A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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Just before dark we watched a rabbit eating or licking from under a campfire ring. We assume it was after ashes? Anyone seen this behavior before?
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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Salt might be what they're after. Back in the day , burning meat would give a salty taste.
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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I do burn most fleshing waste in the firepit also. I hope that is it Fat possibly, even though rabbit is lean meat all critters need some form of carbs in their diet.
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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I have not but that makes me worry about that hemorrhagic disease. I’ve seen many animals lick patio stones and cinder blocks when they’re craving iron from loss of red blood cells. Not trying to panic you but that’s the first thing that came to mind The rabbit looked very healthy. Maybe pregnant. Hopefully it's just wanting extra nutrients. Will watch for it acting sickly
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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I have not but that makes me worry about that hemorrhagic disease. I’ve seen many animals lick patio stones and cinder blocks when they’re craving iron from loss of red blood cells. Not trying to panic you but that’s the first thing that came to mind The rabbit looked very healthy. Maybe pregnant. Hopefully it's just wanting extra nutrients. Will watch for it acting sickly It is baby season soon!!!! Hopefully there will be fluffy bundles of joy bouncing around for you to worry about when you cut the grass!
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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I have seen snowshoes licking dirt on the roads several times .
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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Wood ashes from the woodstove are used in winter in a pen to snare rabbits. Very common way to catch lots of rabbits in one place. Thought everybody knew that.
Last edited by Boco; 04/08/24 10:10 PM.
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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Back when I lived in the Rust Belt, I'd see groundhogs on the shoulder of the road in the spring with their nose in the dirt. My guess they were licking remnants of road salt. That's exactly what they're doing. Salt seems to be everywhere , why not in the ashes. Have witnessed animals come from a ways off just to get some salt. Ever seen a well head , with deer tracks everywhere around it in the mud caused by releasing pressure on the pump? Weather induced salt water, or just salt from deep in the earth, it's released at the pump. Modern day salt licks. Sodium , isn't destroyed , it just goes with the flow.
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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I have seen snowshoes licking dirt on the roads several times . Road salt
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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No worries. My semi domesticated rabbits like my ashes from my woodstove. Like chooks, and even the wild turkeys, who dust bathe in the ashes, mine have done the same thing. Ash is used as nutrient for plants and trees too, so I would say they like it for that. My rabbits are healthy and survive well roaming free on the estate. I feed them pellets and treats and can even pet them. But they’re still wild enough . I take care of any predators….
Sometimes I see song birds dusting in the ash too. In my Beagle club, the guy's with running pens mix Flea and Tick powder in with the wood ash's for the Rabbits to dust bathe in. Really works too!
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Re: A first from watching a cottontail rabbit
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this reminds me of when a frog hopped out of our fire pit still alive but then died from shock or something.
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