HELP! RABBITS are eating my plants!!!

[Nancy]

We actually have a rabbit haouse in our garden! There is an old tree stump in there and the rabbits have burroughed into it and haev set up housekeeping, this year I planted nothing because I just don't have the time to keep up with t all. My DH wants to pur concrete down the hole and into the stump but I can't bear the thought that there might be babies in there when he does it and that will kill them. As much as the bunnies annoy me, I just can't hurt them.

 

[curiouser]

Call it a day and let the bunnies have some lunch?

lol Sorry, nothing constructive here.. It just confuzzles me caring so much about a plant that cute little bunnies are pests! Can anyone explain?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

My DH wants to pur concrete down the hole and into the stump but I can't bear the thought that there might be babies in there when he does it and that will kill them. As much as the bunnies annoy me, I just can't hurt them.

I would have to wait until after the rabbits are not there. We had birds come into a bathroom vent several years ago and had birds mites, I think they were called, in our bathroom. We had a cover installed over the vent, but after the babies hatched since I couldn't stand the thought of trapping the babies, as annoying as the mites were. So I understand your thoughts.

Call it a day and let the bunnies have some lunch?

lol Sorry, nothing constructive here.. It just confuzzles me caring so much about a plant that cute little bunnies are pests! Can anyone explain?

I haven't had the rabbits go after my garden, for some reason, but if they did I wouldn't mind planting extra and sharing. I do share my strawberries with the chipmunks and my raspberries with I guess the birds since I didn't net them this year. But the stinker rabbits chewing down the blueberry plants was one step too many--I'll share berries, but eating the plants wasn't going to do any of us any good.

When I planted cherry trees, I did plant 2--not for cross pollination since they are self pollinating, but because I figured I'd be sharing with birds when the trees mature, so I might as well plant twice as many as I'll need!

 

[Chicago526]

Why not hire this guy?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Why not hire this guy?

Looks like the guy we used to live next door to!!! He used to scare away the ground hogs, and any other animals that came into his yard. He had a big garden, but didn't want to share. We haven't lived in the house for 6 years, but word is that recently a deer came into his backyard and he took the deer down. And then went door to door and offered the meat to the neighbors. Guess he would have skipped asking us since we're vegetarian. Glad I'm not still living there or I would have lost my lunch over that one!

 

[Michie]

A snake is taking care of the rabbits in our garden!!

 

[cheerbop]

Call it a day and let the bunnies have some lunch?

lol Sorry, nothing constructive here.. It just confuzzles me caring so much about a plant that cute little bunnies are pests! Can anyone explain?

I will tell you why I don't want them eating my stuff.

It is not a garden that I have, it is the Landscaping for my house!!! Stay away from that. We do not expect to pour lots of $$$$$ into our yard/home's landscaping to have cute little rabbits eat it all.

I see your point, but hopefully you see mine too

 

[bevtoy]

I haven't read all the replies, but here's what I've just heard recently about this topic:

A few days ago at the pool, one mom was telling us how she & her DH were having the same problem & someone told her to go buy rubber snakes & put them in her gardern...that the rabbits are afraid of them. I have no idea how it worked out. The last I heard, her DH was off to KB Toys to purchase some toy rubber snakes!

Snakes swallow new born baby rabbits whole.

 

[curiouser]

I will tell you why I don't want them eating my stuff.

It is not a garden that I have, it is the Landscaping for my house!!! Stay away from that. We do not expect to pour lots of $$$$$ into our yard/home's landscaping to have cute little rabbits eat it all.

I see your point, but hopefully you see mine too

Oh, I do!! No flames at all here I suppose since I am still an apartment dweller with no yard to take care of I just don't get it yet!

 

[Mickey Fanatic]

Try plastic toy snakes. Apparently they think that they are real and stay away. Like others I got a natural spray from the garden centre. I am at work right now and can't think of the name.