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Permalink Reply by Will of G.O on February 3, 2009 at 23:38

Because I couldn't get a hold of any biological or nuclear weapons to get rid of the damn things last time I had to deal with them, I called in a pest controller. It was a difficult task trying to convice the client's two young daughters that it wasn't Snuffles the cute fluffy rabbit, but devious, murderous, evil, rabid bunnies with a taste for plants.

They just saw it as murder.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Russell on February 4, 2009 at 7:20

Yes, I had trouble convincing the client of this! We have had a guy in to shoot, but there are so many nooks and crannies in the garden for the bunnies to hide, he only ever manages to get three or four, and I know there are dozens hiding out! lol I think I have a rare breed of stealth rabbits.


Will of G.O said:

Because I couldn't get a hold of any biological or nuclear weapons to get rid of the damn things last time I had to deal with them, I called in a pest controller. It was a difficult task trying to convice the client's two young daughters that it wasn't Snuffles the cute fluffy rabbit, but devious, murderous, evil, rabid bunnies with a taste for plants.

They just saw it as murder.

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Permalink Reply by Will of G.O on February 4, 2009 at 12:32

F-117 Nightbunny.

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Permalink Reply by laara copley-smith on February 4, 2009 at 15:34

I recently worked on a site where we couldnt put any protective fence around the site , I had to `dress` 2 Large houses to look refined and groomed,
My plant choice included : evergreen shrubs only , including Laurus nobilis , Buxus sempervirens , pittosphurum species : Tom thumb, County parks , Tennuifolia and another ...escaped from mind also senecio species , euronymus species and pittoshurum tobira nana.
The rabbits were so extensive we treated...not that I like to do this....the plants with `Grazers` product
detailed in garedens illustrated, only deteret. This product is not based on `chemicals`, Johnathan at grazers can help with details. :07767 870176
The lists of `resistant` plants is not specifically resistant ....as they tend to like to play, even when not eating !!
laara

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Russell on February 4, 2009 at 16:02

Hey, thanks for that! I am going to give 'grazers' a go - have never come across it before!

laara copley-smith said:

I recently worked on a site where we couldnt put any protective fence around the site , I had to `dress` 2 Large houses to look refined and groomed,
My plant choice included : evergreen shrubs only , including Laurus nobilis , Buxus sempervirens , pittosphurum species : Tom thumb, County parks , Tennuifolia and another ...escaped from mind also senecio species , euronymus species and pittoshurum tobira nana.
The rabbits were so extensive we treated...not that I like to do this....the plants with `Grazers` product
detailed in garedens illustrated, only deteret. This product is not based on `chemicals`, Johnathan at grazers can help with details. :07767 870176
The lists of `resistant` plants is not specifically resistant ....as they tend to like to play, even when not eating !!
laara

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Russell on February 4, 2009 at 16:04

Yes, they are cunning blighters! They and the deer have been very active this year - I suppose all the cold weather we have been having has encouraged them to try their luck.

Pro Gard said:

"We have had a guy in to shoot, but there are so many nooks and crannies in the garden for the bunnies to hide, he only ever manages to get three or four, and I know there are dozens hiding out"

This is why trapping with cage traps is a very beneficial method of control, with carefull pree baiting large numbers can easily be caught, shooting alone is of little effect.

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Permalink Reply by Cat Fereday on February 4, 2009 at 16:18

I shouldn't be on this page, I have rabbits as house pets... I find feeding them well means they don't graze too much when they go out in the garden.... a passing nibble of a strawberry plant or two which are planted for them anyway seems the limit of their interest.... however, as the buns do go out into the garden 'free range', we've been very careful about what we plant out there, so I've done a bit of research. There's a handy book called 'Gardening with the enemy' written by Janet Thomson (available from Landsman's Bookshop, Bromyard, Herefordshire, 01885 483 420 - according to the sticker in my copy). Chapter 5 has plants with a star rating for how 'safe from bunnies' they are - those with 3 stars, top rating, include: aconite, antirrhinum, berberis darwinii, buddleja, cornus, ceanothus, etc. Other ideas include putting Epsom salts around plants, helium balloons (!), a mix of castor oil / paprika / mustard powder / ground pepper sprinkled around vulnerable plants, etc. I think I paid about £3 for my copy and have found it useful - albeit I'm using it from a different perspective on bunnies.

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