Though you may consider your bunnies as pets, they are prey animals in the first place. Foxes, hawks, dogs, cats, raccoons and other wild animals hunt rabbits.
That’s the very reason you have to manage enough safety for your rabbits to survive against these predators, especially if your rabbits are kept outdoors.
In this article, we are going to focus on the predators that are enemies to your rabbits and how would you save your rabbits from those predators.
Though Rabbits are herbivores, all the other animals cannot survive on grass alone. Some animals need to hunt to manage their meals.
It is sad but true that rabbits are very delicious food to many predators. You will find these predators both in the wild or in the towns and cities as well.
Predators are not choosy about whether a rabbit is from wild or home. They regard rabbits as food, irrespective of the places the rabbits are from. If your rabbits are placed outside to live, they are the easiest targets for predators.
Here are some of the most common predators that hunt rabbits to satisfy their hunger. Keep a vigilant eye to keep your rabbits away from these predators listed below:
You may wonder about how the rabbits protect themselves from the predators. Unfortunately, though they can save themselves from small predators like cats sometimes, they are unable to defend themselves against strong predators due to their limited capacity and strategies.
With their powerful sense of sound and smell, they can understand the danger beforehand the predator arrives to hunt them.
In that situation, they try their best to run away from predators. However, sometimes they succeed and sometimes they fail to save their lives.
Well, if you have rabbits as pets, you need to know how to keep them safe from predators. Here are some of the strategies you can follow to keep your bunny protected:
Keeping the rabbits safe from the predators is not very easy. However, if you can apply and maintain the safety measures mentioned above, the death of rabbits by the predators will drop to the minimum.