"Joy" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 2/4/2014 12:15 PM, Mishi wrote:
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 3:25:43 PM UTC-5, Christina Websell wrote:
Doing brilliantly.

I had another suggestion from my friend Pauline about how his injury
could

have happened. Barbed wire or razor wire on top of a fence.

Razor wire is illegal here but as this is a very low crime area it's

unlikely that anyone would use it, that barbed wire is responsible is
not

beyond the bounds of possibility. But I think not. Barbed wire would
give

him a serious gash but not to that extent. My money is still on
broken

glass.



Tweed

My mom had a BIG black cat named Satan when I was growing up. He came in
one
night with multiple gashes on him. My mom said that an owl had tried to
pick
him up, but he was too big. There were talon marks on both sides of his
body,
and quite deep ones. He lived a few years longer, but he made sure to be
back inside before dark.

Tweed will likely counter with the statement it wasn't caused in a
confrontation with an animal. The vet doesn't know, either. I think we
all understand that.

But yes, birds of prey are certainly capable of doing serious damage to a
cat or even small dogs.

Not everyone's environment is conducive to letting cats outside. A
neighbor of mine reported an adult bald eagle hanging out in a tree
behind her house. She feeds birds, which of course invites squirrels to
have a snack. That eagle is just sitting around waiting to see what
looks like it can pick off for dinner.

Jill

But not here.