Lonestar's cat vs. a Buzzard.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-05 04:30pm

This morning I called my folks, like I do one most weekends when I'm bored out of my fucking mind on this god-foreshaken base. Brother answers.

"Sup Brad. What's new."

"Uh...I accidently let Mary(my cat) our yesterday."

Mary's about 5 yrs old, and known throughout the land as the Bitch Kitty from Hell. She's an indoor cat, so she was declawed when young.

"What????"

"Yeah...I didn't even realise it until dad came home. He saw her fighting a buzzard in the road."

As one might expected, a front clawless-cat was somewhat at a disadvantage. Dad chased the buzzard away, and Mary simpley sat down on the road and started cleaning herself. She was covered with blood.

After a quick trip to the vet, all was well. Now she goes by the name "Frankenkitty" and reports of mocking by the other family cat are high. As Mary is once again acting belligerant, it is assumed she wasn't to hurt.

I still wanted to reach through the phone and kill my brother though.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-05 04:58pm

That is one tough pussy there, pal.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-05 05:47pm

Eh, Vultures are really fighters, they don't have sharp beaks or talons, their defense against aggressors is just to stand straight up, and when they get right up in their face, vomit all over them.

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-04-05 11:22pm

What the hell.... I thought vultures only go after carrion? What was your cat doing that made it appear to be carrion? Lying very still and smelling horribly offensive?

And where the fuck do vultures fight cats in the road? What bumble fuck town do you live in, anyway. LOL.

Maybe if your dad didn't rescue it, some bramble weed would have strolled by and scared that vulture away.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-05 11:28pm

Lord_Xerxes wrote:What the hell.... I thought vultures only go after carrion? What was your cat doing that made it appear to be carrion? Lying very still and smelling horribly offensive?

And where the fuck do vultures fight cats in the road? What bumble fuck town do you live in, anyway. LOL.

Maybe if your dad didn't rescue it, some bramble weed would have strolled by and scared that vulture away.

Fairfax, VA, a suburb of DC. The wealthiest county in the country.

Apperantly, at some point between April 2002-December 2002 (when I left for boot camp and first came home on leave) a group buzzards moved into the neighborhood.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-05 11:30pm

Lonestar wrote:
Lord_Xerxes wrote:What the hell.... I thought vultures only go after carrion? What was your cat doing that made it appear to be carrion? Lying very still and smelling horribly offensive?

And where the fuck do vultures fight cats in the road? What bumble fuck town do you live in, anyway. LOL.

Maybe if your dad didn't rescue it, some bramble weed would have strolled by and scared that vulture away.
Fairfax, VA, a suburb of DC. The wealthiest county in the country.

Apperantly, at some point between April 2002-December 2002 (when I left for boot camp and first came home on leave) a group buzzards moved into the neighborhood.

A NEIGHBOR(relativily speaking)!!!!

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-05 11:32pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
A NEIGHBOR(relativily speaking)!!!!

*I'm* in Pensacola for the time being. I'll be home briefly in aweek, then I'll return to San Diego, where my ship is stationed. (Right now the BUnker Hill is kicking ass and taking names in the Gulf)

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-04-05 11:33pm

Lonestar wrote:
Lord_Xerxes wrote:What the hell.... I thought vultures only go after carrion? What was your cat doing that made it appear to be carrion? Lying very still and smelling horribly offensive?

And where the fuck do vultures fight cats in the road? What bumble fuck town do you live in, anyway. LOL.

Maybe if your dad didn't rescue it, some bramble weed would have strolled by and scared that vulture away.
Fairfax, VA, a suburb of DC. The wealthiest county in the country.

Apperantly, at some point between April 2002-December 2002 (when I left for boot camp and first came home on leave) a group buzzards moved into the neighborhood.

That's...highly unusual, but still. That begs to ask the question. What was your cat doing that made the vulture attack it?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-05 11:33pm

Well then sorta...

Still nice to know other live in this area.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-04-05 11:38pm

Frankly it sounds like your being fed BS

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-05 11:40pm

Lord_Xerxes wrote:
That's...highly unusual, but still. That begs to ask the question. What was your cat doing that made the vulture attack it?

I suspect being belligerant. There's a reason why I call her Bitch Kitty from Hell(tm) you know. For all I know she decided to see what the Hell the Buzzard was looking at.

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-04-05 11:57pm

lying still and smelling really bad is a much better explanation.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-06 12:04am

Lord_Xerxes wrote:lying still and smelling really bad is a much better explanation.

Maybe we should get anarchistbunny in here, I bet he would have a good reason, or theory at least.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-06 12:08am

It might not have been a vulture, it could have been a Cara-Cara which hunt and eat carrion with vultures, but a cat is really too big for them, and they are more often mistaken for Bald Eagles. It could of just been a hawk that he didn't get a good look at it. My only other theory is that it could of been a Condor, but that it was a rancoon was more likely. Condors eat carrion too, but they also are the size of a minifridge.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-06 12:09am

What part of the world was this?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-06 12:09am

Ghost Rider wrote:That is one tough pussy there, pal.

Hehehehehe....

Yes, I know, I connect things like that to the wrong version of the noun.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-06 12:29am

Nathan F wrote:
Ghost Rider wrote:That is one tough pussy there, pal.
Hehehehehe....

Yes, I know, I connect things like that to the wrong version of the noun.

Amazingly with my mind it means either.

(and no, no ideas about humping cats you pervs.)

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-04-06 12:20pm

anarchistbunny wrote:What part of the world was this?

DC area.

When I went home on leave for the first time in 7 months in December, I noticed something was amiss as Mom was pulling into the driveway.

"Hey, Mom...there appear to be two buzzards or vultures or something in the road." (looked like they were going after a dead rabbit)

"I know...a bunch of them moved in. We don't know why they're here, or where they came from."

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-04-06 12:48pm

Ok, this is my best guess so far on what happened. I think you cat may have attacked, or gotten to close to the birds nest. I'm not sure if Vultures are defensive parents, but they have dull beaks and talons, so they can't do much to a cat.( I know your thinking that it did a lot, but a hawk of that size or a eagle would have finished it off in seconds.)