Comments on: Fisher Cat Screech – Information On The FisherCat Noise

By: Tom Savarese

Tom Savarese — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:01:29 +0000

I was in Sanford going into my house at 9:30PM and heard that noise. My three dogs ran into the house. There were two of them about 25 yards apart. Sounded like they were talking to each other. My guess is Fisher Cat, sound will scare anyone.

By: chloeezmum

chloeezmum — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:08:37 +0000

Is it at all possible that it is a racoon??? I doubt that. Certainly it is not squirrels or another cat because she (our cat) enjoys watching the squirrels and other cats. She is strictly an indor cat. Thanks for your input!!!

By: chloeezmum

chloeezmum — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:06:02 +0000

we live in West Wareham, MA. There are woods around us. Our cat, who is very docile< has been shocked several times by something that leaps at our windows… She loves to sit in the window and now we have shut down the window because of "something" leaping violently at her and leaving holes in our screen. The screen holes are coming inward so we know they are from something outside that is threatening our cat. Any ideas. I am thinking Fisher Cat, but not sure!!

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:16:56 +0000

i ve seen fisher cats and heard them that’s not what i heard they sounded like two cats fighting like a hissing and yalling cat i just had two outside my window very loud and didn’t leave until car went by i live in a very wooded area but our house close to a dirt road in Vermont this isn’t the first time Ive heard them or seen them i lived in new Hampshire on a back side of a mountain and had one come to my glass door and cry at my cat didn’t know what it was until the game warden saw it and said it was a fisher cat we had a problem with cats missing and a small dog in the neighbor and that’s why believed because a lot of new house were being built on that road which was at one point all highly wooded area

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:47:59 +0000

In reply to BRIAN L.

Brian,
Luckily fisher cats are nocturnal so you or pets would only encounter them at night. Just make sure all cats stay indoors (one of the many reasons why cats are better off indoors) & keep dogs on a leash and in a lit area near your house.
P.s. search youtube! There are so many fisher cat screams. Maybe some growls are up there too.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:45:02 +0000

In reply to Heather. Hey Heather, I live in Rehoboth, MA! Funny to find someone so close. & yeah, I agree, this is definitely a red fox. It's an alarming sound, just like the fisher, but there are subtle differences. & as far as I know fisher's have one basic call, which is a mating one that we hear.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:42:35 +0000

This sounds like a red fox scream. You can youtube both screams. While they’re very very alike, when you hear a fisher at night, concentrate on the sound, then search via youtube. You’ll then know what you heard from recent memory.
This is maybe the fourth night in a row that I’ve heard a fisher outside at 3:30-3:40am. VERY strange that it’s always at the same time.

By: Greg Woodbury

Greg Woodbury — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:41:42 +0000

I must live in the g-d Fusher cat kingdom!! These coon-beasts are everywhere!! I haven’t slept in 34 days!! I am scraade to close mines eyes, even during the day they haunt my waking moments. One Kusherkat took my baby. Ok, it didn’t take but that coon-killer came close n’ nipped its finger. No sleep!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:06:14 +0000

I live in Norton MA and have seen both Fisher Cats and red foxes. I’ve witnessed the red fox making this exact sound. For years I had an active fox den in my back yard. Red foxes have several different calls. This is definitely a fox

By: Melissa B

Melissa B — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:37:34 +0000

Ok so I live in the St. Louis suburbs and this thing is up allll night screeching. Pretty horrifying noise, and I literally started questioning my sanity, ha. But that audio is to a T of what we have in my neighborhood. Does anyone know how big this thing can get, what category of animal it is, and if it vicious/will kill small animals? Anyway, you have no idea how much I would love to whip out a shot gun and kill this guy. How the heck did it get here anyway? His favorite activity is screaming. Bawrrrrhhhhhh.