some flys and a few ants, but rigor mortise hadn't set in.
Right now I'm waiting for animal control to come out and help me catch that cat. These people have been ticketed for animal cruelity, negligence etc. They don't fix their animals and think of pets as disposable. While I have tried to maintain a civil relationship with them at this point I don't care if they get mad becuase I feel justified after what I've just been through. Right now I'm calmed down b ut still I want justice because I feel if it happens again I will do something that I've never done in my life and that is shoot an animal. I already warned them. Thank you for any help or advice.
