Worst case scenario

Maddening, Beattie. I'm glad you found the culprit and have got rid of him . . . hope he stays away!

Exactly what I did to my fence, I have put wire mesh around the whole boundary, just over a year ago...did not see a rabbit since, then last week I spotted a baby bunny in the garden, like you it is impossible to see where it runs too when I try looking, so it is still in the garden so far and cannot get out, as soon as I go inside out it comes onto the lawn, so far nothing has been eaten, I check every five minutes and every morning first thing, this afternoon I even got quite close to it and took a lot of pictures, it did not even hear me. I want it to go, but cannot chase it because it hides from me, it needs to go the way it came in and I cannot see it where nor can it. :(((

You're lucky it hasn't done any damage so far Michaella. I guess it's nibbling the grass. I don't have any grass, except the odd weed, in my "rabbit (free) garden". Do you have a gate you go in and out by or do you get into the garden via the house? It took three of us to find the rabbit and herd it out of the propped open gate.

The other idea I had was to get a humane trap (I saw one last year at a big hardware /builder's merchant's & noted that I might need it one day), catch the rabbit and release it outside the garden again.

I've stapled plastic mesh to the lower half of the gate now so babies can't get in - til the staples rust and it falls off, anyway.

Keep me posted about your bunny Michaella. Perhaps if you frighten it, it will remember the way out. How about getting a friend with a dog to visit? Or at least let it know you're in the garden by getting close and shouting at it, howling, barking, growling..... Give it something to think about. Maybe at the moment it doesn't know it's not welcome.

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It can only go out the way it got in, I have a side gate, it is not near the back garden, another thing which is not helping, I took out a fence panel between my neighbour and I, when it is near it, it goes into her garden then comes back when I am gone, it does not stay in her garden as her grass is too long, I have a feeling that they like neat grass. Even if I frighten it, it has a lot of dark places to hide, they can stay in one place for a very long time, then the minute one move they come out. It is virtually impossible to know where it could be hiding, I shall keep you posted. :))))

We are blissfully rabbit free. I think this is because we have a stream at the bottom. Which makes me wonder whether you could use a haha instead of a fence. Dont know how broad or deep it would need to be. The plan to put plastic at the bottom is a great one.