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try putting a food dish in the trap with water, too, and see if you can
train him to go in there. Regular hay might make a nice nest too.
I'm over run with them; I think they're what trimmed some of my
blueberry bushes back to nubs. Prefer them to moles though; have
thousands of those.
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> Subject: RE: [OT]: rabbit-trapping instructions
> From: Heather Anderson <Heather -dot- Anderson -at- cubrc -dot- org>
> Date: Thu, April 01, 2010 10:14 am
> To: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>,
> "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
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>
> Try putting hay and carrots in the box, and place it near where you saw him come in, if you can get him.
>
> I had rabbits growing up and they LOVED hay and carrots.
>
> ~ Heather
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+heather -dot- anderson=cubrc -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+heather -dot- anderson=cubrc -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of McLauchlan, Kevin
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:09 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: [OT]: rabbit-trapping instructions
>
> This is equivalent-to-Friday, isn't it?
>
> At my new house, the entire back yard is a professionally landscaped garden.
>
> It being spring[-ish] up here, hundreds (perhaps thousands?) of plants are
> just starting to peek above ground. The yard has a chain-link fence all around
> the perimeter, and apparently the previous owner also ran a three-foot height
> of chicken-wire all the way around the bottom perimeter.
>
> The only part they appear to have missed is getting the resident rabbit on
> the OUTside of this arrangement. The critter is in rabbit heaven, but he's
> laying waste to all the tender new shoots and sprouts that were supposed to
> become a lovely garden this summer. (At least, I HOPE he's a "he"...)
>
> I do have a live-capture trap (metal box with spring-door), but I can't
> imagine what I could place inside for bait, given that the entire yard
> is a smorgasbord.
>
> Unlike the previous owners, I don't have any energetic little yappy-dogs
> to chase the rabbit. So he has no reason to run. He literally sauntered
> when I tried chasing and waving my arms to herd him toward the open gate.
> Ever seen a rabbit sneer? I have. I didn't think anyone could sneer
> while simultaneously wiggling their nose, but apparently it's not that hard.
>
> Anyway, despite his lazy lifestyle and abundant free food, I really
> don't think I have the patience to wait for his first coronary.
>
> Waddaya got?
>
>
> Kevin McLauchlan
> Senior Technical Writer
> SafeNet, Inc.
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