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In the last 10 days or so there's been a 3 dead cottontails, 2 adult size and one little one from this spring. No sign of other animal interaction, or blood or anything like that, just dead as rock. Any ideas? Like watching the little buggers sitting in my clover patch every evening munching away.
I have not noticed anything in my area still a few little guys and couple bigger ones in the yard.
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Well they say a rabbit can die from fear, did they maybe get a look at you? :joker:
Were the eye clear or covered over and blind?
I've had 10-12 cottontails die in my backyard this year. However in all cases the cause of death was beagle ;)
I have a healthy herd of cotton tails...just ask my garden :)buggers
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X2 Macy is training hard...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ninepointer
I have a couple that come out most evenings and sit in front of my kennels and torment the hell out of my hounds. Seems they know the dogs can't get out. Upsets the old lady to no end. Love it...
Any pesticides being used on lawns I think could poison a rabbit
Maybe they saw the lady next door, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
No. Maybe just too much heat.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom gobble
Ya had 1 go on me. Couple of kits been teasing the dogs all summer in the back yard too. Much to my dismay the youngster caught 1 bought to hand and managed to release it mostly unharmed however Stella broke ranks and the one she caught didn't make it :scream:. Normally they just show a passing interest in them guess though if you poke the bear long enough all bets are off. May have to do a bit of rabbit breaking again this fall :(.Quote:
Originally Posted by ninepointer
No dead ones here , which is amazing considering the JRT is always on the watch for them.
I had a once in a life time rabbit encounter last week. I saw 4 baby rabbits , in my garden , nursing on Mom. I had seen them several weeks earlier naked in a well - insulated hole. I dug out the hole thinking something had left a mess in my garden , and bingo! there they were. Covered it up fast and was glad to see they survived.
Always been tempted to live trap a pile of big jacks and release down at the local fenced dog park, on the small dog side.
Here in Newmarket there seems to be a cottontail population explosion happening this year.
My GSP is always pointing at them or barking at them or looking for them, but he hasn't actually killed any since last December.
It is always a sad event to see any animals dead for no good reason, but it is possibly just a "Circle of Life" thing...
Check around their necks for puncture wounds.
Macy just breaks their neck. Grabs them behind the head, holds the body down and shakes her head side to side. She has a soft mouth and never puts a hole anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couliewalker
I think she learned her technique from hunting mice and voles with the cat in the yard.
She also will point and howl when she sees a skunk, but will not get near it.