I don't generally let my two free range, even supervised, as we get all manner of animals in our garden including foxes, cats and birds of prey.
However, misfit is a lazy little thing and needs to lose some weight. She gets fed the same as marbles but is a lot bigger, and although part of that is her build I know she is overweight. It'd be so nice if I could give her some supervised free range time as my parents' garden is massive.
But we occasionally get birds of prey flying over the garden and last weekend one flew over just as I was contemplating letting her out. So my question is, would a bird of prey attack a rabbit if I'm right there? Something about them swooping down from above worries me because I probably wouldn't see it coming. But it seems such a shame to not let her free range.
However, misfit is a lazy little thing and needs to lose some weight. She gets fed the same as marbles but is a lot bigger, and although part of that is her build I know she is overweight. It'd be so nice if I could give her some supervised free range time as my parents' garden is massive.
But we occasionally get birds of prey flying over the garden and last weekend one flew over just as I was contemplating letting her out. So my question is, would a bird of prey attack a rabbit if I'm right there? Something about them swooping down from above worries me because I probably wouldn't see it coming. But it seems such a shame to not let her free range.