wild rabbit

the trouble is steve wild rabbits dont come in ones i suspect he is just the bravest one as yet.you can bye humane traps or stop them getting in bye burying some fence round your property and make it go at 45 degrees outwoulds under the soil.the rabbits will come to the edge of the fence to dig.

Get a little terrier, that will keep him away!!

mite not be to humane though

Lunch anyone?

yes, i vote for stew. After all, he/she is eating your lunch at present!

my "schnoodle" chases them out very well when she is out but she is in more than she is out. (although she'll tell everyone she meets that nobody loves her) But the rabbits have definately learned to run fast.

I had a wee baby wild rabbit in my garden last year, ad found that if I fed him porrige oats he tended to stay away from the plants...apart from the lillies which he stripped of leaves as far up as he could reach... bearing in mind that all nature has it's place, can't you just live with afew nibbled plants..sort of natural pruning!!!

hi, you can buy something called graziers which keeps wild animals away, so sprinkle it around plants and it omits a smell that is supposed to ward them off, it is harmess to people and pets

thanks for the answers
i noticed neighboroughs cat stalking the rabbit yesterday, but this morning it was still in the garden.i thought maybe the cat could repay us for using our garden as a toilet, but shortchanged again!!
like the idea of a terrier , might see off the dammed cat as well. can't fence off the garden with wire mesh so might try the grazier option , will look on google later.
not a big enough rabbit for a stew weeding, but if it eats any more plants it might be enough :-).....................steve

get a dog

just to say i have ordered a humane trap designed for rabbits and it should be here early next week..........steve

sorted

My parents live in the country and have a fair sized garden in an area populated by wild rabbits. They have tried the humane traps but found the rabbits would not go anywhere near them.

The general consensus of the people I have spoken to who live in areas where rabbits thrive, and who want to have unnibbled plants is to rabbit proof their fencing. I'm not sure of the exact dimensions that the fencing needs to be, but it normally means fencing below ground to a certain level, as well as being high enough that they can't jump over. The fencing will need to be maintained as rabbits are wily creatures and very proficient at making holes in and under things.

If you have a large garden then one option might be to fence a portion of it and grow the plants you really like in that part.

As Perditadura mentioned, there is a liquid you can buy called Grazers at www.grazers.co.uk which you can dilute spray onto plants. I plan to try it this summer as I have two domesticated pests that hop around my garden, usually follwed by me running after them to stop them eating all my plants :). It is supposed to substantially reduce, but not eliminate rabbit nibbling. You spray the liquid on foliage when it is dry outside, and it is absorbed by the leaves. Apparently rabbits don't like the taste of it. It needs to be reapplied every few weeks, I think. It does not cause any harm to the rabbits if they do eat it, or to the plants, or to wildlife.

Hopefully you will be lucky and the humane trap will work though.

great minds think alike weedfingers

I have a rabbit proof fence all round the garden, but they still somehow get in - teh best advice that has actually worked depends on whether you have a dog!! We have a labrador that sheds quite a bit of hair. After hoovering around, I empty the contents of the bag (full of hair!) all round the plants that rabbits like - it works like a dream and keeps the house quite tidy too!!

you can go to the barbers and get hair cuttings and tye them round your fence as it goes

the traps arrived and is now in the garden, awaiting the rabbit, i think it could be a long wait as this trap looks very intimidating!......................steve

perhaps put some natural greenery over it and try to make it more natural

like your thinking NP , may try that..................steve

cool

just an update on the rabbit,
the trap has failed and the little blighter is eating our plants, we have blocked off all hiding places in the garden and blocked access through the gate and fence.then flushed it out from underneath a shrub and cornered it , but it ran between us and got out behind the greenhouse , so blocked that hole up and now hoping it wont get back in. will do a proper job with chicken wire next week , and if that fails .....i will get a gun and shoot it!

lol at least it will be quick

12 gauge shottie lol

to steve- m8 just get a 12 gauge shotiie and blow its head off - boom boom---lol

seriously rabbits dont come in ones there must be quite a warren near you thats overflowing.the fence idea will work as they havnt got the brains to go back to dig so they always hit wire.trouble is if you cant have a clean run all the way round your property with no buildings plants,sheds,gates etc theres going to be a way in.i would get a jack russel and a dog flap or keep him as an outside dog with a kennel.maybe get some chicken wire and make a frame to protect your plants.wont look to pretty though if its veg there eating it wont matter.feeding them something else will just encourage more.perhaps find plants you like that are not nice tasting to the rabbits and work with nature. my garden and i know its a different pest is full of snails but all the the plants i have dont suffer from them.i hasten to add i have know hostas or rubarb lol.take care good luck.ps if you get a dog buy a male as bitches will kill your lawn lol.sounds like the old lady who swallowed a fly lol

i agree on the jack russell but don't want to be tied down to looking after a dog, and i think it's cruel to leave them all day on their own.
rabbits not been back since i wire netted garden, but if i get anymore problems i may get an air rifle and shoot them. hope i don't have to resort to this but my veg garden is for us!!..................steve

well there vermin.make sure you get a powerfull 2.2 as 1.77 are acurate and powerfull but have no conetick energy like a 2.2 and go for neck shots only if you must.i agree about the dog if you havnt got time

the gun idea is a last resort, but no sign of any rabbits yet, hope it stays that way.
how is your water feature progressing?

cool ive done a blog on it now so its all good mate take care bye for now