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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 17 2011 : 5:24:20 PM
I went to the garden this afternoon to see what I could gather and there was one of my bad cats with a poor little rabbit. And it was headless. And she was enjoying it very much. Now my dog is. I always take my dogs with me out there and they chase all kinds of things while they are there and have the best time. So I know if a snake was out there they would chase it away for me. I have seen some little bunnies every time I go out there and I have big cantaloupes now that I would very much like to have. SO I am ok with the cats and dogs keeping the rabbits away. I hate that they would kill them though but that's life.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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| Madelena |
Posted - Aug 23 2011 : 09:35:22 AM
LOVE the bunnie stories.. My grandchildren found 2 little rabbits out at the softball field. They took them home and put them in a rabbit cage [they only have a dog].. and fed the little critters. They were growing like weeds.. that's when I recognized they were Jack Rabbits. Man, they would have been bigger then their little dog.
They have some acreage and a small woods in back, to they let them loose.. Then another time they found an orphaned fawn, took him home and put "Spots" in their computer room in a box and bottle fed him. He used to go outside with the grandkids and run all over the back yard with them. Soo funny! Finally one day he took off for the woods and did not return. Hope the little guy made it.
"But in all things, let there be a balance. As all of nature if left to its own path will seek balance. So should we |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 19 2011 : 6:57:29 PM
Yes, there certainly is an abundance of the little buggars this year! And squirrels too. My mom has been taken over by them. They ate most of her tomatoes (on the porch) and got into their hummingbird feeder for a long time. They couldn't figure out why it was empty every morning then finally saw the bad squirrel sucking the sugar water right out of the feeder. So they moved it and it still got it. They are having the worst time with those things. And they live in town. We don't have squirrels here because of all the cats and dogs. And the garden is fenced in so the dogs only go in when I do but the cats g in all day.
Tammy, that was sweet of your hubby. Good guy!
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| tammyknit |
Posted - Aug 19 2011 : 5:52:38 PM
My DD raises rabbits for 4-H also. Our golden retriever got ahold of a wild baby rabbit while my DD was outside. She didn't see it, but she was yelling "DAD, Goldey has a baby rabbit in his mouth" She could hear it squealing and knew the sound. The dog did not hurt it though, i don't think he would know how. My DH got him to drop it and although a little wet, the baby rabbit was fine. It also had a sibling out there. My DH put on a glove and put them both through the fence into the neighbor's yard where the dog couldn't get them (neighbor is 84 years old and so sweet!) He and his wife don't even care when we do stuff like that.
Tammy |
| camiesmommy |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 8:00:17 PM
My daughters raised rabbits for years through 4-H so needless to say the hold a special interest. Up until this year, I loved seeing them in the yard and they never got into the garden. But this years, there is an abundance of baby rabbits and chipmonks. They are everwhere including the garden.
My dogs used to chase them, but never really tried to get them. Even that has changed this year. They started just killing the chipmonks and leaving them in the yard. Now, they bring me either dead or half dead critters. It's like they know there's an abundance of them and they are performing a needed service for me.
Too bad rabbits are vegans - lol
A.J.
Work is love made visible. ~ Kahlil Gibran |
| nubidane |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 12:16:53 PM
They are so very cute, & I, too, save them from my doggies mouths many times here.
That being said, they are my garden nemesis, & many times find myself wondering what bunny stew tastes like.
I have been taking the dogs into my raised beds & using the shedding blade on them to try to keep the bunnies out, & also request that hubs pees in there arond the perimeter of the bed. Now that's a picture. It seems to be helping some, but I am cautiously optimistic.
Cute bunny Jonni! |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 11:57:37 AM
Yeah, if my animals wound it or not, I try to undo what they've done, Kris. I figure, a little good "joo joo" can't hurt and if I can truly help, then I will. I've even saved a deer mouse a time or two. Soft hearts can't hurt anyone :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 11:53:38 AM
I probably would have done the same thing, Jonni. If a cat has a bird that's still alive, I will try to save it. I have had lots of wildlife here at one time or another. It just happens when you have dogs and cats. I love bunnies and have been thinking about getting some meat rabbits. just thinking right now though. Also thinking about another pig.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 11:21:01 AM
Nope, just domesticated dogs, cats and a toddler. I simply did it because, well, that's the way I am.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 11:19:15 AM
Jonni, congrats on that, but, it is still very rare to succed in raising wild rabbits...and you do take a chance with disease, especialy if you have domesticated rabbits as well...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 10:51:10 AM
Mother Nature can be really creepy. Poor little bun rab...
We raised two baby bunnies for release to the wild (and did it successfully). My Black Lab, Elie, brought one (then another) to me while I was trying to get my house ready on a Thursday night for company coming in from Atlanta. With about 30 minutes before they arrived, I looked out the kitchen door to see him standing their, mouth slightly open, wagging his WHOLE hind end. I saw what was in his mouth and gave him the "drop it" sign and he did. The little thing hopped off, right into the mouth of my German Shepherd. I got her to drop the poor thing, put it in an old bird cage with some grass clippings and then went back to making sweet tea. There was Elie again, standing outside the kitchen door with another baby bunny in his mouth! He was, apparently, raiding the nest, but he never "chomped" them, just carried them in his soft retreiver mouth to me, as a gift, of sorts.
We fed them goats milk (according to a wildlife rehab lady in town) with an eye dropper and released them into the wild in about a week and a half. One of the most rewarding things we've done. Here is one of them, below:
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 10:42:47 AM
Angela, very, very rarely will a wild rabbit survive in captivity, also remember that wild rabbits carry diseases that domesticated don't...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 07:08:13 AM
Angela, that's so sad. I hope she gets another one. I'm sure there are more of them. I love to see rabbits hopping around but I like my veggies so much more! And I have my eye on a few really big melons that I hope WE get to eat and not some stinkin' critter.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| natesgirl |
Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 04:03:54 AM
My 11y/o caught a tiny rabbit yesterday. She put it in the duck cage and went huntin for the top to the cage so it wouldn't get out. When she came back the cat had gotten in the cage and killed it. She was devistated!
Now she is searchin the garden and tree line huntin for another one. Her dad told her if she could catch it, she could keep it. She has the cage prepped and ready, this time, before she has the rabbit!
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
| Killarney |
Posted - Aug 17 2011 : 5:31:54 PM
I know how you feel Kris, "the circle of life,"
Imagine.............. |
