Rabbit Predators

When you consider that domestic cats are direct relatives of larger cats like lions and tigers, it is easy to see how they could be a danger to much smaller, vulnerable animals like rabbits.

The countless number of rabbits in the wild make them easy prey for predators, but domestic pet rabbits are also not safe from being preyed upon.

Although foxes will eat fruits and vegetables, they are also carnivores and seek out small animals. Foxes are predatory animals that often hunt small prey like squirrels, moles, or rats. Rabbits are certainly a favorite prey of foxes and can be attacked. In the wild, foxes will routinely attack and eat rabbits.

Raccoons are cute animals and very intelligent as well. Normally, they are an opportunist and look for easy meals in your garbage cans or your garden. They do like rabbit pellets and if no other food is available, they may also kill and eat baby rabbits or even an adult rabbit.

Many people keep ferrets as pets, and they make great pets. However, realize that a ferret is a predator, and a pet rabbit is a ferret’s natural prey in the wild.

In the wild, hawks are natural predators that will feast on small birds and rodents. Unfortunately, this means that hawks will eat small animals like squirrels, moles, voles, mice, and even rabbits.

If you keep your rabbit outside, it’s open to attacks by predators such as falcons; however, not all falcons attack rabbits.

Snakes of all sorts are predators that eat small animals of any type that they can find.

Rabbits are naturally inquisitive which means they’re always getting into a little bit of mischief including sneaking out of their hutch. This has more than one rabbit owner asking do crows eat rabbits?

Certain dog breeds, like terriers, have a strong prey drive that will cause them to chase rabbits.