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16/05/2008, 18:15 tracteurtom Joined on 09/01/2007 19 Correze Posts 318 Re: Rabbit proof plants  John Martin BRADLEY wrote: If you can't bring yourself to kill the rabbits, then what about using a rabbit  cage - which is a trap that does not harm the  animal.  You can then take it somewhere very far away and let it go.  I have found that carrots are the best  food to entice rabbits - honestly! As I've said before this is a very bad idea and a practice that we hear of all too often, typically from townies who know nowt about the countryside.  My guess is that there is an army of rabbits in this patch.  and rabbits breed like well rabbits !  Moving them far far away will result in their deaths from foxes and roadkill as they try to find their way back home, disorientated, they are weak and exposed.  If they do somehow manage to reestablish themselves they will then be a problem for someone else and be at war with the local rabbit population.  Also mxamatoesis (spelling grr!) is rife in rabbits and you could very easily endanger other rabbits by spreading this diesease unnecessarily.  Very bad plan Mr Bradley   Go and write 100 lines "I am a towny" !    Report

16/05/2008, 20:06 John Martin BRADLEY Joined on 30/04/2008 Cape Town Posts 41 Re: Rabbit proof plants Actually I am not a townie.  My preferred method for killing rabbits is with Mr Ferret and Reverend Russell.  A shot gun is not a bad tool, but makes them more difficult to skin and a bit crunchy to eat.     I don't expect people to adopt this approach if they are unaccustomed to the realities of living in the country.   As for spreading myxo, it is not nice to see any animal suffer in such a way, but it certainly is effective.   Am no great fan of Mr Fox, but he has to eat too.  Better he eats some disoriented rabbit than my hens.    I think you should write out "I am a Towny" 100 times as you made a smelling mistake and that is very naughty (oh yes and also because you are rather condescending). JohnMartin www.dontmovetofrance.co.uk    Report

17/05/2008, 14:57 sueyh Joined on 06/10/2004 62 Posts 181 Re: Rabbit proof plants Last year had one of these cages on our garden for six weeks, did not catch anything!!  Kept moving it around where we could see that the rabbit runs were - NOTHING!  Not one pesky rabbit!  And no we were not going to take the bunny on a holiday jaunt to another part of the country - we were going to give it to our friend to put in a pot!  And yes we do live next to a field with hundreds of the little breeders! Suey    Report

17/05/2008, 15:10 John Martin BRADLEY Joined on 30/04/2008 Cape Town Posts 41 Re: Rabbit proof plants Perhaps you were using the wrong sort of carrots.  I wonder if glazing carrots in honey would help...  JohnMartin www.dontmovetofrance.co.uk    Report

17/05/2008, 17:20 tracteurtom Joined on 09/01/2007 19 Correze Posts 318 Re: Rabbit proof plants  sueyh wrote: Last year had one of these cages on our garden for six weeks, did not catch anything!!  Kept moving it around where we could see that the rabbit runs were - NOTHING!  Not one pesky rabbit!  And no we were not going to take the bunny on a holiday jaunt to another part of the country - we were going to give it to our friend to put in a pot!  And yes we do live next to a field with hundreds of the little breeders! Suey Well at least you've got some sense Suey re not relocating it.  It beggers believe just want some people are prepared to do without thinking of the consequences.   I cant see the point in catching just one if there's a field full next door.  I think the key here is fencing or as your original question asks rabbit proof  plants !  Not a clue on those I'm afraid, except maybe prickly bushes and some rhubarb.  At least if they eat the rhubarb it should reduce the population a bit !!  It would be worth the trouble having a chat with the local Chasse.  They could arrange a shoot in the field when its hunting time again ?    Report

17/05/2008, 18:47 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,495 Re: Rabbit proof plants I posted a link to a list of  the RHS recommendation for rabbit proof plants, earlier in the thread. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

17/05/2008, 21:32 sueyh Joined on 06/10/2004 62 Posts 181 Re: Rabbit proof plants Yes thank you Russethouse - useful info as always - will print it off Bonne weekend Suey ps three of the little breeders up the garden this morning - thought they were hares cos they were so huge - its all those shrubs they're eating!!    Report

18/05/2008, 9:16 Ab Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 564 Re: Rabbit proof plants I think I have the solution-buy plastic plants trees etc. they require little watering resist blight and are very pretty,.    Report

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