if fox eats a rabbit what is left?

[tatt]

One of our rabbits is missing this morning and there is some fur around to suggest a battle but no other signs it has been eaten. The second rabbit was sitting in the garden. We think it was a fox because a cover over the hutch has also been pulled half down (weighted down by bricks) and a badger couldn't have got into the enclosure.

Do we have to give up all hope or would a fox have left more than a bit of fur?

oh dear, well - it doesn't sound good. IME, foxes often dont eat their prey there and then but carry it off - particularly if they have cubs. They also often have an underground 'larder'. Sounds like it could well have been a fox, sorry

I would take the other rabbit inside tonight, as the fox will remember that there's another rabbit there and will be back tonight.

Agree with Geekgrrl, it sounds like you've had a visit from a fox.

Our chickens occasionally get taken and all there is to see is a few feathers from when the fox grabbed them. It takes them away to eat them.

Buggers aren't they?

poor bunny

we used to get problems with foxes, we bought a Giant Bunny recently(size of a large spaniel) certainly gave the neighbourhood cats a run for their money.

I'd bring the other bunny in too, or invest in one of those alarm thingys which repell foxes.

it's something that puts me off having outdoor animals. Ds really wants guinea pigs (as if we don't have enough animals already ), and I have to say that I am put off having them as am afraid that a fox might get them. We've never had foxes in our garden, but I know that there are urban foxes around.

Thought there wasn't much hope but she was such an aggresive little thing if they tried to carry her away and she wasn't killed straight away she might still have escaped. Yes the male rabbit will be indoors for a few days while we make his enclosure more fox proof. I'm not sure I want to pimp for a rabbit again, I don't want him to live in permanently and I'm worried about keeping him safe now so he'd have to be locked in his huch more often. May ask the RSPCA if they will have him back. He's a big dope so should rehome easily.

very sorry about your rabbit, Tatt.

I am exploring colditz-like enclosures atm.

As far as I can see, an outdoor run needs to have a base so that the rabbits can't dig out, really sturdy wire, and fox-proof bolts. I am thinking of pegging the run down with tent pegs, so it can't be tipped up. I have not found one with a mesh base, through which the rabbits could nibble. That's what I'm looking for.

My daughters rabbit went missing last week, pen door open and white fur on lawn, I think maybe a fox, no trace of blood etc, grandchildren so upset, we made the garden rabbit escape proof, so if it was a fox the poor little thing could not escape, feel so guilty. Keep thinking maybe he got away from mr fox, but could not get back into garden.

My daughters run was sitting on a patio, but the fox still managed to open door with a twisted lock