eating

[roseyemzyxxx]

can a rabbit eat another rabbit ?

[orange-gnome]

Hi, in a word... no.... rabbits are herbavores, they only eat plants not meat.

[chicklin]

A mother rabbit will eat her babies if she is disturbed too soon after having them

[Beastly]

Have you not seen Watership Down??? Of course they can, some rabbits are just pure evil!!

[ernestoba]

Rabbits are no cannibals-ie:eat each other.
Watership down was or is just a novel. Do you believe everything you read.?
We belong to a rabbits sanctuary in West Yorkshire, and have never seen rabbits eating each other, babies or not.

[drchasuble]

We used to breed rabbits on our farm and an adult will kill and eat a baby rabbit more often than you'd think.

[drchasuble]

Oh and Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, was a country vet all his life and although he anthropomorphised his animal characters, most of the animal characteristics are spot on.

[Beastly]

Take it easy. My Watership Down comment was just a joke. I don't believe rabbits eat each other, or that there is an all powerful general woundwort who kills everything he sees. Or that with the help of a comical Russian Seagul there is a group of rabbits who talk to each other and find a new peaceful warren.

Thanks though Ernestoba

[janetsflower]

yes mummy rabbits will eat their babies if they are disturbed to soon. One of my rabbits did it so i know its true. And also cats will do the same thing - not if they are disturbed but if the kitten dies while its still young. Horrid but true