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Problem with rabbits?
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deborah31 Offline
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Problem with rabbits?
Does anyone else have this problem?
My cat currently is bringing in usually at least 1 rabbit a day!!, Usually dead, all sizes from bunnie to big! have no idea how he gets them thru the cat flap.
We know he has one, when he doesn't meow as he comes thru, then the chase is on, to make sure he doesn't take it upstairs!!
Although the other day, he managed to meow with the rabbit in his mouth. It was a shock at first (when we found the first decaying one in my son's wardrobe, - we had wondered what the stench was)
Sometimes he eats them (apart from the head, the tail, ears, and guts), others he just decapitates, sometimes, he leaves them whole, and plays with them , throwing them around.. We 've had one brought in, still alive, hopping around the house (when we got it out of his mouth, -by the way, find it difficult to get him to drop them) one, semi -alive, which we had to give back to him, to kill quickly.(which was upsetting for the kids)
so apart from all this killing!! (before was only shrews, and voles, so less blood etc..)he's such a character, very vocal, follows us around like a dog, has to sleep with someone, but guaranteed he has to hunt for a couple of hours everyday, so he is often gone for part of the day, but is mostly happy to weave in and out of our legs, sit on us, and climb up us, or meow like crazy when hungry. He's just two years old, so maybe the hunting habit will drop off eventually???
We found him as an abandoned kitten at about 8 weeks of age, so is an asian moggy (yep we brought him back from Asia!!) so also rabbits are new to him this summer!!
16-06-2010 08:54 AM
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RE: Problem with rabbits?
Big Grin Thank you for this story. It's cheered my mum up no end and really makes us feel glad we've got the little trouble makers we have. I know that doesn't really help you but still, thank you.

All I can suggest is train him to bring large whole rabbits in and not to do too much damage and eat lots of rabbit stew etc.Wink

The best way I find to get a cat to drop something is to grab the scruff of their neck and hold them down, Not roughly though, and this simulates their mum telling them off when they were kittens.
16-06-2010 09:41 AM
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deborah31 Offline
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RE: Problem with rabbits?
Will try the grabbing his neck, someone also told me to pull his tail!!
we will only do this if we think the rabbit is not damaged and alive tho, 9 out of 10 he has killed them quickly, sometimes you cannot see a mark on them, unless you really examine them close, and you see on the neck a puncture mark, not sure how he kills them, don't watch, even the one that was desperate to get away, but was injured, we just left him with it, once we saw it was un save-able, without a £100 vet bill!! (where my daughter wanted to take it)
I think the farmer was shooting them yesterday possibly (the rabbits)
as i heard some shots around lunch-time.
They are so cute tho, but suppose they are a big pest to the farmer (we have a field opposite full of sugar beet)- we are in Norfolk.
The first time he we saw him with a rabbit was so funny, he has a few cuddly toys of his own he carries around, (one of my kids old TY beanies) but i didn't recognise a dark fluffy one in his mouth , until it wriggled! that one was fortunately unharmed, and i managed to lock him in the house, and throw it over the hedge of the field, so probably lived a while longer.
I did ask the butcher about skinning the rabbits!! not that i would do it, he told me his old cat still caught pigeons, and brings them in, so suppose rabbits not too bad (not keen on feathers) we have a couple of pigeons now and again, but fortunately they have not attracted his attention yet, as they probably wouldn't stand much chance, being so slow on take off (have had smaller ones)
16-06-2010 11:28 AM
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RE: Problem with rabbits?
I bet that the farmer is grateful for your cat helping with the killing! Course you could always just eat the rabbits and make it a nice meal for yourself hehe. Cool I don't know if you should call someone or not to come and check into it..I don't honestly know what can be done about rabbits. Around here my kitty likes bringing back headless mice....Frown
17-06-2010 05:05 AM
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