Lost our rabbits this morning

[Oakey]

Woke up this morning and opened the kitchen blinds and right away I could see something was wrong.

Went out and both of them are just lying there. Our female was completely missing her head and I guess our male had a heart attack.

I'm assuming a fox but I'm surprised it got over our fence which is about 8ft tall, we've never had an issue in 6 years of having them

[garythesign]

Sorry to read that.

Never had a rabbit bit understand they can be right characters.

[Turkish91]

Sorry for your loss

Is there any way under the fences? It may sound daft but I would suspect a badger more than a fox.

They're known to attack young lambs in the fields when they come too close / enter their "territory", and typically they will pull the heads off. A fox would have likely taken the rabbit to eat, not just attacked it.

[Jonathan27]

You would also be surprised by the damage a rat can do. A rat killed three of my daughters Guinee Pigs last year. The mesh on most runs / hutches is plenty wide enough for a rat to get through. If you do get more rabbits, it may be worth putting a finer mesh over the hutch.

[Oakey]

It's a small brick wall with a fence on the top half so no digging under. I guess it jumped onto the wall part on the outside of the garden and then over the rest of the fence.

When I say the head is missing, it's gone, it's not anywhere to be found.

Thus is the wall and fence

Edited by Oakey on Friday 1st October 09:46

[MDMA .]

Not the best thing to find in the morning. More than likely a cat. Sad to say that they like to remove the heads to get to the brains.

[Nightmare]

V sorry to hear that OP also agree it was prob a cat - when I was growing up our neighbour had a cat that would often kill wild rabbits and just bring the head back.
Also that wall/fence combo would make other options less likely I think

[AC43]

My fence is over 7 feet high and I've seen foxes jump it easily enough.

Usually when I'm chasing the fking vermin away.

[anonymous-user]

AC43 said:

My fence is over 7 feet high and I've seen foxes jump it easily enough.

Usually when I'm chasing the fking vermin away.

Not sure why the hate for foxes, certainly not classed as vermin, I'd much rather foxes wandering about that domestic cats

[Ryyy]

I looked out of our kitchen window once and caught the presumably local friendly fox walking along our fence/horizontal rails like a cat so I doubt your wall fence combo would be much of an obstacle if it were a fox

[AC43]

MonkeyMatt said:

AC43 said:

My fence is over 7 feet high and I've seen foxes jump it easily enough.

Usually when I'm chasing the fking vermin away.

Not sure why the hate for foxes, certainly not classed as vermin, I'd much rather foxes wandering about that domestic cats

Errr....because in the city they st everywhere, rip big bags open, dig up borders and cause all sorts of chaos.

In the country (my mum grew up on a farm) they savage anything smaller than them. They'll kill 20 chickens and eat one.

Hateful things.

[Evoluzione]

Really sorry to read this, that wall/fence is very easily jumped by a cat or fox though. First bound will take it onto the wall, second up to the top of the fence.
If you get anymore lock them up at night.

[Oakey]

It's not a cat. I had a look at the outside fence when I got home from work and either a fox or a dog got in and out exactly at the corner that you see in the screenshot. There are large claw marks on the wall and on the fence and the same on the opposite side. There was also a trail of rabbit fur over that part of the fence and on the pavement.

Edited by Oakey on Friday 1st October 18:28

[anonymous-user]

AC43 said:

MonkeyMatt said:

AC43 said:

My fence is over 7 feet high and I've seen foxes jump it easily enough.

Usually when I'm chasing the fking vermin away.

Not sure why the hate for foxes, certainly not classed as vermin, I'd much rather foxes wandering about that domestic cats

Errr....because in the city they st everywhere, rip big bags open, dig up borders and cause all sorts of chaos.

In the country (my mum grew up on a farm) they savage anything smaller than them. They'll kill 20 chickens and eat one.

Hateful things.

Ahh, lack of understanding often leads to hatred

[Boosted LS1]

Agreed. they kill 20 chickens because 19 were locked in and unable to escape. Should have looked after them better and improved safety. Who leaves bin bags out on the streets in this day and age? Plenty more cat st then dog st to imo.

[Scabutz]

Really sorry to hear this. Last year my wife and kids started fostering rabbits for the RSPCA, and well, we adopted 4 of them. Garden is like a petting zoo.

I love the rabbits, such characters. We have the chuck norris of the rabbit world who even beats up our dog. Any fox gets in his hutch and he will fk it up.

[Thevet]

Scabutz said:

Any fox gets in his hutch and he will fk it up.

Not a chance versus a fox, sorry but you are wrong. Not sure from what has been said if it is a fox or a badger, more evidence needed. So rarely do the prey kick the ass of the predator, fox/badger wins vs rabbit.

[Scabutz]

Thevet said:

Scabutz said:

Any fox gets in his hutch and he will fk it up.

Not a chance versus a fox, sorry but you are wrong. Not sure from what has been said if it is a fox or a badger, more evidence needed. So rarely do the prey kick the ass of the predator, fox/badger wins vs rabbit.

It's called a joke, hyperbole etc. Of course I don't think a rabbit is going to win against a fox.

He does bite and chase our springer spainel though, but she's a big girls blouse.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

MonkeyMatt said:

Not sure why the hate for foxes, certainly not classed as vermin, I'd much rather foxes wandering about that domestic cats

I don't mind the foxes too much where we live, but I wish they wouldn't s**t everywhere!!!

[moorx]

Really sorry for your loss, what a horrible thing to happen.

I love rabbits (we are up to eight now).