Badass House Kitty Teaches Bobcat Not to Mess With Her (Video)
A Southern Humboldt County housecat is dining on extra treats this morning after chasing off a bobcat that was looking for a little easy breakfast.
Pat and Keith Neighbors, the owners of two spirited little cats, captured the whole episode on their surveillance camera.
The camera opens about 6:15 a.m. on Pixie, a beautiful calico, wide awake after being disturbed by ruckus as she snoozed in her cozy home on the back porch. Then, Zorro, her companion, a little black kitty, zips past on the left, running flat out as hard as he can from a large bobcat.
Bob, the wildcat, stops. Then, he stares after the little speed demon, Zorro, in disgusted realization that the cat is too swift to catch.
“Aha,” he thinks, “what about that calico packaged and ready to go?”
So he doubles back around the table to try and get her. He’s unafraid of the sleeping humans whose porch he is crossing and whose cat he desires to devour.
But…Pixie is having none of his crap. She hasn’t even had her morning kibble and this bully caught her in a bad mood.
“Hissss…Rwwr!!! (Make sure you have the sound on to catch her fierce spit and yowl.)
Team Bobcat 0, Team Housecats 2–one point for speed, and one for ferociousness!
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Impressive! Calicos rock.
That’s right! The women are smarter😁🎶
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Wow! Both those cats are lucky.
Thanks! 🙏
I needed that. 👍😊
There’s an old saying, “It ain’t the size of the dog in the fight, but, the size of the fight in the dog!” Or in this case, the cat!
Right, Daniel, well said.
Excellent
Once the bobcat is adult size it may not be the same outcome. Although they normally are looking for easier meals than free roaming cats.
Exactly. Looked like a young bobcat and acted like one. I’ve lost many a cat to them and some come back mangled.
This was funny. Thank you!
It is ferocity not ferociousness.
I think ferociousness is much more expressitory…
LoLaughability…
Me here wondering why a perfectly good word like ferociousness can’t be used…https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ferociousness
Maybe the paring would be either speediness and ferociousness or speed and ferocity? IDK
Either way it was funny.
This is a good example of an old saying (I think from football) which is “the best defense is a good offense”.
Yes, root for the domestic cats that kill BILLIONS of songbirds a year ( statistics on the web). Nature is so sucky. Boo mother nature! Now stuff that cat with treats and let it poop all over the neighborhood. Me, I side with the bobcat.
Do bobcats eat songbirds?
Are there ten house cats being fed by a human for every one bobcat earning their own living? Druid has a point. Not that it’s the cat’s fault. It’s just another impact of human choosing.
More like a thousand housecats destroying birdlife(and snakes, toads, frogs, mice, voles,, flying squirrels and more) to every single wild bobcat. We need to befriend All Living Wild Creatures that we share this Living Earth with. Wild diversity is our Bithright and Responsibility.
Yes, they eat anything they need to to survive including lambs. They are very good hunters.
What about all the “gardeners” spraying pesticide on their crops, killing the bugs and in turn killing the songbirds that feed on the poisoned bugs?
Statistics prove that picture windows and sliding glass doors kill more birds than domestic cats ever will. Why don’t we start with shaming those first.
The studies I’ve read show cats account for billions while glass “only” accounts for millions. Here’s one study: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054133
One day many years ago I was working in my front yard and I heard this pathetic yowl. I looked up and saw my neighbors full grown German Shepard running down the roadway as fast as he could. He was stretching out completely to do his run. Shadow, the dog weighed about 130 pounds. He was followed by about a 20 pound tabby cat who was also yowling. The cat got tired of chasing him after about 50 yards. I am pretty sure the kitty won that encounter.
I think some dogs are “afraid” of cats and smaller dogs because they are afraid of hurting them and getting into trouble. They are afraid of getting into trouble- maybe not always terrified of the cat itself. My dog has killed large possums and an adult cornered raccoon with no problem and gone after cats in my yard. But he is “afraid” of other people’s cats when we visit people. He’s also “afraid” of very small dogs when visiting, even when they bite him in the face and hang on. He won’t bite them and will avoid them at all costs if they are defensive.
My neighbor’s large shepard is “afraid” of the other neighbor’s small chicken when it pecks him. But, I know he’d really really like eat it if there weren’t any consequences.
All of my outdoor cats (3 of them) were hunted and killed by a bobcat.
I hate bobcats.
I hate people to allow their non-native exotic predators to freely run and kill our native animals. I’m happy to hear that the bobcat helped even the score.
If there’s one thing the world needs, it’s more hate. Thanks for doing your part!
So rude!!! Bring those poor cats inside or give them away to a better home. This is NOT a funny story.
Keep your cats indoors, they will live longer and so will all the wild animals in your yard. Cats kill everything they can… starting with the lizards, working their way through birds and chipmunks, some take down even larger animals like squirrels and rabbits. So be responsible properly care for your cat and you will be caring for the wildlife as well.
Bill & Janet Rogers
Fort Rogers Wildlife Sanctuary
It really depends on the cat. Some are aggressive hunters, others don’t do it at all, or are bad at it. And farms have long treasured outside cats for keeping the mice, rats and gophers down, along with the diseases (ie Lyme, black plaque) that they carry.
There’s the rub. Cats were sought for domestic animals because they kill small wildlife and now people object to them killing small wildlife. But the stubborn fact is, all of the opportunistic species that capitalize on human presence – house cats, ravens, raccoons, and even black bears – have an impact on wildlife.
My little cat just got her first rat a little bit ago.
I’m stoked.
The very first thing she did, besides answer my prayers, when she showed up, was give all the bats the bums rush.
I’m not squeamish about much, but I don’t like bats…
Go figure.
She knocks the shit out of the mice, the field mice, the shrews,
now the rats. We discouraged her from the birds and now she seems to leave them alone.
Like I said, she is a godsend, and we love her very much.
You neglected to mention rats and mice for some reason.
That’s one tough kitty. Now I’d still be worried about my cats being outside like that. Sooner or later bobcat will catch them off guard.
I could have a dozen cats and still not have the impact on the planet that one human does…
Put steel wool pads in every hole in your house- under the sinks, propane lines, electrical access etc. Won’t work for rats though. For rats you need that diamond shaped expanded metal. It cuts their mouths when they try to chew through it.
reminds me of my honeymoon
Was that your third or fourth marriage?
Kill all voles kitty! My cat ran from a rat in my yard one evening. WTF?