Lost a rabbit.

[jnicholes]

Good afternoon,

I regret to inform you all that one of my rabbit's is gone. I went out today to take a look and check on them, and the hutch was wide open. How it got open, I don't know. Me and my father double-checked the latch. The rabbit got out and is gone.

If my dog's got it, there would have been a corpse. There is no corpse.

I can only conclude that the rabbit either got out of the yard, or a predatory Bird took it, which we have a lot of around here.

Well, that's life for you. It's easier to introduce one rabbit to one rabbit anyway then one to two.

I am a little sad, but I'll get over it.

Jared

 

[sourland]

Set a live trap under the hutch baited with an apple. The rabbit may return.

 

[jnicholes]

I'll try it, but I don't know if the rabbit will return. I got two dogs that like to roam the yard.

 

[cassie]

Keep an eye out and you may spot it. Can you confine the dogs for a few days?

 

[jnicholes]

Actually, I just found him. He was hiding in our shed. Took me a good 20 minutes to catch him. Fast little bunny! I can see how my dogs didn't get him.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I was gonna post it's still hanging about somewhere. Glad you found it and were able to catch it. I've had one get out a time or two and they always hang around. Rabbits are territorial.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Clip one of these to the latch on your hutch, neither the rabbit nor the dogs will be able to open it.

 

[cassie]

Actually, I just found him. He was hiding in our shed. Took me a good 20 minutes to catch him. Fast little bunny! I can see how my dogs didn't get him.

I thought he would turn up. Glad you got him.

 

[Lizzy733]

What type of rabbit is it? Aside from lops who have hearing problems, I would strongly recommend training them to associate a certain 'noise' to treats - like a rattle or squeak toy. The whole point of noise-treat training is as a failsafe for this sort of situation as they are more likely to 'hear' the call than you seeing them.