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RE: How to repel wild rabbits naturally

Posted 263 days ago

12 gauge works best !! :-)
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RE: How to repel wild rabbits naturally

Posted 246 days ago

Wow...

I'm new to this site and quite frankly I'm surprised. You've had this posting for over a year, and you only have one response! And it's a smart %$@ response at that.

I'm trying to find out the same thing, so if I hear of something, I'll be sure to let you know.

RE: How to repel wild rabbits naturally

Posted 174 days ago

I also have a rural property with wallabies, hares, possums and rabbits. Nothing I have tried has been successful in stopping them from devouring all my plants except chicken wire and plant stakes. It looks horrible, but until they are established, it has been my only solution. I haven't found a plant yet that they don't have a go at eating. However, my dietes seem to be surviving quite well.

RE: How to repel wild rabbits naturally

Posted 174 days ago

Like Jinty, we also have a rural property and have the same wild life, except we have noticed over the years if we have rabbits (which is most of the time) we don't have hares and vice versa. Yes, good old chicken wire has saved many things here and can I add, bird netting has saved many a tomato from the parrots!
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RE: How to repel wild rabbits naturally

Posted 139 days ago

We have learnt to live with rabbits for a number of years now, chicken wire is very handy around young trees! There has been 2 resident rabbits we have noticed of late and they decided to build a warren under our driveway. The gravel is so firm, it would have taken some digging on their part but they kept going. Then one morning we noticed the entrance completely covered over, you wouldn't have even known there was a hole there. Even sticks had been dragged across it. By afternoon it was open again. This behavior went on for several days. In all our years of having rabbits here, we have never seen this happen before. I have learnt a lot about rabbits while trying to find out why they do this but to no avail. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this behavior of rabbits. All I can put it down to is they are protecting against predators.
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