Rabbits!

tbw

I've got a little bunny in my front garden - think he's come over the road from the fields opposite, realised I'm running a very jiucy rabbit fast food joint and decided he's going to stay.

Tried chasing the perisher with a broom hopinghe'll scarper back across the road but he's not playing that game.

Any ideas - I don't want him inviting the rest of his family to the feast!

Mankysteve

Is he friendly could this be a stray? I would Put in wire netting buried a foot down but it wont look very nive but I'm sure you could come up with something.

tbw

Mankysteve wrote: »

Is he friendly could this be a stray? I would Put in wire netting buried a foot down but it wont look very nive but I'm sure you could come up with something.

Its definetly a wild one not somebodies pet - have seen them in th field opposite for a couple of weeks and it was only a matter of time before they found their way over here. Can't put wire in -it seems to be living here already and, anyway, it can get under the drive gates. Darn thing just saunters across the grass and takes its pick of my bedding plants. DH reckons he'll wring its neck - but I don't fancy his chances of getting his hands on it as its pretty nippy! I hope he doesn't catch it - I have enough trouble with him and his mouse traps (I have to sneak around setting them off when he's not looking). I just want it to move on down the road!

Lotus-eater

I reckon your DH has the right idea and you are in the wrong. Mice need to be controlled, especially in the house, I would go mad if I found out my OH was stopping me trapping mice in the house.
As for the rabbit, hoping it will go away, is about as crazy as the chance of it happening, I'm afraid. If there is something there that they like, they will come no matter what.
A juicy rabbit fast food joint works both ways and juicy rabbit joints are lovely in a casserole.

tbw

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I reckon your DH has the right idea and you are in the wrong. Mice need to be controlled, especially in the house, I would go mad if I found out my OH was stopping me trapping mice in the house.

Lotus, the mice aren't house mice - they are little field mice that sometimes get into the garage when its cold outside. I have no issues with trapping/destroying house mice or rats (which we very occasionally see at the top of the garden cos the daft old biddy a few doors down puts HUGE hunks of bread and other food items outside. The council have had words with her and have baited various areas and we haven't had trouble with them for ages.

I suppose a bit of wildlife is one of the perks (?) of living in a rural area! Incidentally, I think I scared the **** out of the rabbit last night when I neared whacked him on the backside with a broom. Haven't seen him since so he MAY have moved on.

Lotus-eater

If you live in a rural area, I can't understand how you got that close to a rabbit. In urban areas they have become used to man, but I've not seen it in rural areas yet.

Depends what he's eating, is it your food, or just flowers?

tbw

Lotus-eater wrote: »

If you live in a rural area, I can't understand how you got that close to a rabbit. In urban areas they have become used to man, but I've not seen it in rural areas yet.

Depends what he's eating, is it your food, or just flowers?

He was eating plant stuff. We have a Cornish stone hedge along the front of the garden, a wall down the side (with a LOT of shrubbery in front of it). The garden is only really open on the drive way side and I guess the rabbit (which appears to be a young one) just walked in up the drive! He got over to the other side and can't get out that way. DH and I were hoping to chase him over towards the drive and , hopefully, back across the road where he came from.

I got close cos DH was up one end of the wall and scared the rabbit towards me. It did a 'hand brake' turn and I whacked out at him when he skidded round. I hope he's gone.

cootambear

Ask around for someone with an air rifle. There are no rabbit traps I`m afraid.

Lotus-eater

Yes there are, you can buy live rabbit traps.

POPPYOSCAR

We have hundreds of rabbits here, they used to come right up to the house but now we have two dogs they tend to stay away from the house now.

I am going to try using raised beds to keep them off my veg plants.

bettybeaver

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm rabbit, as my OH would say!!!!!!!!