If rabbits and cats were meant to "live together" they would surely be found together in the wild.
Anyone that DOES have rabbits mixing with cats is just flipping lucky that nothing has gone wrong!
Cats play with claws and teeth, it's their way of training, like they would in the wild. (I am very surprised to read that one of you has trained ALL your cats otherwise, a pure miracle!)
You all seem to respect Ann McBride very much, but ignore the fact that she reports repeatedly that a "binky" is simply a bunny practising their escape route from predators. I once thought it meant a happy rabbit too, but Ann McBride strictly says it's a self defence move that bunnies practice throughout their lives.
Maybe bunnies "binkying" with kitties means they are practising the ability to escape, should kitty change his/her temperament.
This is something I feel strongly about. What about Feral cats, I bet they've had a bunny/hare or two for dinner! It probably wouldn't be unheard of.
I would NOT trust my "cats" (if I had four) in the same room as a rabbit just because I had read on the forum that it was "OK", simply because a few members have taken the risk and been VERY lucky.
Cats can scale 6 foot fences, I have seen them on my neighbour's shed roof! You could not make a bunny enclosure in a room, unless it was floor to ceiling high, that a cat could not get into. Unless you put a roof on it, but then your cats would sit on it. My buns (all 4) were
petrified when the neighbours' cats used to sit on the roof of their run. (of course daily interaction COULD desensitise them)
When we had Sooty guinea pig on the side in the utility room, Oscar used to jump up and sit on her cage and shove his paw through the bars and claw at her in attempt to reach her. - a rabbit would have been bigger, therefore reachable, so he would have clawed it.
This forum is DEAD SET AGAINST Guinea pigs living with rabbits, how the heck can cats (with razor sharp teeth and claws) be more preferable?!
I had to go to hospital for a tetanus and was close to needing stitches in my tummy when my friend's cat (I was innocently asleep, whilst staying the night on her sofa) pounced on me and clawed my tummy while "playing", when I only moved a little bit to get comfortable. (my wound was mm away from needing stitches, the nurse said.)
You can also get cat scratch disease from the mouth or claws of a kitten under 6 months old and from adult cats if they have been near strays. (stray cats can attack your own cats if they are allowed out)
Some of the germs in a cat's mouth can also cause lockjaw. (tetanus)
http://www.drugs.com/cg/cat-scratch-or-bite.html
Another site on cat scratch disease
http://www.2ndchance.info/catscratch.htm
There are 101 and probably more, reasons why your rabbit should NOT live with a cat.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100615090440AAUAZ1G
According to this article, cats carry pasteurella on their teeth and claws too. I KNOW that's not good for a rabbit.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Rabbits-703/2009/2/Wild-Rabbit-Cat.htm
One last point. Single rabbits have been known to adopt a cuddly toy as a companion, so don't tell me that the rabbit chose the cat as a companion as a viable argument.
I think I have provided enough evidence to suggest that cats should NOT be a rabbit's companion and vice versa.
I shall stop there I think, before I get accused of being obsessed with the subject.
