Rabbits destructive this year - Page 4

 

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Where do peeps come up with such claptrap... no way is a human or a
cat gonna sneak up on a rabbit... they're one of the few critters that
rarely even becomes roadkill.  A rabbit can cover ten times the
distance and at twice the rate of speed as a cat.

I see rabbits dashing about here nearly every day, those suckers can
hear you coming from a long way off and be gone like a flash... just
this morning:
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Your rabbits seem especially skittish. I can easily get within a turnip's
throw of one on any day. We're overrun with them here, you see. They live
under a shed 25' away from the back door, under the HVAC unit, they even
made a nest in the planter by the front door last year, I went ahead &
planted my Coleus in it and have walked right past the nursing mother a
couple times. They come up on our patio often and a few times have even
stood upright and looked right through the screen door at us. Whenever I mow
I'm afraid of running them over because they don't run until I'm almost
right on top of them.

How they behave might depend on whether they think you can see them or not.
But I agree, without some special circumstances I don't think a cat could
catch a rabbit running. They are not immune from projectiles though,
especially in the hands of someone experienced with moving targets :-)

 

Nelly wrote:
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  i've seen them stand up and look at their
reflection in my car, but so far they have
not tried to hump it so i guess it's ok.



  certainly.  they freeze even when they are right
out in the open and they can clearly see me and
i can see them.



  cats get them here from time to time, and the hawks,
too, but we don't have enough around to keep
them away.

  i would be so happy if we had a good control
for deer, rabbits, raccoons and oppossum...
coyotes and fox don't do enough.  i keep wanting
the wolves back.


  songbird

 


You believe what you want. I know for a fact that my orange tabby has
brought 3 adults and countless kids home just this summer.
4 just in one day

 

ChairMan wrote:
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  yep, i remember going to get in the backseat
of a friends car and on the floor was the bottom
half of a bunny that the cat had dragged in.  it
was well known for many other creature hunts
too.  later in life it was funny to see it sitting on
the floor of the living room with nine birds
flitting around the room and bouncing on the
floor and it would just sit there and look at
them.  never went after them...

  "look what the cat dragged in" is not an
empty expression.


  songbird