Oh no she DIDN'T! Did she?
Sweet little 19 lb. Lilliput came trotting in a little too quickly thru her doggy door and straight to her hidey-hole/cave under my bed. Suspicious. Old Dog comes trotting in after her. More suspicious. LOUD dog fight noises. And yes, there she is, defending her territory from Old Dog, since it now contains a full size decapitated and front-legless bunny.
I know she can kill bunnies. But, can she really eat (or remove and hide) the head and front legs? The scene of the crime required her to carry it up a flight of stairs, over a 12" fence, and into the house. Other possibilities were that a coyote had jumped the fence (but why would he leave half the rabbit when leaving?), or a fox squeezed in between the fence slats (has been known to happen, but we found no loose boards this time).
Lilli usually starts obnoxious begging behavior 1-2 hours before dinner. No begging tonight. Was content with half her usual food, and did not try to steal Old Dog's dinner. Even more suspicious. And there was NO begging for her after dinner rawhide. Unheard of. She is quiet, either sick or content. She's sleeping on her back, little feet in the air, cute as a .... bunny.
So, is it likely that she really ate all these bunny parts? Skull, brains, legs? My bird dog swallows birds whole, but he's a bigger dog. Any thoughts?
Julia
I know she can kill bunnies. But, can she really eat (or remove and hide) the head and front legs? The scene of the crime required her to carry it up a flight of stairs, over a 12" fence, and into the house. Other possibilities were that a coyote had jumped the fence (but why would he leave half the rabbit when leaving?), or a fox squeezed in between the fence slats (has been known to happen, but we found no loose boards this time).
Lilli usually starts obnoxious begging behavior 1-2 hours before dinner. No begging tonight. Was content with half her usual food, and did not try to steal Old Dog's dinner. Even more suspicious. And there was NO begging for her after dinner rawhide. Unheard of. She is quiet, either sick or content. She's sleeping on her back, little feet in the air, cute as a .... bunny.
So, is it likely that she really ate all these bunny parts? Skull, brains, legs? My bird dog swallows birds whole, but he's a bigger dog. Any thoughts?
Julia
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Permalink Reply by Buddy & Wynstan on
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We had a German Shepherd that brought home fawn, yes she killed the baby deer, jumped over a 5 foot fence with said prey in her mouth, and ate some of it, but we caught it before she could really eat any of it.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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A good way to tell if she ate it it is in a few hours she passes gas and clears everyone out of the room...my Bella will occasionally eat some bunny parts but I don't exactly know which ones! You might also hear her tummy gurgle and she may not eat for a day or so! If the rest was left and she exhibits the above behavior...she ate it! Bunnys also have worms alot of the time so you might want to worm her if she did eat it...my heartworm meds also have wormer in them and if your's do it shouldn't be a problem! Good luck...let us know what you find out!
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Permalink Reply by Nancy Geddes on
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Wow, Lilli! That's quite an accomplishment there!! You must be mighty fast.....Corgi high fives from Bear, Tasha and Linus
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Permalink Reply by Shelby Shirley on
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I don't mean to laugh at your dilemma - but thanks for a great chuckle this morning as I read your story!! I agree with Jane, you should go ahead and worm her unless she's already on a monthly worming program just make sure it covers tape worms. These are such smart, quick little dogs and possibly the older dog was in on it too but Lilli was just quicker and grabbed the leftovers and ran for the hills! Shelby
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I just had to share this! I had a cat that shared the rabbit with me once I woke up in the am and sitting on the floor by my chair in the dining room was a large rabbit...I guess I was part of his pride! The only thing I could figure out was that he came in through a screen window(basement) that had a tear in it and hauled this large rabbit upstairs to main floor!
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Permalink Reply by Renee on
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Mine got a bird and chewed some of that up. We were out with them and got it away from them as soon as we could. I can't believe they could do all that to a rabbit though. Keep us informed.
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Permalink Reply by Sky and Lyla on
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Mmmm, rabbit under the bed.... that's like a 5 Star dining experience to a dog! ;) I'll bet she probably did eat some of it, but she'll be fine. Just make sure she gets her monthly worming like the others said. Rabbit meat is actually very good for dogs and cats because that is probably what they would eat a lot of in the wild, so their digestive systems respond well to it. Just think of it as she just got a little bit of "raw diet" that day, and you didn't even have to pay the hefty price tag usually attached to feeding raw!
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Permalink Reply by Mel K on
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Having grown up with outside dogs that hunted to their hearts content I find it very likely that she did eat it.
My sisters previous dog, a Chi/Shi/Poodle mix accidentally caught a rabbit once, (by accidentally I mean the rabbit jumped over her and she happened to jump and snap at just the right time). She had dispatched it and had it 'open' and halfway eaten before we could get to her. And she was a house dog.
Rabbits are very 'easy' food sources, they aren't tough or sinewy and their bones are crunched very very easily.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on
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Uh, unfortunately--yes.
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Permalink Reply by Julia on
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So, if she did indeed eat the rabbit brains, does this mean she will turn into a bunny zombie? She already kinda looks like one from behind.
Lilli seems to be absolutely fine. I will give her a heartworm pill, though. We stopped that and the Frontline after our first hard freeze. Dumb move. I just pulled off a monster sized tick from her. If it's not one thing...
Julia
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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on
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The tick could have come from the rabbit. I'd probably apply some Frontline to both dogs and worm both dogs. One day Rocky was outside a longer than usual time so I went to check on him. He was at the doggy door trying to get a very large rabbit through it. Fortunately the rabbit was too big to go through sideways and he hadn't had time to figure out he could drag it through. The hubby went to remove the corpse and said he didn't thing Rocky had killed it because it was pretty cold and stiff. Rocky hadn't eaten any of it for which I was very glad!!
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Permalink Reply by Mal Schaal on
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I'm sorry. I couldn't stop laughing at the "cute as a ... bunny" part. lol
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