What's a rabbit's favorite food?
 

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:54:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.


It's the carrot tops they like. There's nothing sure fire I know but
violence.

"Boboed" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:54:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways
to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.


It's the carrot tops they like. There's nothing sure fire I know but
violence.


I have a rotator cuff injury that's wreaking havoc on my shooting skills.
So, at the moment, I'm stuck with the trap. :-)

In article , "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Boboed" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:54:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways
to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.


It's the carrot tops they like. There's nothing sure fire I know but
violence.


I have a rotator cuff injury that's wreaking havoc on my shooting skills.
So, at the moment, I'm stuck with the trap. :-)

I'm a vegetarian & have been for 30+ years, but my great-grampa ran a
rabbitry & when I was a kid I ate rabbit, both farm-raised, & hunted out
on the San Juans. So I would not be horrified to learn some gardener shot
a rabbit, if they at least didn't waste the meat afterward.

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"paghat" wrote in message
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In article , "Doug Kanter"
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"Boboed" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:54:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire
ways
to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to
be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any
ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being
stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.


It's the carrot tops they like. There's nothing sure fire I know but
violence.


I have a rotator cuff injury that's wreaking havoc on my shooting skills.
So, at the moment, I'm stuck with the trap. :-)

I'm a vegetarian & have been for 30+ years, but my great-grampa ran a
rabbitry & when I was a kid I ate rabbit, both farm-raised, & hunted out
on the San Juans. So I would not be horrified to learn some gardener shot
a rabbit, if they at least didn't waste the meat afterward.

-paghat the ratgirl

OK....well, I'm not sure I want to kill the bunny because I have this thing
about cute ears. But I still need to get it into the trap. Other than carrot
greens, got any suggestions? I just bought a 3 lb bag of organic carrots
yesterday. The last thing I need right now is to go buy another bunch of
carrots just for the greens. I can only eat so many carrot muffins, glazed
carrots, carrots in salad, carrot sticks.....

A rabbit's favorite food is whatever vegatables are available:
Lettuce, carrots, cabbage - they aren't that fussy.

Dick

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On Tue, 31 May 2005 23:07:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

opined:


OK....well, I'm not sure I want to kill the bunny because I have this
thing
about cute ears. But I still need to get it into the trap. Other than
carrot
greens, got any suggestions? I just bought a 3 lb bag of organic carrots
yesterday. The last thing I need right now is to go buy another bunch of
carrots just for the greens. I can only eat so many carrot muffins, glazed
carrots, carrots in salad, carrot sticks.....


Just last week we noticed we have a rabbit in our garden. I was
delighted, but
then feared it would reproduce and what then? So, I just leave it. This
cute
thing is not that afraid of me as I've been as close as five feet and it
just
stays there chewing it's shoots. It seems to like the shoots of my St.
Augustine, which is fine by me.

The other night, last night as a matter of fact, my husband was outside
smoking
a cigarette (poor guy) and he heard some rumpling in one of our brush
piles. So,
he got out the Maglight and he saw two foxes in the backyard! I asked him
ten
times if he was sure they weren't opossums or skunks, but no, he said they
were
definitely foxes. One larger than the other.

I am vegetarian, on my way to becoming vegan and I hope people would
reconsider
killing things in nature. It truly is such a non-virtue and creates such
horrible conditions for the killing person.

Victoria

I can't seem to find an answer to my question in your essay, V. Are you
suggesting that the bunny might like a couple of cigarettes? :-)

"Dick Adams" wrote in message
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A rabbit's favorite food is whatever vegatables are available:
Lettuce, carrots, cabbage - they aren't that fussy.

Dick

Fine. Tonight, I'll be making salad for dinner. I'll make one for the bunny,
too. Maybe I'll leave out the red onions & pepperoncini, though.

Doug Kanter said:

OK....well, I'm not sure I want to kill the bunny because I have this thing
about cute ears. But I still need to get it into the trap. Other than carrot
greens, got any suggestions? I just bought a 3 lb bag of organic carrots
yesterday. The last thing I need right now is to go buy another bunch of
carrots just for the greens. I can only eat so many carrot muffins, glazed
carrots, carrots in salad, carrot sticks.....

You can usually cut the top end of a carrot off and stick it in a bit of
water to get some fresh greens to grow, if it hasn't been trimmed too
closely before being stuck in a cello pack...

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Doug Kanter said:

I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways
to lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

I'ved had some luck with fresh lettuce leaves sprinkled with vanilla
extract. Romaine lettuce leaves work best (mostly due to shape), set
in a small yogurt cup filled with water.

I remember reading an article by a scientist who studied cottontails
and had to live-trap them regularly. IIRC, he claimed that the best lure
was to have had another cottontail urinate in the trap!

If you are trying to protect ornamental plants, I recommend Ropel.

For vegetable gardens, a fence.

This company's advice and products have been useful to me in the past,
and this is their page on rabbits:

http://www.bugspray.com/articles99/rabbits.html

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

I'd say a rabbit's favorite food has to be my wifes tulips but you
might try an ear of corn.,

Marv-Montezuma, IA
http://community.webshots.com/user/vmwood

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter said:

OK....well, I'm not sure I want to kill the bunny because I have this
thing
about cute ears. But I still need to get it into the trap. Other than
carrot
greens, got any suggestions? I just bought a 3 lb bag of organic carrots
yesterday. The last thing I need right now is to go buy another bunch of
carrots just for the greens. I can only eat so many carrot muffins, glazed
carrots, carrots in salad, carrot sticks.....

You can usually cut the top end of a carrot off and stick it in a bit of
water to get some fresh greens to grow, if it hasn't been trimmed too
closely before being stuck in a cello pack...

Interesting project, but this trapping thing is going to begin this evening.
:-)

You ARE running a salad bar for rabbits.
You are the one now aware of it yet.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways
to lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to
be something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any
ideas? I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being
stereotyped based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Or, my reality has been adjusted to correctness. :-)

"Cereus-validus....." wrote in message
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You ARE running a salad bar for rabbits.
You are the one now aware of it yet.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways
to lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to
be something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any
ideas? I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being
stereotyped based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

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I've got a rabbit in my yard who thinks I'm running a salad bar. I'm
borrowing a Havahart trap this evening. I know a couple of sure-fire ways to
lure a squirrel into one of those, but not a rabbit. The bait's got to be
something tastier than my lettuce & broccoli leaves. Anyone got any ideas?
I'd try a carrot, but I wonder if rabbits are tired of being stereotyped
based on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Try an apple slice - a fresh one every day. Some folks swear by them.
I use a bb bun.

Also, pepper spray works for me, but you have to apply it before they
start chomping away, so their first taste is bad. Hard to break them if
they've already found something tastes good.

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