Gully Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I got home from work last night to find rabbit kit in my kitchen in a cardboard box. It had been rescued from the cat. The kids wanted to keep it but I drew the line and said it wasn't fair to keep a wild animal etc. They nagged for ages but I made them take it out into the garden and let it go. It sat around in the garden for a while then headed off into the hedge. I ran out of good reasons why you can't keep a baby wild rabbit. This is the third that they've saved this week so there are bound to be more. Anyone have any good reasons or better still evidence why they can't keep one? I need more answers. We kept the cat it after the release but about midnight I heard squeeking from outside the back door. The cat had either caught it or another one. My wife went to try to save it but the cat ran off and tortured the rabbit to death in a neighbours garden :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I wish we could train them to sit still, that would be really handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Tell them that rabbits are fundamentally evil creatures who will infiltrate their brains and turn them into rabid zombies with a thirst for flesh. That should just about do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millomite Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Wallace and Grommit - Curse of the Were Rabbit! Enough said lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I had a baby weasel for a few weeks and the little b..b..blighter was a real savage and got worse as it got older, so I don`t doubt that it had no problems with the field voles and mice when I released it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Maybe jusy tell 'em that the bunny will be so sad missing its family and will be very unhappy....I have to do this on a regular basis with my little 'un when she liberates ladybirds from the garden as house pets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I had a baby weasel for a few weeks and the little b..b..blighter was a real savage and got worse as it got older, so I don`t doubt that it had no problems with the field voles and mice when I released it. Good of you to look after it HD! Wild animals don't like being locked up after being allowed to run around outside. Just ask the kids how they would feel if they were stuck in a room without their friends forever, then they should understand. That's what my dad told me when I brought a foot long pike home in a bucket to put in his fish tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I got home from work last night to find rabbit kit in my kitchen in a cardboard box. It had been rescued from the cat. The kids wanted to keep it but I drew the line and said it wasn't fair to keep a wild animal etc. They nagged for ages but I made them take it out into the garden and let it go. It sat around in the garden for a while then headed off into the hedge. I ran out of good reasons why you can't keep a baby wild rabbit. This is the third that they've saved this week so there are bound to be more. Anyone have any good reasons or better still evidence why they can't keep one? I need more answers. We kept the cat it after the release but about midnight I heard squeeking from outside the back door. The cat had either caught it or another one. My wife went to try to save it but the cat ran off and tortured the rabbit to death in a neighbours garden :( Sod the rabbit, kill the cat (that'll stop it bringing any more poor defenceless creatures, birds etc home) and make the world a better place! :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sod the rabbit, kill the cat (that'll stop it bringing any more poor defenceless creatures, birds etc home) and make the world a better place! :( The cat's on a 'Do not resusitate' in the even of any 'accidents' :yp: The rabbit was quite tame, the kids were picking it up etc and it wasn't biting or anything (that would have taught them!) We told them 'you wouldn't like to be taken away and locked up' and they said 'What, like Madeline' Its amazing what they pick up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiiish1987 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Tell them that wild rabbits carry diseases that they could spread to the kids if they keep it. On the other hand you could always keep it. The kid's will "save" more. you could then breed from them. Every time you come home from a hunt with a clean sheet just shoot one of the bred rabbits "there must've been a fox...a rabbits sadly died"..... dark chicken stew anyone :-) wehey a constant suppy of rabbit! (Just make sure you do't let the kids see you put markers 30-45 yards from the hutch ;-) ) just a thought :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 I ran out of good reasons why you can't keep a baby wild rabbit... Scream at them "because i'm the ******* daddy round here", then go fetch the soap and a sock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sod the rabbit, kill the cat (that'll stop it bringing any more poor defenceless creatures, birds etc home) and make the world a better place! :look: The cat's on a 'Do not resusitate' in the even of any 'accidents' The rabbit was quite tame, the kids were picking it up etc and it wasn't biting or anything (that would have taught them!) We told them 'you wouldn't like to be taken away and locked up' and they said 'What, like Madeline' :( Its amazing what they pick up! At one point and time about 15 years ago I was really boared due to an industrial accident and only had 2 dogs :( God that was Hell :yp: Well I am not a cat fan, have only liked 3 over all the years. Well to make a long story short I found this poor little kitten he was siamese in color but came from an orange and a grey tabby. Brought him home and nursed the little fella back to life and then when he was feeling better.......remember I did say I was really boared..... I proceeded to teach him to sit, stay, retrieve, and do simple blinds. Well if we were outside and he saw a rabbit he would be off like a shot......it really is amazing to watch just how fast they are........and like most wild cats kill it with a bite through the back of the neck, and then retrieve it directly to me and deliver it to hand. Morel of the story is..........Get training your cat a good rabbiting one only comes along once in awhile NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy75 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sod the rabbit, kill the cat (that'll stop it bringing any more poor defenceless creatures, birds etc home) and make the world a better place! :( spade + cat + bottom of garden = :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 At one point and time about 15 years ago I was really boared due to an industrial accident and only had 2 dogs God that was Hell :( :yp: Well I am not a cat fan, have only liked 3 over all the years. Well to make a long story short I found this poor little kitten he was siamese in color but came from an orange and a grey tabby. Brought him home and nursed the little fella back to life and then when he was feeling better.......remember I did say I was really boared..... I proceeded to teach him to sit, stay, retrieve, and do simple blinds. Well if we were outside and he saw a rabbit he would be off like a shot......it really is amazing to watch just how fast they are........and like most wild cats kill it with a bite through the back of the neck, and then retrieve it directly to me and deliver it to hand. Morel of the story is..........Get training your cat a good rabbiting one only comes along once in awhile NTTF OMG he's gonna start a cat training thread now :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverimfire Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Breed the rabbits, let them out on some unspoilt land then ask farmer for shooting permission :( :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 get a Jack Russel and hey presto cat moves out and any rabbits the dog catches are long past resuscitation by the time you get them back. I'm in the dog house with our neighbours since they were sitting there watching some baby rabbits in the field behind the house and the Jack Russel nipped out and killed one, ate it and vomited it up a few seconds later. Don't you just love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerman Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 get a Jack Russel and hey presto cat moves out and any rabbits the dog catches are long past resuscitation by the time you get them back. I'm in the dog house with our neighbours since they were sitting there watching some baby rabbits in the field behind the house and the Jack Russel nipped out and killed one, ate it and vomited it up a few seconds later. Don't you just love them :( :yp: that is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Decided I'm going to 1. Stop feeding cat 2. stop feeding kids 3. Watch kids wrestle rabbit from cat and bring to me for cooking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 My cat is an excellent hunter and retriever. Many a headless pigeon has been left on the doorstep for my pleasure. I just know a rabbit would not present any problems at all! Oh and NTTF, he comes when I whistle him. More than my old dog used to do!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 The wifes old Siamese would retrieve to hand, I considered training him for the gun but the lads would never let it lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 get a Jack Russel and hey presto cat moves out and any rabbits the dog catches are long past resuscitation by the time you get them back. I'm in the dog house with our neighbours since they were sitting there watching some baby rabbits in the field behind the house and the Jack Russel nipped out and killed one, ate it and vomited it up a few seconds later. Don't you just love them Yep the only dogs ive ever owned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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