As the cooler weather continues, normal cats are beginning to spend time indoors. However, the more troublesome adventurous cats among us are still fixed in summer mode and are constantly out. And, unfortunately, this means that there are rather more encounters with Foxy Loxy and his relatives than one would want.
Some cats clearly take their guard duties very seriously. Boots, the usurper stepbrother of Louis Catorze’s frère d’âme, Antoine, happily shows the fox contingent who’s boss. And Larry the Downing Street cat, possibly the most famous cat in the United Kingdom, doesn’t hesitate to get stuck in. Although, being an employee of the Cabinet Office, it’s hard to know whether he is defending his territory (GOOD) or sharing his employers’ stance on seeing off anyone who may appear to be slightly different, even if they need help (BAD).
As for Catorze, referring to his encounters as “encounters” is probably a bit of a reach, since foxes either don’t notice him or run away from him before an altercation can even start. Obviously this is a positive thing, although we do worry that, one day, the foxes will get hungry enough, or just plain fed up with his nonsense, and finish the little sod once and for all.
Here are Boots and Larry in action (not together, obviously … although that would be very funny to watch):
And here is Catorze, giving Foxy Loxy one of his trademark creepy stares and knowing that that’s enough:
EDIT: Don’t get too comfortable, Mesdames et Messieurs, because it appears that the foxes are fighting back. A family member’s chat-sitteur has a fox who regularly comes in through her non-Sureflap, and not long ago it left a dead rat on her bed.
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That is why we do NOT have a cat flap – we would have a kitchen full of raccoons. The video of Larry is amazing – we have seen videos of cats chasing bears out of their backyards, in one case up a tree while the cat sits at the foot of the tree.
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Oh my, I will not rest until I see that video!
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Here is one clip. If you google “cat chases bear up tree” you will find several different incidents of t his kind !
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Good grief! 🤣🤣🤣
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Eww! A dead rat is a definite sign. (I didn’t realize that foxes would run from cats until I heard about Larry.)
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I don’t think they run from all cats, but ones who are aggressive and/or creepy seem to have this effect!
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Better than a horse’s head!
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Only because it’s smaller! The idea of either makes me shudder.
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So far, foxes haven’t invaded our town yet.
Thank you for the pictures and the video which are very impressive. Larry looks especially brave, doesn’t he?
Today, you achieve to frighten me. I wouldn’t like to encounter a fox inside my home.
😺
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Ugh, nor me. I’d be terrified!
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He has probably got a written contract with the local fox population and knows where all the bodies are buried.
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That wouldn’t surprise me! Who buried them, though? Catorze or the foxes? (I know the answer really.)
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Well, I guess the looks of Louis are strong and convincingly enough to keep your place safe and sound…
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Yeah, but we still have to live with him. 😐
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