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So last night I went down to feed the rabbits, put in the birds, same old routine. I noticed a dark tail disappearing into a gap in the inner paneling of the wall, investigated this by holding back the panel, and am confronted with a mink face peering back at me.
I came back to the house to get the pellet gun, and when I get back down there, it's merrily hopping around with the rabbits, half-heartedly chasing them. It went back to its hiding spot, and long story short, I dispatched it. Then I found what it had done to one of our does. :evil:
I've never seen a mink such a pure black before. I'm wondering if it could be a domestic one? If anyone has any experience with critters like this I'd love to hear about it. Pics below.
If anyone has doubts about the necessity of dispatching it, here's a fairly graphic shot of what it left in one of our nestboxes. Don't click if you're overly sensitive to rabbit carnage.
I came back to the house to get the pellet gun, and when I get back down there, it's merrily hopping around with the rabbits, half-heartedly chasing them. It went back to its hiding spot, and long story short, I dispatched it. Then I found what it had done to one of our does. :evil:
I've never seen a mink such a pure black before. I'm wondering if it could be a domestic one? If anyone has any experience with critters like this I'd love to hear about it. Pics below.
If anyone has doubts about the necessity of dispatching it, here's a fairly graphic shot of what it left in one of our nestboxes. Don't click if you're overly sensitive to rabbit carnage.