If a tame rabbit moved into my house, would my two cats try to hurt it? The cats are, and always have been indoor cats, are both female, and only have back claws.
2006-09-30 23:29:54 · 12 answers · asked by joaniebalonie 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Also, is the same for caged birds? I have a possible roommate, who has a rabbit, and birds, and I have two cats
2006-09-30 23:45:52 · update #1
YES!!!!
2006-09-30 23:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by twoshotjudy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's in an animal's nature to prey on something smaller If that is what you want to do, try this. It's a little long. I'll keep it short.
Put the rabbit in a room where she is safe, closed door, food, place to potty. She'll have a little space to have "hers" briefly. Do the same to the cats. Leave them all alone in their rooms for appr. 2 hours. Take the rabitt out, put the cats into the room where bunny was, and vice versa. They'll get to sniff around the area of "the others". Allow them time to sniff every single thing they can, because they will. Continue doing this, and introduce them for brief periods to see how the cats react! Ideally, they'll be one happy people.
2006-09-30 23:54:31 · answer #2 · answered by class act 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It relies upon on the cat. 2 of my cats do precisely wonderful around the rabbit even nonetheless as quickly as has a prey tension. the different cat chases the bunny yet would not harm her. I shop the rabbit in my room and shop the door closed. That way he can not worry her. you will desire to do an identical.
2016-10-15 09:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by durrett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cat is, was, and always will be a cunning hunter. A good-sized house cat can eat birds, gerbils, gerbils, pet rats, sewer rats, voles, moles, mice, some squirrels, rabbits. You may even see a cat take on a fox or lemur. While I love all animals in their place, I really wish the Egyptians would've left them at home because the streets of urban America is no place to raise healthy cats.
2006-09-30 23:41:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes cats do prey on rabbit as i have lost to of my rabbit to brutal deaths due to cats [ as cats go for the throat] that was until i got my new rabbit a little male whom the cats used to stalk when he was in his outdoor cage until my little man grew and grew and grew in to a huge territorial male to date he has killed 2 cats 3 rats and a sparrow he rolls on his back and kicks and stratches until his competator is dead or runns away and believe it or not he is the biggest sook around he loves nuthing more to cuddle up on the lounge and chase ball he is more like a puppy than a rabbit [and strangly enuff we no longer have a problem with cats in our backyard
2006-10-04 22:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by kell2117605 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the cat.
But my mom's cat had a wild bunny friend for months. They used to cuddled with each other outside, always together. When I was born, the cat got so jealous due to the attention towards me and not him. he actually killed the bunny.
2006-10-01 05:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by ladymanny 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes,domestic cats prey on over 1000 species of animals(i think that is the right number).they are also the most sucessfull at it. so if you think about it ,lil tabby out kills lions
2006-10-01 15:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by cuervo25_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most unlikely. If your talking a couger or something, it might. It might not either.
Most cats (doesn't matter size, shape, kind), wouldn't because they're size and because they are to a cat, other cats.
Cats don't prey on cats
2006-10-01 01:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some cats would. If your cats have always been indoor cats, they probably will ignore it.
2006-10-01 00:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've had rabbits killed by cats, dogs, raccoons.
2006-09-30 23:37:38 · answer #10 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-10-01 00:17:49 · answer #11 · answered by Ryan Bush 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋