Topic: Mice + bunnies

[Diana]

Lucky old me, never encountered mice + bunnies, but this year...

Moved to new area - mice that can scale 2ft plastic, bunnies clear a 4ft wall from a standing start >:(

Any suggestions?

[Merlins Mum]

You've got me worried now, as I was planning to put a 2ft fence round to stop the bunnies.

MM

[Diana]

I've seen very effective 2ft fences for bunny protection - it seems they're just training for the Olympics round here!

[ACE]

Get a terrier.

[Merlins Mum]

I don't know about Diana but it wouldn't matter how much of a problem I had with rabbits there is no way I would do anything to hurt them, and that includes getting terrier.

MM

[Alimo]

Merlin's Mum - I used to think "how cute" - but after losing so many plants to rabbits I now don't mind that the neighbour shoots them. 

It is so disheartening, I've got a "plants that rabbits don't eat" guide - pah try telling the rabbits that they shouldn't eat azaleas !! 

Anyway - rant over, my husband has erected a 4ft rabbit proof (grief I hope so) fence around my veggie patch, so lets hope they keep off - I have left the rest of the garden for them.

Alimo

[Merlins Mum]

Hi Alimo
Yes I know it's disheartening but it's for us to keep them out, just as you have done.  I'm sorry but I'm one of these soft b****rs and I stand by what I said previously, I couldn't, and I wouldn't want anyone else to on my behalf, hurt them. 

MM

[Gadfium]

I'm another softie. Already priced up the wire (right mesh size) and posts, to put up a rabbit-proof fence. Most of the other allotment holders have done the same thing.

I'd rather mosey along without blood-shed. I'm not starving, it's not a survival situation. And, yes, I have in the past, had the choice between hunger and a rabbit... the rabbit got cleaned, skinned, jointed, and went into a makeshift pot.

But if it's a choice between a few vegetables and shooting/trapping - then the rabbits are welcome to them.

Soft as clarts, I am.