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In the past I mysteriously had 4 or 5 cats from my colony vanish, all I could pet and all were fixed. Most were females but also had 2 males. Most of them did show a slight abnormality (runt, balance issues) but at least 2 looked and acted completely healthy.
I'm curious, even if the cats know I am feeding them, can other cats forcefully evict these cats to the point they never return?
One runt female who was so close she would come in my house vanished one day never to be seen again. Another female who came around for 3 years and I raised vanished without a trace. A healthy male vanished too one day. Another male who when he walked was off balance and sometimes seemed to trip over his own feet was also very close to me and vanished one day, saw him a year later one day, he was chased off by a larger male in the colony, and since then he never came back.
All of these cats had one thing in common that my other colony cats don't, both male and female cats would attack/chase these cats whenever they just saw them. It was harassment to the point some days they never got to eat!
I can see mabye spayed females are deemed worthless to males so mabye that is why they were chased, but not all my spayed females were chased, only certain individuals. As for the males, mabye the ones that left were the less dominant males and even though fixed, left to claim own territory?
Still, it makes no sense to leave when food and shelter is here, and I have never found evidence of dead, trapped, or adopted cats around here, and I know I'm the only one who feeds cats in close proximity to my house.
I'm curious, even if the cats know I am feeding them, can other cats forcefully evict these cats to the point they never return?
One runt female who was so close she would come in my house vanished one day never to be seen again. Another female who came around for 3 years and I raised vanished without a trace. A healthy male vanished too one day. Another male who when he walked was off balance and sometimes seemed to trip over his own feet was also very close to me and vanished one day, saw him a year later one day, he was chased off by a larger male in the colony, and since then he never came back.
All of these cats had one thing in common that my other colony cats don't, both male and female cats would attack/chase these cats whenever they just saw them. It was harassment to the point some days they never got to eat!
I can see mabye spayed females are deemed worthless to males so mabye that is why they were chased, but not all my spayed females were chased, only certain individuals. As for the males, mabye the ones that left were the less dominant males and even though fixed, left to claim own territory?
Still, it makes no sense to leave when food and shelter is here, and I have never found evidence of dead, trapped, or adopted cats around here, and I know I'm the only one who feeds cats in close proximity to my house.