I need to kill this mink...

So sorry to hear She was loved and this decision was made out of love, she will know that and so will you.

As the others said. Hard to do but like you, I can't see spending a ton of money on a non pet (and I choke down the cost of insulin for the cat!). Since your rabbit WAS destined to be dinner one day, all the more reason.

One of my 4 Y/O Black Australorps has a growth of some sort. Favorite bird, most personality. DD1 thinks I should take her to the vet. Sorry, not spending that kind of money and who knows how long she would live if they DID do something. For now she is her happy go lucky self and has been since it was discovered in early summer. Brought her back from probable death with a course of "hit and hope" antibiotics and nutridrench. But I expect at some point I will have to make the same hard decision you have made.

from me too.

Now go trap that mink and put it where IT belongs.

So sorry about your rabbit.

I don't think injectable lidocaine or other injectable types of local anesthesia are available over the counter and there are dangers if you don't give the right kind, %, or dosage, or if you inject into the wrong place, etc.

Are you sure it was a mink and not a weasel? They are as destructive or more so and can get in and out of most any hole you can imagine. The cider/vinegar jar as a trap is supposed to work for either that I mentioned before. Also, the hole didn't look as small as some I have seen them go through. Is there a possibility that it was a coon that got a hold of her and couldn't get it pulled apart anymore and did the damage that way? Coons have gotten a hold of chickens through the wire before and done major damage but weren't able to kill them. I doubt either a mink or weasel would have left her alive.

A coon could likely squeeze through that hole as well. Amazing how "small" they can get. And since there appears to be a chicken below the hole, it seems high enough up that a coon couldn't reach down and grab a rabbit. I doubt a coon would take just an eye.

@farmerjan It very well could be a weasal. Its just so hard to figure out. I have it on sievelike camera, I'll try to get a screenshot shortly. I've always seen raccoons on the cameras and have literally 4 traps out that have caught lots of them but maybe one was smart. But we just enhanced the electrical more and couldn't see how one would've gotten up and over that. A mink or weasel could've more then likely.
One of my rabbits is just gone. So I assume it just took her away and that is why it left her with just the eye injury. Arghhh, I am so frustrated about the whole situation honestly.

Didn't realize that one rabbit was gone and this one was injured. Must've missed that. Both are in the same family and they are killing machines. Good luck.

@Alexz7272 I understand the frustration. My chicken flock has taken a huge hit this year. Do you have an LGD on your farm? If not, it might be time.

Hmmm, don't know about minks but I understand that the weasel's MO is to hop on a chicken's back at night and "vampire" blood from its neck. No missing bodies, just a lot of them under the roost. Not sure what one would do with a rabbit.

Coons typically eat the head and crop of the chicken and leave the rest. I sadly saw the result of that. Again, not sure what a coon would do with a rabbit.