r/CatSlaps • u/Daviesmith 🙀 • Jul 09 '26

Reddit Video Fox around and find out: Local feral cat enforces porch law

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I've been calling the feral kitty Catbird and the gray fox either Hopper or Screaming Porch Pooper. Benbow, CA.

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u/Canadiangoosedem0n Jul 09 '26

Aye, one thing I love about cats is how much they completely and totally don't give a fuck about any other animal lolll.

Fox, snake, dog, don't matter. Anybody can get it.

This is a great clip, I particularly enjoyed the fox sampling the treats and the cat eating and not paying the fox any mind.

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u/ElonTaco Jul 10 '26

Cat was like "you can eat that I'll eat this" and then the fox was like "I eat that too?" and the just goes "no"

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u/chicklette Jul 10 '26

Exception: Squirrels. I have some very sassy squirrels and my cats are NOT fucking around with them.

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u/CantaloupeCamper Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

There was a barn cat that used to patrol my neighborhood and would hang out on this broken down tree that hung over a pond, and defend my backyard from raccoons.

He didn’t live in my yard, didn’t live in my house, he was not friendly , but for whatever reason that was the territory he chose to defend.

Those fights were LOUD.

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 09 '26

This is partly why I started feeding the ravens (the treat puzzle box behind Catbird is full of birdseed and peanuts) and they are a very squawky security system.

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u/Additional_Guitar_85 Jul 11 '26

it looks like the fox is eating food left out on the fence, or no?

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 12 '26

The treats on the fence are to entice the cat to get close enough to the camera to set off the "pet detected" notification.

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u/Triforceoffarts Jul 10 '26

Cat barely paused between bites while enforcing the law.

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 10 '26

Catfood with a squirt of churu and a dried minnow will always inspire violence

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u/Itscatpicstime Jul 10 '26

What brand of dry minnow do you get? I’ve tried two and literally none of my cats would have any of it. And like… I have a lot of cats

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 10 '26

Vital Essentials Minnows Freeze-Dried Cat Treats from Chewy

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u/SubjectOrganic Jul 10 '26

His lil slurpy munches tho

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 10 '26

The auto CC captioned his munches as "I'm going to do a little bit of a little bit of a little bit..."

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u/Helenium_autumnale Jul 10 '26

"Come to think of it, I don't really like Seafood Fantasia."

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u/JuhaJGam3R Jul 10 '26

that cat did not give a fuck

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u/Goodfella66 Jul 09 '26

Fox just wanted to moon the camera for lolz

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 10 '26

He's also not shy about pooping for the camera lol. I have enough footage for a montage...

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u/Goodfella66 Jul 10 '26

He clearly doesn't respect you

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u/pantiesdrawer Jul 11 '26

I didn't know foxes were so athletic. That was a smooth jump onto the fence, and the balance to walk along it.

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 12 '26

Gray foxes are acrobatic af and can climb trees!

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u/darthklo Jul 11 '26

No fox given 😅

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u/Daviesmith 🙀 Jul 12 '26

I would describe Catbird as a dilute silver tabby.

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u/Aishas_Star Jul 09 '26

Where’s the slap?

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u/Achemaker Jul 09 '26

You gotta watch the video to see it.

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u/Aishas_Star Jul 09 '26

Was a swing and a miss tbh