zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Jul 10, 2016 5:31:57 GMT
As is usual in suburbs, we are overrun with rabbits. We had an incident with our dog, Joey, about two month ago where he found a rabbit hole filled with babies and he killed at least three of them that we are aware of.
Today, he was barking frantically at our water hose storage thingy and I went out there to turn it over to show him that there was nothing there...but there was!!! There was a teenage bunny (not a baby not an adult) and Joey was all to lunge and bite its back. It squealed and ran away with Joey chasing it the whole time. Ugh.
Do I need to be so worried about him trying to eat a rabbit? I am concerned about him getting diseases but I also know that dogs and cats have been keeping the rabbit and mouse population low for centuries.
He is part Chihuahua and part Corgi. The Corgi in him is what makes him a hunter. Gross! Unless he can safely keep the wild rabbit population down. They are freaking everywhere!!!
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Post by Nink on Jul 10, 2016 6:02:49 GMT
My dogs and cats have killed more than a few things over the years and they've never got sick or diseased. That being said, I don't allow them to chase and kill anything if I can help it. They don't need it to survive, and in my mind, it's a terrible way for an animal to go. And since I'm an animal lover, that's just how I roll.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2016 13:13:02 GMT
Can I borrow him? The rabbits are THICK this year and they are eating everything in my gardens. If I didn't have rabbit fencing around my vegetable garden, there would be no vegetable garden. I hate those critters!
I'm an animal lover also, but this is ridiculous. The herd needs thinned.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 10, 2016 13:54:35 GMT
Our rabbit population balances with the fox population. And I live in the middle of an urban neighborhood. They go in cycles -- we'll see foxes on every corner and the bunnies start to disappear. Then the foxes disappear and we have hardly any bunnies for awhile, then the bunny population explodes again. And then the foxes come back. It works well, although I'd love to know where they go when they're not here. The foxes I mean, since they don't have any natural predators here. Thankfully my dog just sort of yawns at them. lol
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Post by elaine on Jul 10, 2016 14:48:04 GMT
Our rabbit population balances with the fox population. And I live in the middle of an urban neighborhood. They go in cycles -- we'll see foxes on every corner and the bunnies start to disappear. Then the foxes disappear and we have hardly any bunnies for awhile, then the bunny population explodes again. And then the foxes come back. It works well, although I'd love to know where they go when they're not here. The foxes I mean, since they don't have any natural predators here. Thankfully my dog just sort of yawns at them. lol Yes! This year we have hardly any bunnies, but I see a fox on most nights when I take my dog out for that last pee at midnight. Usually, we have a ton of bunnies, but the foxes are doing a good job at keeping the population down. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 10, 2016 15:00:14 GMT
I can relate. My Jack Russell was quite the predator in his younger days and to my horror he took down a number of animals (rabbits--some BIG ones, squirrels, voles and even a couple birds) out in our back yard. Unless we wanted to put him on a lead (which we didn't want to do, we had a fully fenced back yard) he was going to chase other animals. All we could do was keep up with his vaccinations and be watchful as much as we could, but that was pretty hard since the back part of the yard was obscured by the garage.
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Jul 10, 2016 16:45:29 GMT
There is a tapeworm a dog can get by eating rabbits
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 10, 2016 16:50:39 GMT
As is usual in suburbs, we are overrun with rabbits. We had an incident with our dog, Joey, about two month ago where he found a rabbit hole filled with babies and he killed at least three of them that we are aware of. Today, he was barking frantically at our water hose storage thingy and I went out there to turn it over to show him that there was nothing there...but there was!!! There was a teenage bunny (not a baby not an adult) and Joey was all to lunge and bite its back. It squealed and ran away with Joey chasing it the whole time. Ugh. Do I need to be so worried about him trying to eat a rabbit? I am concerned about him getting diseases but I also know that dogs and cats have been keeping the rabbit and mouse population low for centuries. He is part Chihuahua and part Corgi. The Corgi in him is what makes him a hunter. Gross! Unless he can safely keep the wild rabbit population down. They are freaking everywhere!!! Two of my chihuahuas decimated a rabbit's nest several years ago. It was disgusting. I was a little worried about disease; I'd definitely keep him away if possible. More awful was the carnage all over the yard. Not okay. They're little 8 lb terrors! SaveSave |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 10, 2016 18:33:38 GMT
As is usual in suburbs, we are overrun with rabbits. We had an incident with our dog, Joey, about two month ago where he found a rabbit hole filled with babies and he killed at least three of them that we are aware of. Today, he was barking frantically at our water hose storage thingy and I went out there to turn it over to show him that there was nothing there...but there was!!! There was a teenage bunny (not a baby not an adult) and Joey was all to lunge and bite its back. It squealed and ran away with Joey chasing it the whole time. Ugh. Do I need to be so worried about him trying to eat a rabbit? I am concerned about him getting diseases but I also know that dogs and cats have been keeping the rabbit and mouse population low for centuries. He is part Chihuahua and part Corgi. The Corgi in him is what makes him a hunter. Gross! Unless he can safely keep the wild rabbit population down. They are freaking everywhere!!! I have a purebred corgi. They aren't hunters- they are herders. I had a chihuahua growing up. Now that thing would have torn the head off a bison. My corgi and sheltie just hang out in the front yard and leave the bunny population alone. We can have bunnies in the yard and the dogs are okay with it. They will go after squirrels though. I figure my corgi just gives the bunnies a pass because they have the same butt. |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 10, 2016 18:35:07 GMT
Our rabbit population balances with the fox population. And I live in the middle of an urban neighborhood. They go in cycles -- we'll see foxes on every corner and the bunnies start to disappear. Then the foxes disappear and we have hardly any bunnies for awhile, then the bunny population explodes again. And then the foxes come back. It works well, although I'd love to know where they go when they're not here. The foxes I mean, since they don't have any natural predators here. Thankfully my dog just sort of yawns at them. lol I live in an area that used to have a huge fox population until the coyotes came in. I miss the fox and have mace for the coyotes. |
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zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Jul 10, 2016 18:36:17 GMT
Then I don't know why Joey loves to hunt. He will hunt bugs, lizards, rabbits...anything that moves! He has brought geckos and bugs into the house and then plays with the dead bodies. So gross!
And Joey has the Corgi butt!!!
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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 10, 2016 19:23:19 GMT
We get skunks and squirrels. It's just lovely to have a skunk digging in your veggie beds. EW. I wish we had cute little bunny rabbits, but I know that they would wreak havoc on our garden. We get foxes in our neighborhood on occasion.
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Post by jayfab on Jul 10, 2016 20:49:36 GMT
Ugh, I can relate. We have 2 miniature schnauzers and a jack. Funny thing is that the jack can't catch the rabbits, but the schnauzers can. The jack can stalk mice and voles pretty good tho. I've even seen one of the schnauzers leap and get a bird flying by!
Lily, my schnauzer, got two bunnies in the last month. This time luckily she didn't eat them. One I got the dogs away from it really quick before they had a chance to eat it. The second one was a baby, I didn't hear it happen, I called her in and she had it in her mouth and just plopped it down when asked what do you have? I have no idea why she didn't eat it, maybe because it looked just like one of her non-stuffed toys?
She ate the insides of one a few years ago and I could tell she felt sick, she vomited it all up a few hours later. Yes, they can get worms and your vet will probably suggest a tapeworm dewormer. They can get fleas from rabbits too.
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