CiaraPatricia
Well-Known Member
I woke up this morning to the sound of a baby rabbit squeaking. I looked out my window and one of my cats had its paw through the wire of the run and had a hold of the baby. Evie (the mom) looked like she was gonna attack the cat! I yelled at the cat and she let go and the baby hopped away fine. They're three weeks old now.
The problem is I don't know which baby it was from a distance, they're all very alike! I'm going to check them all over again for scratches since I know they have very thin skin.
Would a scratch from a cat be a serious thing for a baby rabbit? Like would it get infected or something? I'd say she wouldn't be able to kill them or seriously hurt them through the wire, especially with Evie around, but might scratch them lightly. And because in 7 years of having guinea pigs she's never been able to hurt one of them. Usually she'll just bat at them with her paw, but not with her claws out. I can put thin spaced wire around the run if neccessary. I bought it before for keeping a newborn guinea pig in his hutch when the bar spacing was too wide, and I know where to buy it and it's fairly cheap.
The problem is I don't know which baby it was from a distance, they're all very alike! I'm going to check them all over again for scratches since I know they have very thin skin.
Would a scratch from a cat be a serious thing for a baby rabbit? Like would it get infected or something? I'd say she wouldn't be able to kill them or seriously hurt them through the wire, especially with Evie around, but might scratch them lightly. And because in 7 years of having guinea pigs she's never been able to hurt one of them. Usually she'll just bat at them with her paw, but not with her claws out. I can put thin spaced wire around the run if neccessary. I bought it before for keeping a newborn guinea pig in his hutch when the bar spacing was too wide, and I know where to buy it and it's fairly cheap.