In addition to the pleasure we get from our domestic rabbits, we enjoy watching the scores of wild rabbits on our property do what rabbits do. As with any abundance of wild rabbits, a number of different kinds of predators are attracted. Such is life.
We've got something new killing our wild rabbits and I have no idea what it is. Haven't seen it or any tracks - just dead baby bunnies. In the past few weeks, I've found two different litters killed. No adults - just young rabbits. One litter was probably a month old, the other a couple of weeks older.
I've found their bodies - all within five or ten feet of each other - out in the open. They show two or three puncture wounds and maybe only one or two are partially eaten. Head first. It's almost like something is killing them, gathering them together, sitting down to eat, and then leaving when it's full. I've never seen anything like it.
Haven't had signs of anything bothering our chickens or domestic rabbits. I've had our live trap set out baited with cat food - haven't caught a thing. (Which is also odd because we always catch raccoons this time of year.)
Any help or guidance y'all can offer will be appreciated. I'd just like to have some idea what I'm dealing with.
We've got something new killing our wild rabbits and I have no idea what it is. Haven't seen it or any tracks - just dead baby bunnies. In the past few weeks, I've found two different litters killed. No adults - just young rabbits. One litter was probably a month old, the other a couple of weeks older.
I've found their bodies - all within five or ten feet of each other - out in the open. They show two or three puncture wounds and maybe only one or two are partially eaten. Head first. It's almost like something is killing them, gathering them together, sitting down to eat, and then leaving when it's full. I've never seen anything like it.
Haven't had signs of anything bothering our chickens or domestic rabbits. I've had our live trap set out baited with cat food - haven't caught a thing. (Which is also odd because we always catch raccoons this time of year.)
Any help or guidance y'all can offer will be appreciated. I'd just like to have some idea what I'm dealing with.