Can a full grown cat survive in the wild?

Question

My girlfriend is moving to the East coast for college, but she can't take her cat with her. The cat's name is Slinky and she really adores it, so I grudgingly agreed to take care of it for her.

Here's the problem: this cat has the most raspy meow I've ever heard, and it coughs all the time. On several occasions, it has kept me awake at night with its coughing and raspy meows. I asked my friend who's training to become a vet to come check the cat out, and it turns out I would need to take it to the vet and pay for surgery to fix the problems it has. Now, I have a lot a things I'd rather spend money on than some stupid cat, so I decided it was time to get rid of it.

I drove out to the woods and hiked a fair distance away from the road. Then I put Slinky up on a tree branch so it couldn't follow me and went home. However, now I'm feeling a little guilty. I know there's no bears in those woods, but coyotes do live there. Do you guys think a cat could survive in the woods like that?

Answer 1

CALM! At This MOMENT IT MUST BE In A HOT And SOFT PLACE... INSIDE OF THE STOMACH OF SOME COYOTE...,

Answer 2

Hello There, I have a cat named GreyMoon. She is almost two years old. I've had a lot of experience with kittens. But GreyMoon, WOW! WOW! and WOW! again. She was the worst kitten I've ever had. She was so mean. GreyMoon would bite, scratch, etc. She was found under a trailer when she was very young. Her mother had let her there to fend for herself. I don't know if that had anything to do with her temperment but boy was she mean. We almost gave her away she was so bad but we hung in there. Now she's still kind of mean and hisses and growls and tries to bite but nothing like she used to be. GreyMoon was recently fixed just like all my cats. I thought maybe that would calm her down a bit but she's a stubborn one. I really don't think that it's a normal behavor for cats. None of my other cats have ever acted this way. We just take GreyMoon as she is but also realize what her likes and dislikes are. We love her anyway. She is very smart and sometimes acts more like a dog then a cat. Another thing....PLEASE, PLEASE don't let your cat be an outside cat. They kill so many rabbits, birds, etc. It's a huge amount. The wild animals need rabbits etc to feed on. Not cats!!! Other preditors may attack your cat and kill it. I've seen that before with friends. Also more kittens my come of it if it's not fixed. There's already to many pets ( mainly cats and dogs ) that are out there homeless and unloved and abused.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

House cats will do just fine in the wild. They have natural hunting instincts that evolved over millions of years. Cats have only been associated with humans for about 10,000 years which is far too short a time for any evolutionary changes. They are the same animal now that they were 10,000 years ago when they were not domesticated. People personify animals and don't understand genetics. They think their cat loves them because they feed it and it simply responds in ways to achieve food. If your cat were hungry, and you were smaller than it. It would eat you without a second thought. Of course there are predators that might kill the cat, but that is how nature works. Of course it may suffer from a chronic disease. That is also a part of nature. Animal nut cases personify their pets so that think of them having the same thoughts and feelings as humans. This is utter foolishness. Of course nature is a rough thing where creatures suffer and die. The act of removing an animal from nature for your own pleasure is what is evil. They all belong in nature and not in your homes. Besides the numerous diseases they may pass on to humans, they are evolved for the wild, and that is where all animals belong.

Answer 5

WOW I've been called cold hearted because i hunt. But man what you did is just wrong. That was the act of a selfish cold hearted sob. She left the cat with you because she loves and trusted you to take care of it. So tell us what happens when she comes for a visit and says wheres the cat. Nice going you had better get used to living a lie if you want to keep her or grow a pair and fess up to the crime and take the punishment.The cat can make it on its own. Chances are it will work its way back some place and be taken in. Cats adapt quickly many hunt smalll birds and game al their lives. None the less there is no excuse for what you did.

Answer 6

No way!!!! That cat has been used to being fed and water being in a bowl. It doesn't have the wild instinct to search for water and food. They do hunt mice but only if they see them run past not that they know where to look. Also if they are scared they will hide and not come out to hunt and they will die. Also you left it in a tree? How is it going to survive up there. Don't cats usually get stuck up trees? Do you really think that a cat could take on a coyote? What is your girlfriend going to say when she finds out the cat went missing? I think you shoud get it's favourite food and go and search for this cat. Also I have had the flu for a week and I was keeping my husband awake with my coughing and he didn't dump me in the wild up a tree!!!! You could at least let the cat sleep somewhere else.

Answer 7

There are cats and dogs who live in the wild but most were never domesticated to begin with. I had 2 cats who I let outside who would not come home for days, yet they found food and water somehow. Then again I live in the city, not the wilderness.

That was pretty foolish, leaving a cat in the wilderness. Your cat was domesticated and dependent on humans, unless a miracle happens he's probably not gonna survive.

Answer 8

Coyotes kill cats whenever they find them, so yes, you should feel guilty, you put a domestic cat into a wild environment it doesn't know and can't find food or water in, and left it.

If you've got any morals you'll tell your girlfriend what you did and own up to it.

Even better-go back and see if you can find it if it managed to survive the night.

Humane societies and animal shelters are in the phone book of every city--they're the easiest first step to take in rehoming a cat. What were you thinking?

Answer 9

Sorry to say this, but that was really cruel and thoughtless. it's ok that you don't want the cat, but you didnt have to abandon the cat in the woods. You had to think before you took action. You could of called you GF and tell her that you cant take care of her cat anymore, or you could of have taken the cat to a shelter where he can get adopted.
If you really feel guilty then you should get up and go look for that cat then thik of where to put him.

Answer 10

This is the stupidest thing anyone can do - especially knowing that the cat is SICK for crying out loud. Why not take it to a shelter or a rescue group. Or even a vet - they will find it a home or at least put it to sleep. THe cat is not used to fend for itself outdoors. It will most likely starve, if it doesn't hack itself to death.

You ought to feel guilty, you just scentenced the cat to a slow painful death of starvation.

Answer 11

Absolutely not!
That cat will have been used to being fed and having a roof over it head. It will have no idea how to look after itself in the wild. Where will it go in bad weather? Where will it sleep, what will it eat, etc.
That cat will most likely be dead within a week. Either wild animals will kill it or it will starve to death.
How incredibly cruel.
And betraying your girlfriends trust like that...Awful.
Go back to that place and see if you can find the cat, and take it to a shelter.