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My cat is torturing a baby rabbit

posted 5 years ago by BullSchmidt (3189)
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He repeatedly catches it, carries it in his mouth back to his "home base" (well away from any trees, bushes, etc), lets it go, backs off about ten feet, and watches it. Sooner or later the rabbit decides it has no other option than to try to make a run for it. does so, and the cat chases and catches him all over again.

I've seen this happen before. Eventually the cat will miscalculate and give a fatal bite instead of a soft carry-only bite; or will kill it just by rough handling. When that happens he keeps prodding the rabbit with his paws, like "c'mon, you don't want to play anymore?" After a while he gives up and leaves the corpse for me to clean up.

Meanwhile ... ever heard a baby rabbit scream in terror? Rabbits are normally quiet, but in the last extremity when the only remaining option is to scream, they'll do it. Among the most pitiful things I've ever heard.

Oh well, he's just being a cat, I guess.

[–] db20db (17235) 5 years ago

I am familiar with that sound and yes, it had an unnerving quality to it. I was working on my car in my garage one summer afternoon when I was alerted by squeals of absolute panic. When I bolted into my yard, it turned out to be a young rabbit that had been partially stuck underneath a chain link fence. But what was producing the shrieks was a hawk that had spotted the animal's predicament, had swooped in and pinned it to the ground with its talons. Within a couple of minutes, it had carried off its prey.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) 5 years ago

Maybe stop the cat from doing this. Buy it some toys so it doesn't attack live animals?

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 5 years ago

^This. A cat killing anything other than vermin (rats, mice) is not useful. And even then it's not something to be amused by. I understand that in some places a wild rabbit is considered vermin, is that the case where you are...if not leave the thing alone.

[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 5 years ago

> Maybe stop the cat from doing this. Buy it some toys so it doesn't attack live animals?

Doesn't work. He's got twenty million years of instinct telling him that this is what is good, proper, and morally correct for a cat to do. Most toys bore him after about ten minutes. There's only one that's held his interest over the long term, one of those with the fake mouse whizzing randomly under a circular sheet. But even if he plays with that all day long, the moment he's outside he'll start checking the bushes, trying to scare up something to chase.

Like I said, he's being a cat ... and since he is a cat, can't really hold that against him. Stuff like this is just part of the deal, along with hairballs, etc.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

My mother told me to never trust a man that has cats.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21454) 5 years ago

LMAO. your mother is wise indeed.

[–] ODB82 (2055) 5 years ago

Cats are assholes. It’s nature. I enjoy seeing animals hunt and kill and don’t intervene.

[–] Stratego (30496) 5 years ago

"Oh well, he's just being a cat, I guess."

So what's YOUR excuse???

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 5 years ago

Thank you for saying this

[–] Who (5146) 5 years ago

why share this and give such horrifying details? Only psycho killers enjoy shit like this.

FYI - cats and humans are the only animals who hunt for sport.

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 5 years ago

I find the title of the thread stupid and sick, unless the OP was asking for help in how to stop this, which apparently is not the case.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

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