Disappearing cats?

whisky_galore

We had two cats, one mature neutered male and a young neutered female. First the male vanished then a few weeks later the female. No traces, no bodies to be found. We live in the countryside and there are no dogs nearby and no straying dogs have been seen but there are dog like leavings been made close to the dwelling house.
The neighbour had a young cat/big kitten and that seems to have disappeared as well. Could it be foxes that are taking them??

morgana

There seem to multiple incidences of cats disappearing without a trace over the last few months. It got noticed by a pet shop in NI and they started to compile missing cat info in a map.
Pet Connection
Very worrying and disturbing.
Seriously doubt foxes are to blame, we live rurally as well and there are always foxes around and they leave the cats alone.

Birdnuts

Possibly foxes but in my experience its usually road deaths that are responsible for most disapperances

whisky_galore

Birdnuts wrote: »

Possibly foxes but in my experience its usually road deaths that are responsible for most disapperances

It's a very quiet road, and a body would have been spotted very quickly.

3 vanishing in a short space of time is just very strange.

Dinxminx

My parents' estate is absolutely overrun with foxes and there's never been a fox-cat incident in 30 years. That's very strange and worrying. I hope you find your cats again OP!

SuperSean11

Any neighbors training dogs for fighting?

whisky_galore

SuperSean11 wrote: »

Any neighbors training dogs for fighting?

Not that I know of and it's not really the kind of thing people advertise, for obvious reasons.

Caranica

My inlaws cat vanished like this. Two years later they got a call from a vet. Someone who had adopted/stolen the cat brought it to the vet and the microchip revealed the real owner. Cat had a collar and tag at the time it disappeared so there was no doubt that the cat had a home. They got the cat back.

the beer revolu

Caranica wrote: »

My inlaws cat vanished like this. Two years later they got a call from a vet. Someone who had adopted/stolen the cat brought it to the vet and the microchip revealed the real owner. Cat had a collar and tag at the time it disappeared so there was no doubt that the cat had a home. They got the cat back.

Cat may have had a collar on when he/she left home but not when he/she was found.

Joeseph Balls

Are they left out at night op?