Sure it can!
I never saw it, although I found tracks of a red fox trying to reach a stoat that had take refuge within a subnivean access created by a bush...
No I don't think so unless they are a very strange stoat. The average stoat shouldn't eat a rat according to this place I read it from (probably in a book!)
Cats, Rabbits, Rats and our kiwis
its predators are cats rats stoats and mynas
possums, stoats, weasels, cats, dogs, and kiwis can live up till 40 years but often live up to 20 years
Possums, Feral Cats, Rats, Stoats and Ferrets
Possums, Feral Cats, Rats, Stoats and Ferrets
Foxes and Wolves eat Stoats
The kiwi's predators include introduced animals such as ferrets, weasels, stoats, dogs, and cats. Dogs tend to kill but not eat the kiwi. Some animals such as weasels and rats are thought to eat the kiwi eggs. Ninety-five percent of the chicks are eaten before they reach breeding age.
Varmit is colloquial usage for vermin - small animals such as weasels, stoats, rats, etc.
no they do not
they eat the predetor
Red fox's eat both the eggs and the chickens. Also, some species of snakes eat the eggs. Zorros, flying mice bats and rats also eat eggs. some chickens will even eat their own eggs!
The main predators of a kiwi are introduced species, including ferrets, stoats, wild pigs, cats, and dogs, although dogs tend to kill but not eat the kiwi. Some animals such as weasels and rats are thought to eat the kiwi eggs.