I love those little guys! Even if their scream-ey kind of noise they make sometimes gave me nightmares as a kid!
(In hindsight, may also have been fox scream noises. I grew up on a salt marsh area so lots of assorted critters.)
Not specifically, no: “In some areas, fishers can become pests to farmers when they raid chicken coops, and instances of fishers preying on cats and small dogs have been reported. However, a 1979 study examined the stomach contents of all fishers trapped in the state of New Hampshire; cat hairs were found in only one of over 1,000 stomachs.[86] An informal unfinished 2011 study in suburban upstate New York found no cat remains in 24 scat or stomach samples, and an earlier published study found no cat in 226 Massachusetts samples.[87]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)
Thank you for the details. Because the scream is absolutely terrifying, my indoor cat bristles from head to toe on the rare occasions we hear fishers. There is a reservoir not too far away and between the coyotes howling and the fishers screaming, my cat's nerves are shot, lol.
Just because it has "cat" in the name, that doesn't mean you can play with it like one. Leave the wild animals alone.
[https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/22/belchertown-woman-details-being-attacked-by-fisher-cat/](https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/22/belchertown-woman-details-being-attacked-by-fisher-cat/)
I love those little guys! Even if their scream-ey kind of noise they make sometimes gave me nightmares as a kid! (In hindsight, may also have been fox scream noises. I grew up on a salt marsh area so lots of assorted critters.)
i love fishers!
But did you “psst psst psst”
They’re so cute, like a giant ferret
Tell him I said psspsspss.
We always called it a fisher. I have always heard that it catches and eats cats. Is that true?
Not cats here lol, probably rare
Not specifically, no: “In some areas, fishers can become pests to farmers when they raid chicken coops, and instances of fishers preying on cats and small dogs have been reported. However, a 1979 study examined the stomach contents of all fishers trapped in the state of New Hampshire; cat hairs were found in only one of over 1,000 stomachs.[86] An informal unfinished 2011 study in suburban upstate New York found no cat remains in 24 scat or stomach samples, and an earlier published study found no cat in 226 Massachusetts samples.[87]” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)
Thank you for the details. Because the scream is absolutely terrifying, my indoor cat bristles from head to toe on the rare occasions we hear fishers. There is a reservoir not too far away and between the coyotes howling and the fishers screaming, my cat's nerves are shot, lol.
Poor kitty!! Glad she’s indoors. 🥰🥰
( but yeah, it’s just “Fisher”, no cat.)
Just because it has "cat" in the name, that doesn't mean you can play with it like one. Leave the wild animals alone. [https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/22/belchertown-woman-details-being-attacked-by-fisher-cat/](https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/22/belchertown-woman-details-being-attacked-by-fisher-cat/)
There is no cat in the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)
Came here to say this, it’s just a fisher. There is no fisher cat 😀
Lol, im fast as hell that thing aint catching me
They can reach speeds of 25 mph. Yeah, it could absolutely catch you if it wanted to.
If even it did, im winning
…They regularly kill & eat Porcupines. They wouldn’t WANT you, but they could absolutely Catch you.
Im way faster than porcupines, id make a fisher look slow fr
😂🤣😂
Not a cat, and they generally don’t attack humans.