Wild Rabbits Eating Everything
Discussion
In February, just as we are preparing plots for the seasons planting we noticed evidence of rabbits. Of course Mrs Oilydan and the Oilykids were absolutely against me dispatching them, along with the multitude of pheasants we have around us.
Fast forward to last night, distressed Mrs Oilydan on the Skype to me - her prized Lupins, the blueberries, strawberries, Kale, and beetroot all decimated by the 'lovely little creatures'.
I have purchased some fence posts and some rabbit wire to pen in the veggies but the flower borders will have to remain at risk.
It does mean that now there has been a step-change in attitude and I have the green light for administering 'rapid onset acute lead poisoning'.
Just wanted to check with the PH crew if there was a preferred method of encouraging the little critters to bugger off, without having to resort to spraying their brains all over the garden with a .243
Fast forward to last night, distressed Mrs Oilydan on the Skype to me - her prized Lupins, the blueberries, strawberries, Kale, and beetroot all decimated by the 'lovely little creatures'.
I have purchased some fence posts and some rabbit wire to pen in the veggies but the flower borders will have to remain at risk.
It does mean that now there has been a step-change in attitude and I have the green light for administering 'rapid onset acute lead poisoning'.
Just wanted to check with the PH crew if there was a preferred method of encouraging the little critters to bugger off, without having to resort to spraying their brains all over the garden with a .243
If the rabbits have eaten the lupins the problem may be self-limiting - they are very poisonous http://novascotia.ca/museum/poison/?section=specie... . One of our local rabbits ate a foxglove last year and only got about two feet away before it keeled over. We have a huge number of rabbits around us and struggled with this problem for a long time, but have found there are some plants which rabbits will not eat, and our garden no longer looks like the Sahara desert. Good list here, see what you fancy. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=209
Shooting them has not been hugely successful - I bagged one and then the others got very nervous and started hiding behind trees. Rabbit casserole was nice though.
Shooting them has not been hugely successful - I bagged one and then the others got very nervous and started hiding behind trees. Rabbit casserole was nice though.
With the rabbit mesh make sure that you have 40-50cm of it flattened to the ground on the outside line of the fence before it rises vertically. Otherwise they'll burrow under it. Do it as described and they'll try and then give up, they aren't smart enough to figure out that if they start further away from the fence they can still tunnel in.
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