tundrakatiebean
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SDShorty wrote:
Jenson has a lot of rabbits, I'm fairly certain it's a matter of space.
Wild Rats - a warning. *warning: graphic description*
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SDShorty
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Ah ok, that makes sense
polly
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yep she breeds rabbits so when you have that many you could fill a house :biggrin2:
JAK Rabbitry
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Or a trenchcoat...
polly wrote:
polly wrote:
polly
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i expect trenchcoat pics Jak!! to back up need statistics of how many we can keep in trenchcoats wouldn't reckon you would get many giants in there lol need to go for the smaller breeds:biggrin2:
Jenson
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polly wrote:
Just imagine trying to get Bella in there!
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Just imagine trying to get Bella in there!
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polly
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I think with Bella and Jaks frenchie it would be a full house lol
lemonaxis
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Hello
I am so sorry for your awful experience!
thankfully unlike cats or dogs, rats will not kill for fun, and so only one of your babies was lost in so short a time.
The rest of the rabbit family will have sensed that something terrible has happened and would have been able to smell a rat a mile away.
Keep yourself sane by letting this go as a very valuable lesson, one life lost, many more saved.....
I am so sorry for your awful experience!
thankfully unlike cats or dogs, rats will not kill for fun, and so only one of your babies was lost in so short a time.
The rest of the rabbit family will have sensed that something terrible has happened and would have been able to smell a rat a mile away.
Keep yourself sane by letting this go as a very valuable lesson, one life lost, many more saved.....
JAK Rabbitry
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I jsut need to make big pockets....
When it comes to getting more rabbits, the motto is " We'll make it fit"
polly wrote:
When it comes to getting more rabbits, the motto is " We'll make it fit"
polly wrote:
EileenH
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Hi Jenson, I am a little late in getting to this thread. First of all, I am sorry you had to go through this.
"With that plus the brutal killing or baby rabbits in mind, am I wrong to want the thing out of my shed?"
No, you're not wrong to want it out of your shed. And I, for one, can certainly understand what you are going through.
I work in a wildlife hospital, and when our wildlife patients are almost ready to be released, they have to spend some time outside in aviaries.
We have a problem in the park we are located in; it's not rats, but raccoons.
Everybody thinks they are so cute, and do not want to believe how destructive they can be. I have come into work too many times that I care to remember, to find that a raccoon found a hole in an aviary and feasted on our patients. 15 songbirds in one shot, at one time. Another time, tried to get a baby squirrel, but couldn't get it out through the hole it made, so we found the headless remains. I won't even go into any more.
So I truly know how you feel.
But poisoning is really not the answer. Rats don't just up & die right where you poison them. They crawl away and die slowly. Besides the inhumane factor, in the process, prey animals, not knowing any better, see an easy meal and eat poisoned animal, and in turn are poisoned themself. We regularly get in red-tailed hawks, great-horned owls, and screech owls that come in seizing and ultimately dies because rat poison goes "up the food chain". Just a few weeks ago, I got 2 red-tailed hawks from golf courses that put down rat poison. Both died within a few hours.
And I just wanted to point out to everybody: we are wildlife rehabilitators where I work. The reason a wildlife rehabilitator wouldn't help is not so much that it is vermin, but that is not what rehabbers do. Rehabbers are just people, who don't get paid a dime for what they do, who outside of their paying jobs, try to help injured wildlife (like poisoned red-tailed hawks). We spend our days,especially in baby season, feeding orphans around the clock. We are not trappers. For that, you would need to hire a wildlife removal person, and they can be costly.
I wish I had an answer for you; if I did, I could answer my own question. I feel for you, and for what you've been through.
"With that plus the brutal killing or baby rabbits in mind, am I wrong to want the thing out of my shed?"
No, you're not wrong to want it out of your shed. And I, for one, can certainly understand what you are going through.
I work in a wildlife hospital, and when our wildlife patients are almost ready to be released, they have to spend some time outside in aviaries.
We have a problem in the park we are located in; it's not rats, but raccoons.
Everybody thinks they are so cute, and do not want to believe how destructive they can be. I have come into work too many times that I care to remember, to find that a raccoon found a hole in an aviary and feasted on our patients. 15 songbirds in one shot, at one time. Another time, tried to get a baby squirrel, but couldn't get it out through the hole it made, so we found the headless remains. I won't even go into any more.
So I truly know how you feel.
But poisoning is really not the answer. Rats don't just up & die right where you poison them. They crawl away and die slowly. Besides the inhumane factor, in the process, prey animals, not knowing any better, see an easy meal and eat poisoned animal, and in turn are poisoned themself. We regularly get in red-tailed hawks, great-horned owls, and screech owls that come in seizing and ultimately dies because rat poison goes "up the food chain". Just a few weeks ago, I got 2 red-tailed hawks from golf courses that put down rat poison. Both died within a few hours.
And I just wanted to point out to everybody: we are wildlife rehabilitators where I work. The reason a wildlife rehabilitator wouldn't help is not so much that it is vermin, but that is not what rehabbers do. Rehabbers are just people, who don't get paid a dime for what they do, who outside of their paying jobs, try to help injured wildlife (like poisoned red-tailed hawks). We spend our days,especially in baby season, feeding orphans around the clock. We are not trappers. For that, you would need to hire a wildlife removal person, and they can be costly.
I wish I had an answer for you; if I did, I could answer my own question. I feel for you, and for what you've been through.
Jenson
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Thanks ElieenH, I appreciate the thoughtful reply. It is a difficult sitution, and posioning will be my absolute last resort for the reasons you have given. So far I have just been putting fresh food in the cage trap every day and hoping it'll tempt it in!
JAK Rabbitry
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If all else fails, i've found a lantern, thermos of soup, and a pistol also get the job done.
JAK Rabbitry I had to read your profile after that last statement
AngelnSnuffy
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JAK Rabbitry wrote:
:hiding:Uh, huh...
JAK Rabbitry
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Nothin' special about my profile. Sorry to disappoint. But my autobiography can be yours for 4 easy payments of $19.99.
AngelnSnuffy
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JAK Rabbitry wrote:
:roflmao:
JAK Rabbitry
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I should start a Jesse's biography thread. And just post book spoilers all day. And there will be like 8 pieces to it. And every year i'll come out with a new one and they 'll have Jesse's book release parties and everyoen will dress like me and carry a rabbit and then i'll merchandise and become a millionaire and everyone will try to ruin it for everyone else and post spoilers on the internet and say dumb stuff like '' JESSE WILL BREED THESE TWO RABBITS'' or '' JESSE DYES HER HAIR THIS COLOR IN BOOK 3''
And then at my book release party, you'll try to get into the party but you'll have to walk to a gauntlet of people with pamphlets, and they're telling oyu that my books are satanic and nook good for your children and i'm the devil and his mother too.
And then a mini series will erupt from my autobio, in which religious fanatics absolutely swear that my book is not really about my life, but has some deeper religious meaning to it. And When people ask me to sign their book they'll be like '' I always wondered.... was your left shoe actually a symbol for Buddha?'' and I'll be like '' no. What's your name? I'll write it in the book"
"To my biggest fan, AngelNSnuffy, Love JAK XOXOXOXOXO"
But i'm not vain enough to start a autobio thread.
Now if someone was curious enough about my inner workings to make one for me... that's a different story.
And then at my book release party, you'll try to get into the party but you'll have to walk to a gauntlet of people with pamphlets, and they're telling oyu that my books are satanic and nook good for your children and i'm the devil and his mother too.
And then a mini series will erupt from my autobio, in which religious fanatics absolutely swear that my book is not really about my life, but has some deeper religious meaning to it. And When people ask me to sign their book they'll be like '' I always wondered.... was your left shoe actually a symbol for Buddha?'' and I'll be like '' no. What's your name? I'll write it in the book"
"To my biggest fan, AngelNSnuffy, Love JAK XOXOXOXOXO"
But i'm not vain enough to start a autobio thread.
Now if someone was curious enough about my inner workings to make one for me... that's a different story.
