Can a small cat kill a rabbit?
 

I saw a small cat dragging a big rabbit. Is it possible that a cat like that can kill a rabbit of that size, or did the cat most likely just happen upon a dead rabbit and drag it home?

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Cats are unlikely to drag around dead animals they find, they mostly like to kill things. I'd say it's possible but that cat has brass ones.

NT

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I saw a small cat dragging a big rabbit. Is it possible that a cat like that can kill a rabbit of that size, or did the cat most likely just happen upon a dead rabbit and drag it home?

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You might've mistaken the cat for a tiny tiger.

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David,

Yes. Cats are [censored] terrors.

J

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It's completely possible. I lived on a farm as a child and over the years had many cats. One in particular was a real rabbit hunter, and it was quite small. It would get hold of whatever rabbit it could catch, kill it, drag it somewhere, then eat the head. Only the head mind.

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Sure, I've seen cats kill bigger animals, rabbbits included. What was the size differential here?

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Cats are hunters, not scavengers. It is likely you just saw a very badass cat.

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Cats are a hunting animal. Once it set upon the rabbit, theres nothing the rabbit could really do to fight back. It would be hide, or hope the cat gets board and stops attacking him.

If the cat was big enough to drag the rabbit, it was big enough to kill it.

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cats can kill all kinds of things. rabbits are childs play to them.

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Hey when I was younger our neighbor bangs on our back door with his dead cat in hand screaming " Your rabbit killed my cat" Guess Twitchy caught him with them big old hind legs snapped the cats neck [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Hey when I was younger our neighbor bangs on our back door with his dead cat in hand screaming " Your rabbit killed my cat" Guess Twitchy caught him with them big old hind legs snapped the cats neck [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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You probably missed out on a fortune of potential prop bets.

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Re: Can a small cat kill a rabbit?
 

uh rabbits are herbavores, cat's are carnivores. Whats a rabbit gonna do to a cat, run away from it until it's tired then nibble on its head until it dies?

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Easily, my cat once killed a rabbit and stashed it under the couch. Sadly I didn't find out until it started to stink.

A cat that lives outdoors can be an amazing combatant, I've seen my cat fight oppossums and raccoons. She won the oppossum fight and held off the raccoon pretty well, but had it been to the death, she might have lost.

Cats are badasses.

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we have rats and mice in my neighborhood that moved in after an old school was demolished.

fortunately, we also have wild cats who hunt and kill the rats and mice.

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<----After watching this cat for a while, I'm inclined to believe that cats can do anything.

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rabbits = catfood

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I find carcases of mice, birds, squirrels, and small rabbits in my yard all the time.

I'm inclined to beleive that my cat is killing them (as I've seen him kill the mice a few times), as the only other option is that people driving by are tossing small dead animals into my yard, and my yard is on top of a hill that slopes down to the street on 2 sides, so I'm pretty sure that's not it.

Cats will kill a bunch of things. Survival of teh fittest baby.

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I opened this thread thinking the title was 'can a smell kill a rabbit?' which I thought was pretty obscure topic.

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Very possible, several of my cats have done this on a consistent basis.

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rabbits pretty much give up and submit when caught. cats kill them all the time.

i saw a video on one of those animal shows where the cat chased a bear out of the yard.

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My last cat got into a fight with a fox which is why I no longer have that cat

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i saw a video on one of those animal shows where the cat chased a bear out of the yard.

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You can see that towards the end of this video.

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Cats are unlikely to drag around dead animals they find, they mostly like to kill things. I'd say it's possible but that cat has brass ones.

NT

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This cat is unbelievably proficient at his job. He can jump onto a wire mesh fence and land on the top with absolute confidence standing upright, and there's just a crapload of dead animals around the path where I walk. I kinda respect and enjoy seeing the cat (I've never seen him kill stuff).

With mice it's irritating because you try to remember where they are in the dark and not step on them. With rabbits, it's not good, because they stink like crazy, as well as attract larger scavengers (raccoons, skunks). It's leaving the animals in a public area that I frequent and I'm curious about how to solve this problem.

Any suggestions?

Ideal solutions:
-cat becomes an indoor cat
-owner cleans dead animals from path (sidewalk and surrounding grass) every morning after the cat is let out

Possible Solutions:
-Pet Control takes the cat and sends it elsewhere
-Cat is put down

Options are listed in order of preference. One problem is that I'm not a very diplomatic guy and any discussion with the owner about the first two options makes the last two options potentially cause arguments/fights/etc.

--Dave.

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my old small cat once completetly decapitated a rabbit twice her size.

she would also climb on top of a fence, perch on her back legs, and catch bats out of the air.

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my full grown cat killed several muskrats in it's hayday.

i loved that cat but he was just a complete killer, 4 things dead everyweek only entrails left on my back porch- just nasty.


biggest muskrat measured 18 inches head to tail, dunno if you guys have seen muskrats but they're NASTY w/ pretty decent chompers and much more ill tempered than any rabbit.

so definitely a cat could kill a rabbit.

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don't see why not...though in your story he might have found it already and was dragging it home - (they love to show off for their owners)

cats seem to have the instinct to hunt almost reflexively - esp. country cats - I once shot a gopher and tossed it amongst a pile of kittens -

they spent ten minutes trying to eat the gopher - I say trying because their little undeveloped jaws couldn't break skin - it was like watching a kid try to chew a piece of fat - they KNEW they were supposed to eat it, they TRIED, but weren't even big enough yet to break skin with their teeth and claws.

so if they get big enough - heck yah - rabbits have virtually no protective skills - they just run.

Another time I tossed some chicken mcnuggets amongst some several day old kittens, and I saw one tear into it like it was a gold nugget and then when another kitten tried to go for the 2nd Nugget, the eater slapped his paw 2 inches over to the left ON TOP of the 2nd nugget while eating the first one - he also growled in a way I didn't think kittens could growl.

Cats are predators from day one - capable of being feral and with the exception of those wussy fluffy cats that sit around the house all day, are darned handy to have around.

RB

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wowow

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Considering cats at such good predators, it surprises me that they are sort of considered a "chick pet".

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Cats are good predators of very small things. They aren't really that aggressive(a cat would probably just ignore or hide from a burglar), it's just they hunt and kill for fun, which is pretty unusual behavior for animals.

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also, bears.

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i saw a video on one of those animal shows where the cat chased a bear out of the yard.

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You can see that towards the end of this video.

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I don't like cats very much but man are videos of cats doing crazy stuff hillarious. I laughed a lot and brought some co-workers over to watch that cat jump into the wall.