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MossRoad said:
My mistake. I haven't seen any of those British rabbits around here.
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My mistake. I haven't seen any of those British rabbits around here.
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lol Moss, that was great.MossRoad said:
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Hopefully the cats are "fixed". Too many cats in an area can have a negative effect on rabbits, birds and other similar animals.
If your area has coyotes or other bigger predators, they might not mind trying to snack on a cat if given an opportunity. I would think that is likely to be a much bigger danger to the cats than rabbits.
If your area has coyotes or other bigger predators, they might not mind trying to snack on a cat if given an opportunity. I would think that is likely to be a much bigger danger to the cats than rabbits.
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Wife went into basement shower several weeks ago. Called me at work, all freaked out...
Said she found the carcas of a rabbit inside the shower. Told me the place reminded her of Helter Skelter because there was blood all over the place. Fortunately, she finally had the nerve to toss the carcas outside.
Couple weeks later, we were in that same bathroom (also utility room) and she was going to clean the shower.
On a lark, she said "I feel like I need to pull the curtain back & make sure there's no rab....OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD"
Yes...there was another baby rabbit cowering in the corner and our cat was just sitting there purring at it...waiting for it to make a chase.
We removed the cat, closed the cat into the house (leave window open so 2 cats can come/go at will) and let baby rabbit go.
Third time (actually the first time since it happened 2 years ago)
Was cleaning up downstairs and smelled something dead. Figured was dead mouse but could NOT find it.
Long story short.... yet another rabbit although this one was more mature in size. Interestingly, it was missing its head. It was behind a box near the window where the cats come/go.
I don't know what happened to its head.
So, yeah....my experience is the cats might/will try to share some of their love with the local rabbit population.
Said she found the carcas of a rabbit inside the shower. Told me the place reminded her of Helter Skelter because there was blood all over the place. Fortunately, she finally had the nerve to toss the carcas outside.
Couple weeks later, we were in that same bathroom (also utility room) and she was going to clean the shower.
On a lark, she said "I feel like I need to pull the curtain back & make sure there's no rab....OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD"
Yes...there was another baby rabbit cowering in the corner and our cat was just sitting there purring at it...waiting for it to make a chase.
We removed the cat, closed the cat into the house (leave window open so 2 cats can come/go at will) and let baby rabbit go.
Third time (actually the first time since it happened 2 years ago)
Was cleaning up downstairs and smelled something dead. Figured was dead mouse but could NOT find it.
Long story short.... yet another rabbit although this one was more mature in size. Interestingly, it was missing its head. It was behind a box near the window where the cats come/go.
I don't know what happened to its head.
So, yeah....my experience is the cats might/will try to share some of their love with the local rabbit population.
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When our kittens were young, the mother cat brought in (through the cat door) a small rabbit about the size of the kittens. She let it go and one of the kittens grabbed it around the neck and looked real proud of his catch. We actually had one cat catch three baby rabbits in about an hour. He must have found the nest.
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Bob, when we were living down in the country, a stray dog, a chow mix, adopted us. And one day he obvously found a nest because he brought me 3 baby rabbits, one at time, that didn't have their eyes open yet. And he didn't harm any of them; in fact, acted like he wanted me to take care of them.
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Bird said:
Bird, sounds like dogs are nicer than cats. My cat killed all of his catch.
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It's amazing what some animals will do.
So far I've read 2 stories ( from other countries.. 3rd world..e tc.. ) where a mother burried her newborn baby right after birth in a shallow grave, and a dog went and dug it up and alerted other people to it.
I've also seens pics/read a story of a cat that had just lost a litter of kittens that spontaniously adopted a litter of hedgehogs that were orphaned when the mom was killed crossing the road with them. Cat went and got the HH's and took them to live under the trailer of her owner. owner found them later and took pics. i had wondered abouth that story.. but guess it's plausable.... there were plenty of pics of the cat nursing and cleaning the HH's.. .. animals do some amazing things..
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So far I've read 2 stories ( from other countries.. 3rd world..e tc.. ) where a mother burried her newborn baby right after birth in a shallow grave, and a dog went and dug it up and alerted other people to it.
I've also seens pics/read a story of a cat that had just lost a litter of kittens that spontaniously adopted a litter of hedgehogs that were orphaned when the mom was killed crossing the road with them. Cat went and got the HH's and took them to live under the trailer of her owner. owner found them later and took pics. i had wondered abouth that story.. but guess it's plausable.... there were plenty of pics of the cat nursing and cleaning the HH's.. .. animals do some amazing things..
It's people that usually disappoint me..
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