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Rabbits!
"John Hutchison" wrote in message
... Hello All, The border furthest from the house is constantly being used as a walk-in restaurant by the local rabbit population, and I'm nearly driven to despair by the tenacity of the little beggers. I have seen them destroy two snip I hesitate to suggest this but one technique to repel sharks from beaches is to weigh a dead shark on the sea floor. Maybe stringing up one dead rabbit on your boundary for a few days would give the remaining rabbits the message? I guess this would be more acceptable in rural areas than in your typical modern housing development :-) I've also seen a hose rigged up to a PIR ( Passive Infrared sensor) which sprayed whatever walked in front of it. Similar to Rod's suggestion for a cage around plants, an upturned wire hanging basket may look nicer if you don't want chicken wire all around your garden. No one's suggested chilli sauce sprayed on plants. I know birds aren't affected by chillies but as far as I know rabbits would be. Are you sure they're coming to eat the plants? We used to have pet rabbits that would bite things down to the ground just because they were in the way of the runs they naturally maintain as escape routes. Maybe your new house has been built on top of an old rabbit run? If so they'll kill plants that they wouldn't normally touch. Our pet rabbit used to regularly jump a 3ft fence so we had to put an extra 2ft of wire on top to stop it escaping. They'll also tunnel under fences so if you do put up a fence, be prepared to attach buried chicken wire to it. Nail it to the bottom of the fence, then down a foot and another foot horizontally out in the direction the rabbits approach. Then they get to the fence, dig down and hit the chicken wire. Unless they're smart enough to start digging a couple of feet away from the fence, they'll never get through. Finally, Warwick is probably right about nobody enforcing the rules as long as you're reasonable about things. I'm on a new development with all sorts of silly rules such as not having satellite dishes on the front or sides of the houses but everyone has them anyway. I think a lot of the rules are just to keep the development looking nice and open/uniform while they try and sell the remaining houses. Martin |
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