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Catch-and-release is great for fish, not-so-good for fluffy-tailed
garden-gougers who have fine digging skills, excellent memories and a
LOT of friends.
Even if subject rabbit got trapped inside the fence -'though I'm sure it
doesn't "feel" trapped - it now knows where the bunny banquet is and
he/she will "be ba-a-ahk" like a long-eared Terminator (both have red
eyes...hmm....). Not-to-mention the fact that after a couple of hearty
meals in the tummy, their minds will...er....turn to...um....*other*
bunny needs, thus urging it to find/make its' own way out of your yard -
or worse yet - a warren of suitors will find/make a way-in, turning your
garden into a speed-dating club (it was rabbits that invented the
concept).
Hopefully, you can purchase some effective 'Bunny-Be-Gone' to spread
around your plants, other-wise you're going to have to build a
well-constructed wire fence around your garden and inspect it frequently
or plan to take your little bucked-toothed nuisance a very long car
ride. Richard's hasenpfeffer recipe or Courtney's "Jack Bauer" approach
might be your best bet.
Planting food outside your fence and leaving the gate open will
certainly work, but once the "outside" goodies are eaten, rabbits will
swarm your fence like 'tweeners at a Jonas Brothers concert (raging
hormones included) because *your* rabbit has led his buddies to the
buffet once known a "your" garden.
If you live near a large wooded area, you should also consider the
unsavory critters that might show-up at your fence hoping to catch a fat
rabbit. My family likes having a *few* little bunnies around our yard
-the bobcats, snakes and foxes that eat them, not-so-much. So, while our
dogs can't seem to control the bunny population, they do a fine job of
keeping the bunny-eaters at bay.
-Darren
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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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