Why do deer eat birds or rabbits?

Deer are herbivore so they eat plants, fruits, fungus and maybe mushrooms. Normally their body is not made to digest any kind of meat. Their digestive system and teeth are made to eat plant base food only. read more

Deer are herbivore so they eat plants, fruits, fungus and maybe mushrooms. Normally their body is not made to digest any kind of meat. Their digestive system and teeth are made to eat plant base food only. If some have been eating rabbit and birds it's probably because they couldn't find any plant food around them. read more

In fact, deer can be a common danger for ground-nesting birds. “If they come across a nest, where the food doesn’t move or run away, they’ll take advantage of it,” Pietz said. Other small animals are game too, as long as the deer can actually eat them. read more

Deer can do quite a bit of damage to arborvitae, especially if the tree is still young. They like to graze on the tips of branches, eating the leaves. They pull on branches to get to the good parts, breaking the branch so that it has no chance to regrow lost leaves and buds. read more