Ways to discourage rabbits in yard?
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ina/puusty
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HB has the hunting instinct down pat..thus rabbits are not found in the immed. area here. With easter-bunny time fast approaching..I may have to have a bell on her..at least until the basket with assorted godivas arrives..will NOT share!! 
ina n HB
ina n HB
BoundlessNewfs
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Get a big cat or two. Ours regularly drag in squirrels and rabbits, and frogs (all summer long), and any other "vermin" that dare move around our yard, and deposit their bodies triumphantly on our porch (ewwww).
Do you have a fence? If so, you may need to use some wire mesh around the lower perimeter.
Here's what I'm going to try this year. Around the whole perimeter of my fence, I'm going to take chicken wire or a very small mesh and fold it length-wise so it forms a 45% angle. Then I'll attach it to the fence so that one side of the 45% is laying against the fence and the other side is laying on the ground (slipping this under the sod so mowing won't be a problem). It's really hard to explain so I hope you understand.
The goal is to prevent the damn rabbits from going through the wire (they can easily squeeze through a 2 inch gap) and to prevent them from nesting or digging under the fence. I also hope to prevent the dogs from digging around the perimeter too. When the rabbits around here start nesting, they always choose a spot right next to the fence (on the outside) and the dogs go berzerk trying to dig the baby bunnies out for snacks. I've written on this forum before about how disgusting the dogs are when they find a nest.
I've tried all the repellants and they don't work for me but that's another option you could try, too.
I've heard that tying aluminum pie tins to the fence will discourgage animals. One of my neighbors tried this on her house for woodpeckers and it was very effective but her next-door neighbor complained about the noise of the pie tin banging at night. She switched to mylar strips, however, I don't think that would discourage rabbits.
If you come across a good solution, be sure to let me know. This is a very big problem for me.
Here's what I'm going to try this year. Around the whole perimeter of my fence, I'm going to take chicken wire or a very small mesh and fold it length-wise so it forms a 45% angle. Then I'll attach it to the fence so that one side of the 45% is laying against the fence and the other side is laying on the ground (slipping this under the sod so mowing won't be a problem). It's really hard to explain so I hope you understand.
The goal is to prevent the damn rabbits from going through the wire (they can easily squeeze through a 2 inch gap) and to prevent them from nesting or digging under the fence. I also hope to prevent the dogs from digging around the perimeter too. When the rabbits around here start nesting, they always choose a spot right next to the fence (on the outside) and the dogs go berzerk trying to dig the baby bunnies out for snacks. I've written on this forum before about how disgusting the dogs are when they find a nest.
I've tried all the repellants and they don't work for me but that's another option you could try, too.
I've heard that tying aluminum pie tins to the fence will discourgage animals. One of my neighbors tried this on her house for woodpeckers and it was very effective but her next-door neighbor complained about the noise of the pie tin banging at night. She switched to mylar strips, however, I don't think that would discourage rabbits.
If you come across a good solution, be sure to let me know. This is a very big problem for me.
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Prdmary
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Well, we've got a new outdoor kitty that has decided to live at our house....so I'm hoping that he will help with the rabbits this year. I don't really care about them, but it causes the dogs to bark, and I figure that is disturbing to the neighbors. So I hate it when the rabbit sits 2 ft on the other side of the fence as Turner is barking his head off. It is like they are just tormenting him on purpose sometimes! Ha!
