I don't mind if you eat the garden, it's OK to leave little poop pellets on the lawn, getting chased by the dog is exercise, but you're BURROWING HOLES UNDER MY DRIVEWAY!!
You don't get a pass because you know Roger or Thumper was your great-uncle and don't care if the Easter Bunny is dating your great-great-grandmother, MOVE.
I toss red bricks into the hutch opening and they dig them out, I'm leaning toward kerosene and a match but the tree huggers next door would flip and I'd probably blow up my driveway.
Suggestions?
Live animal traps and a grill?
Used kitty litter in the holes works for groundhogs, might work with rabbits.
SVreX
MegaDork
8/29/17 11:31 a.m.
If you set them on fire, make sure to do it at night and post the video.
Set a small fire at end of holes, Fill with water.... Enjoy.
Humane: Coyote Urine (synthetic or gather your own.) Most decent nurseries carry it and the little dispenser things you soak and hang up.
Slightly less: 22 LR and up. Note: a .243 Win will cut them in half at 25 yards and you create a lot of work for yourself.
Works but will probably upset people: Gas down a hole.
Toebra
HalfDork
8/29/17 12:14 p.m.
Vinegar and baking soda create carbon dioxide gas, which is heavier than air. You can use that, or a car exhaust to gas them to death. Cover up one end of burrow, run in the gas, no more rabbits.
My old cat loved bunnies.
My Bernese Mountain Dog loves rabbits.
Literally.
I heard a squeaking noise from the yard and found him with a baby bunny between his paws. He wasn't hurting it, just licking it.
I think the poor thing died of a heart attack. It was soaking wet and I think he loved it until it was no more.
Still feel bad about that.
Trans_Maro wrote:
My Bernese Mountain Dog loves rabbits.
Literally.
I heard a squeaking noise from the yard and found him with a baby bunny between his paws. He wasn't hurting it, just licking it.
I think the poor thing died of a heart attack. It was soaking wet and I think he loved it until it was no more.
Still feel bad about that.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jPdHaNr0OAY
Disappointed.
I came in here expecting this:
But only got this:
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV)
It worked well for Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_haemorrhagic_disease
Just one of these little fellas is all you need. It's like a can of instant "Everything Be Gone". When you are all out of living things to hunt though... you are going to need a couple tennis balls and about six hours of every day throwing them. Or a 2nd one for him to play with. Or he will destroy all the things out of boredom.
In reply to WonkoTheSane:
Yes, that exactly.
When I was a youth our farm had a rabbit problem. My dad gave me a LeFever Nitro Special side by side and box of ammo and said, "For every rabbit tail you bring me, I'll give you 50 cents."
That probably isn't helpful in this situation, but in case it is, just so you know, rabbit tails can easily be torn in half, making two smaller rabbit tails.
Apis Mellifera wrote:
When I was a youth our farm had a rabbit problem. My dad gave me a LeFever Nitro Special side by side and box of ammo and said, "For every rabbit tail you bring me, I'll give you 50 cents."
That probably isn't helpful in this situation, but in case it is, just so you know, rabbit tails can easily be torn in half, making two smaller rabbit tails.
LOL That's the entrepreneur spirit!
Mothballs
Edit: crushed up and mixed with MEK pore in the hole through a hose say 6 feet or so. Then block the entrance.
Word of warning don't get it on you.
Also raid bug killer. There is a nerve agent in it that wild animals don't like.
Don't think it's a bunny. We do have a boatload of Bugs' here, but a bunny wouldn't rip the red brick out of the opening and toss it across the lawn. Don't think they would yank out a landscape timber (slightly rotted) either.
Would these things work on a wood chuck?
In reply to 914Driver:
I bet so. I've never seen bunnies do what you say they are doing. I've never seen them burrow around here.
We met a guy locally who traps for furs. We mentioned we had a raccoon problem and he was more than happy to set traps (in season, of course) and check them daily until we didn't have a raccoon problem any more. We'll happily call him when we have a raccoon problem again (note the use of the word "when" not "if").
It might be worthwhile to see if you can find a local fur trapper (I didn't realize it was still a thing but it is).
In reply to 914Driver:
Whistle pigs will do that. I had them tear out a decent sized rock I put in front of their hole.
Most of suggestions will still work. I'd use something besides 22LR on them (if you go that route) though as it sometimes doesn't cause enough trauma to since kill the bigger ones immediately.