yorkshirerabbit
New Kit
Hi,
I have two rabbits and their hutch has a ramp down to allow them to run into the garden. Unfortunately yesterday morning a rat was on the grass. I kept scaring it away but it kept coming back (we back onto a large field). When I had gone back inside the rat had come back and was walking up the ramp. The braver of the two rabbits kicked it and ran after it to scare it off.
The rat then came back and went up the ramp again into the hutch (yuck)!!! I ran outside as soon as I knew and scared it out. It was eating their food out of their bowls. I disinfected the bowls inside and sprayed some hutch cleaner where I thought it had been and put the rabbits away as I was at work all day so I knew the rat could not get back in.
Do rats cause rabbits any harm (health or as a physical threat)? How can I stop rats returning back and getting back in the hutch??? The rabbit food is obviously going to attract them in the future!
thanks
I have two rabbits and their hutch has a ramp down to allow them to run into the garden. Unfortunately yesterday morning a rat was on the grass. I kept scaring it away but it kept coming back (we back onto a large field). When I had gone back inside the rat had come back and was walking up the ramp. The braver of the two rabbits kicked it and ran after it to scare it off.
The rat then came back and went up the ramp again into the hutch (yuck)!!! I ran outside as soon as I knew and scared it out. It was eating their food out of their bowls. I disinfected the bowls inside and sprayed some hutch cleaner where I thought it had been and put the rabbits away as I was at work all day so I knew the rat could not get back in.
Do rats cause rabbits any harm (health or as a physical threat)? How can I stop rats returning back and getting back in the hutch??? The rabbit food is obviously going to attract them in the future!
thanks