Safe to eat rabbit that cat caught?
HereLieWe
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Okay, I know this is a weird question, but is it safe to eat a rabbit that our cat caught? He caught a huge one today and my mom wanted to cook it, but we couldn't since the thought occurred to her a few hours after she threw it in the trash. If the next time our cat catches a rabbit, the rabbit is cleaned and cooked thoroughly, is it safe to eat it? Will any bacteria from the cat bite be killed in the cooking process?
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Eughh !0
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shrek1970uk wrote: »Eughh !
Yeah, doesn't sound very appetizing, huh? My mom seems hellbent on it though.0 -
No! You have no idea whether it was healthy or not!0
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Tblackdogs wrote: »No! You have no idea whether it was healthy or not!
Isn't that the same with normal hunting though?0 -
Tblackdogs wrote: »No! You have no idea whether it was healthy or not!
If you go shoot it, you dont know that either so I don't see your point.
OP, I'd check with the game warden of your area. They should be aware of any diseases running through the rabbit population and could potentially give better insight.
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Thanks, I'll do that.Tblackdogs wrote: »No! You have no idea whether it was healthy or not!
If you go shoot it, you dont know that either so I don't see your point.
OP, I'd check with the game warden of your area. They should be aware of any diseases running through the rabbit population and could potentially give better insight.
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If a wild rabbit could not outrun a cat, it may be sickly or old; neither condition would portend a favorable outcome for cooking. The good news is that wild rabbit is rather nutritious and there already is a non-asterisked entry in the food database.
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If a wild rabbit could not outrun a cat, it may be sickly or old; neither condition would portend a favorable outcome for cooking. The good news is that wild rabbit is rather nutritious and there already is a non-asterisked entry in the food database.
Hey, its a lean meat. Thats interesting... idk why but I wasn't expecting that lol0 -
If a wild rabbit could not outrun a cat, it may be sickly or old; neither condition would portend a favorable outcome for cooking. The good news is that wild rabbit is rather nutritious and there already is a non-asterisked entry in the food database.
Hey, its a lean meat. Thats interesting... idk why but I wasn't expecting that lol
Makes sense to me-- lots of running.0 -
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Give it a try and report back with your findings.0
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lol growing up we had cats that would hunt anything a cat is fully capable of taking down a rabbit. or squirrel or chipmunk0
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abcmommyx3 wrote: »lol growing up we had cats that would hunt anything a cat is fully capable of taking down a rabbit. or squirrel or chipmunk
I agree. We had a declawed cat and he would regularly bring home game. He brought me two chipmunks in once during the middle of the day, both live. Luckily, the dog caught and killed them or they'd still be in the house.
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:sick:-1
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abcmommyx3 wrote: »lol growing up we had cats that would hunt anything a cat is fully capable of taking down a rabbit. or squirrel or chipmunk
I agree. We had a declawed cat and he would regularly bring home game. He brought me two chipmunks in once during the middle of the day, both live. Luckily, the dog caught and killed them or they'd still be in the house.
This is why I don't have cats. :sick:0 -
Wild rabbits are a treat. But the term large that was used by the OP makes me suspect it was a domestic rabbit that someone may have lost or let go. They normally dont do well in the wild because they dont fear predators. Hence being caught by a cat.0
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The above post says "Rabbit - wild raw" I know that you can, t eat it raw, does the nutritional facts change on foods when they are cooked? If so, why do they list the values on it raw. If it does not change then why add the word raw to the title, why not add the word cooked?0
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I don't mean Flemish Giant large. More like a nice sized desert cottontail. (:RoseyDgirl wrote: »Wild rabbits are a treat. But the term large that was used by the OP makes me suspect it was a domestic rabbit that someone may have lost or let go. They normally dont do well in the wild because they dont fear predators. Hence being caught by a cat.
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The above post says "Rabbit - wild raw" I know that you can, t eat it raw, does the nutritional facts change on foods when they are cooked? If so, why do they list the values on it raw. If it does not change then why add the word raw to the title, why not add the word cooked?
The values change when cooked, and they change depending on the way you cooked them. Meat loses water (and some fat) when cooked, but how much it will lose depends on whether you boiled, grilled, fried, etc. Weighing any and all types of meat raw is much more accurate than using their cooked weight.0 -
The above post says "Rabbit - wild raw" I know that you can, t eat it raw, does the nutritional facts change on foods when they are cooked? If so, why do they list the values on it raw. If it does not change then why add the word raw to the title, why not add the word cooked?
The weight changes when you cook it. It's most accurate to weigh it raw and then cook it. It'll have the same calories and nutrients but the weight will be less because the moisture level changes. So 4 oz raw might become 3 oz cooked. Mostly you just want to make sure that if you're weighing it raw you choose the raw database entry, and if you're weighing it cooked you should choose the database entry that matches.0 -
Technically speaking it's the same as eating a rabbit that you caught yourself, but you still need to be confident in your ability to distinguish healthy and diseased meat.
Also you don't know how long it's been dead for, or where it's been since, Our cat is an idiot and has a habit of fetching in dead bird babies from the bottom of trees or dead fish out of ponds and pretending he caught them.0 -
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I would have to be pretty hard up before I would think about munching a rabbit.0
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I wouldn't call your cat and idiot, I might call him a politician though.JenniDaisy wrote: »Technically speaking it's the same as eating a rabbit that you caught yourself, but you still need to be confident in your ability to distinguish healthy and diseased meat.
Also you don't know how long it's been dead for, or where it's been since, Our cat is an idiot and has a habit of fetching in dead bird babies from the bottom of trees or dead fish out of ponds and pretending he caught them.
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I hear cats taste like chicken..
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I have 2 greyhounds and live on a 1 acre fenced property. I live in rural PA and there are tons of wild rabbits around our home. They catch and kill wild rabbits weekly. We do not eat them; we take them back to the woods on a shovel and let the other animals eat them. Although I did grow up eating wild rabbits my Grandfather shot.0
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You cat is trying to contribute to the household! I'm impressed; my cats never did anything useful.
If you know how to prepare a rabbit, you could fry it up and make sure the cat gets a good serving first.
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I can't see any reason not to if you know it is a fresh kill. Seems a waste otherwise. Cats have a hunting instinct that kicks in whether they have eaten or not, that's why they occasionally kill but don't eat. If s/he's a keen hunter perhaps you shouldn't feed the cat then it'll eat what it kills.0
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