Pet Rabbit killed :-(

Tefal · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:16

willhub said:
Tell ya the above was a bargain! £1 from an auction!

Cheaper than buying the meat if you can handle the butchery yourself.

willhub · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:42

I'd never kill jasper carrot though, that would be cruel

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FrostedNipple · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:43

Tefal said:
Cheaper than buying the meat if you can handle the butchery yourself.

it is a bit smelly, but other than that it's pretty easy. Although wild rabbit would taste nicer as they get more exercise and eat healthier.

platinum87 · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:45

amaru said:
Guys, im after a bit of help. Came home after work today, went in the back garden with my 4 year old daughter only to find her pet rabbit dead , and without going in to much detail all that was left was the body, no head and it looks like it was ripped off, also the front left leg is missing too. TBH the rabbit itself was quite a large rabbit for something to do this it must have been quite big, but im trying to find out what. I live in the city, in a terranced house with 6 foot fence panels all around the garden, the only things we every see in our garden are cats and the occasional small hawk, but are they capable of doing this?. The only other thing it could possible be is a fox or dog but i have found no traces of a struggle and why would the head be taken and nothing else? Any ideas????

My 4 year is absoultly gutted luckily she didn't see it close up.

Cheers for your help

traces of struggle lol, its a rabbit

^TANK^ · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:48

platinum87 said:
traces of struggle lol, its a rabbit

Some of us value a pet higher than a ****ing crisp packet strangely enough :rolleyes:

.

FrostedNipple · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:50

Yeah, i prefer my dog to all human beings tbh (with exception of immediate family)!

Eddie · 18 Dec 2008 at 01:59

FrostedNipple said:
Yeah, i prefer my dog to all human beings tbh (with exception of immediate family)!

Me too, most human beings anyway, in fact, the more human beings I meet the more sure of it I am!

platinum87 · 18 Dec 2008 at 02:18

^TANK^ said:
Some of us value a pet higher than a ****ing crisp packet strangely enough.

so what, i said how does a rabbit give traces of struggle..

read the post next time

a rabbit is better than crisps anyhow, tastes nice.

and i hardly value people's lives let alone pets FYI..

Tefal · 18 Dec 2008 at 02:30

FrostedNipple said:
it is a bit smelly, but other than that it's pretty easy. Although wild rabbit would taste nicer as they get more exercise and eat healthier.

Could always feed him up for a bit, get him doing a daily jog

Tefal · 18 Dec 2008 at 02:32

platinum87 said:
so what, i said how does a rabbit give traces of struggle..

Well there would be lots of blood spread about along with bits of rabbit and fur, possibly fur from the attacking animal.

Why do you think a rabbit isn't capable of putting up a fight?

platinum87 · 18 Dec 2008 at 02:34

Tefal said:
Why do you think a rabbit isn't capable of putting up a fight?

because its a rabbit, it just runs away if it can

Tefal · 18 Dec 2008 at 02:41

platinum87 said:
because its a rabbit, it just runs away if it can

And when it can't?

You think it just sits there with something teeth in it;'s flesh going "nice day for it!"

No it kicks (with a lot of strength, it has tendons specially designed for great force), bites, twists and struggles.

Mattus · 18 Dec 2008 at 03:56

Rabbits can be vicious beggars when so inclined. Seeing as it was a fairly large rabbit, I reckon it could hold its own against a cat. Would have stood little chance against a fox though, and they're surprisingly common.

Gerard · 18 Dec 2008 at 07:57

Im still trying to figure out how a fox managed to overcome the 6 foot high fence (assuming it was a fox which seems unlikely). Are foxes that trot about towns brandishing grappling hooks these days?

spex101 · 18 Dec 2008 at 08:01

I'm just going to come out and say what we're all thinking...

This is clearly the works of an extremist muslim terrorist group, quick call the daily mail.

brummie · 18 Dec 2008 at 08:07

amaru said:
Guys, im after a bit of help. Came home after work today, went in the back garden with my 4 year old daughter only to find her pet rabbit dead , and without going in to much detail all that was left was the body, no head and it looks like it was ripped off, also the front left leg is missing too. TBH the rabbit itself was quite a large rabbit for something to do this it must have been quite big, but im trying to find out what. I live in the city, in a terranced house with 6 foot fence panels all around the garden, the only things we every see in our garden are cats and the occasional small hawk, but are they capable of doing this?. The only other thing it could possible be is a fox or dog but i have found no traces of a struggle and why would the head be taken and nothing else? Any ideas????

My 4 year is absoultly gutted luckily she didn't see it close up.

Cheers for your help

Same happened to our Rabbit.

Aod · 18 Dec 2008 at 08:59

Gerard said:
Im still trying to figure out how a fox managed to overcome the 6 foot high fence (assuming it was a fox which seems unlikely). Are foxes that trot about towns brandishing grappling hooks these days?

unless the fence goes into the ground at every point, the fox would have just gone under it.

Vegetarian · 18 Dec 2008 at 09:02

Sorry to hear about your loss. A cat is capable of doing this... I once saw my cat kill and drag a "Hare" down the road - It was quite a bit bigger than my cat!

-Ad- · 18 Dec 2008 at 09:47

Has their been a dodgy character in a silver 5-series lurking around recently ?

If so then definately Fox.

Otherwise maybe a bear or crocodile.

Sorry for your cutey bwunny wabbit

Snakedoctor · 18 Dec 2008 at 09:49

Poor little Lagomorph.