garden over run with Rabbits

plainsie

Hi Guys. Does anyone know a humane way to get rid of rabbits. My friends garden is full of them. Thankyou.

Mortal

The only thing I can think of is to run some wire fencing around the perimeter, and bury it a couple of feet into the ground to prevent them digging their way in.

plainsie

Mortal wrote: »

The only thing I can think of is to run some wire fencing around the perimeter, and bury it a couple of feet into the ground to prevent them digging their way in.

Thanks Mortal. Will pass that advice on to friend.

gardenroute

Try this link

gcnusery.co.uk/rabitts.html

Can't posts links so you need the www. as well

gardenroute

sorry thats rabbits not rabiits :mad::mad:

Mankysteve

Shot gun or a large do joking aside. Same way you'd deal with a fox strong welded metal screening Buried say half meter or so.

chelms38

plainsie wrote: »

Hi Guys. Does anyone know a humane way to get rid of rabbits. My friends garden is full of them. Thankyou.

Try calling a farmer who will gladly shoot them and maybe give you one or two for the pot.

Lotus-eater

chelms38 wrote: »

Try calling a farmer who will gladly shoot them and maybe give you one or two for the pot.

Not sure you would get a farmer to do that, they usually have their own land to shoot over and would prefer to shoot their own rabbits, that destroy stuff they care about, not someone elses.

He needs someone local who ferrets or shoots with an air gun, get him to buy his own airgun and use his garden like a meat larder,

plainsie

Don't want to kill them though.

A._Badger

If you refuse to kill them then all you can do is hope to keep them out with fences. But they have to be good fences and they are time consuming to fit, expensive to buy and even then often fail to do the job when the little darlings find a way under or through.

I vote for the ferrets. rabbits may look fluffy but they are vermin.

Lotus-eater

plainsie wrote: »

Don't want to kill them though.

I thought you wanted to get rid of them?

Are you talking about a live trap? I suppose that could work, but a manager at a garden centre I know, told me that it was very hit and miss to catch them this way, he wanted to kill them, but the little ladies who frequent his GC would be outraged
So that would take you ages and presumably he wants to grow something, otherwise why would he be worried about them. While he was collecting them all and depositing them somewhere else in the countryside, the remainder would be eating his garden.

The good news would be that if he did transport them somewhere else in the countryside, they should survive, spreading any disease and fleas all over the local population and keeping the local farmer happy with increased rabbit activity, win, win.