Triggering

[poliphilo]

I took the gamble that no predator would come that close to the house in daytime- and left the rabbits unattended- and a fox came by and ate them....

This morning I'm thinking of all the things I ever did wrong in my lifetime. Believe me, it's quite a list.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

No! Wretched foxes. Poor you.

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

Daytime? I would have taken the same gamble - foxes here are night time creatures.

We all have such a list, but it's best put aside.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Oh, Tolkien! His Shire is scoured.

But you shouldn't blame yourself. You can't be a 24-hour rabbit guardian. You lost a gamble - but everything's a gamble, and you're bound to lose some.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is sad. But the only way to have kept them totally safe would have been to keep them indoors all the time and I'm sure they enjoyed having more freedom.

Sadly rabbits are prey animals. As you say, wild ones usually don't make it adulthood, hence why they have to breed so prolifically.

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I am so sorry. Carnivores are rotten. I know, I have one as a pet. :-(

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

OH NO!

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

So very sorry.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. :(

[clindau.livejournal.com]

Nature red in tooth and claw, and all that. So sorry.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry.

There's always such a delicate balance between protecting and keeping imprisoned... Not sure it's possible to get it right sometimes.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

So sorry.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I am really sorry this happened but one can't fall into the habit of blaming one's self and hind sight IS 20/20.
Poor bunnies.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear of the loss of your rabbits!

Hmmmm - a single fox likely wouldn't eat multiple rabbits at once (they tend to grab one and go - carrying two or more is impossible). I'd suspect more than one predator at work if you lost multiple rabbits?

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I hadn't read this far yet when I wrote my other post.

I am so very sorry about your rabbits :-( Our "separateness" may be an illusion, but it is a powerful one, and I hate losing my animal companions, too.

We all have a list. Mine includes a few mistakes that were disastrous to my animals, too.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, that's a sad ending. I understand that feeling of thinking you've let down your pets when they die.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I remember when a fox took my pet rabbit when I was a child. I was in tears, of course - what with bits of my rabbit scattered through the back yard - but my mother told me that yes, it was sad, but I was due for a birthday party at 10am, so she thought I should focus on a living friend, rather than a dead rabbit.

I went to the birthday party. It is one of the right things I did in my life.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

Well, damn. I'm sorry.