I went out to shoot some .38 Specials yesterday morning and there was a dead rabbit lying right on the 25 yard line which wasn't there the evening before. Near as I could tell, not a mark on it and otherwise seemed healthy, not starved, fur looked normal, etc. Just having a hard time figuring how a predator would have killed it and not carried it off an it makes me wonder about disease.
We have a LOT of the little guys, I enjoy watching them in the yard, but I don't want them spreading anything that might be harmful. I just took my son's dog, who stays with us a lot out here, in to the vet and among other things, the vet thought it prudent to give him a Lepto vaccination. He didn't seem to think rabbits were a problem, but we have a lot of other rodents around.
It has been absolutely evil hot and dry for a while now, could that have killed it? We have several regulars that come munch the grass close to the glass patio doors where we watch them, was kind of wondering if I should put pans of water out there, but I always thought they got the water they need from the plants they eat.
I've talked to people who have had tuleramia before and I sure don't want that. Any thoughts?