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Sad news and some advice needed please!

J

JadePez

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Hi

I'm sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place or if a similar question has been answered but I'm a bit shaken and just need some advice/reassurance.

I went out to get my bunnies in earlier to find that the run (which is very difficult to open) was open and only one of my two rabbits was in it, looking very shaken.

I then found my other rabbit lying in the garden with her throat slit but no other blood around.

I've got the shaken up rabbit in the house with me now but am just very worried about her going back to the hutch and being without her sister and she has some small cuts on her too.

:(
 
How terrible :( I'm upset and shaken just hearing this. You must be so upset.

Sorry if this is graphic, but slit as in a human did it or a predatory animal?
 
I'm not sure about the animal to be honest. From the marks on my other bunny by her face it looks as if it was something with a claw, I'd guess a cat that I often see passing the garden as I could only assume that a fox would have mauled her more and taken her away with it.

Thank you for your kind words.

I'm now just so worried about my other bunny I feel like she will be so lonely as, even when we spent time in the garden with them running free, they'd never be far from each other.
 
I'm so sorry :cry: It could be a cat, but I think foxes cause injuries like that too and often leave the rabbit behind. I'd keep her in for now, as a fox may come back for her and she must be very shocked. How bad are the cuts? Is she eating and drinking?
 
That would make sense, I would be surprised if a cat had managed to cause the damage it did.

Unfortunately I had to that my bunny out as my housemate is allergic to rabbits. She's in a very fox-proof hutch which has a cover with velcro and clips. We've caught a fox at the hutch before and scared it off but that does make me feel a little better as she has seen a fox before and I know that a fox could not easily get in.
 
JadePez said:
That would make sense, I would be surprised if a cat had managed to cause the damage it did.

Unfortunately I had to that my bunny out as my housemate is allergic to rabbits. She's in a very fox-proof hutch which has a cover with velcro and clips. We've caught a fox at the hutch before and scared it off but that does make me feel a little better as she has seen a fox before and I know that a fox could not easily get in.
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I am very sorry for your loss and I dont want to add to your distress, but please to not underestimate the destructive powers of a Fox. Take a look at this to see what a Fox can do (NO INJURED RABBITS IN LINK)

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/s...t-accommodation-(rabbits-are-fine-fortunately!)
 
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