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Rabbits - help!

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henetha Wed 29-Mar-17 16:21:20

Thank you, thatbags. There are deer in the nearby woods, so maybe. Or maybe it is the perishing slugs and snails.
Or squirrels, Jaima.
Whateveer it is, I wish they would stop.

Jalima Tue 28-Mar-17 10:59:24

Squirrels ate all my emerging tulips in pots. I wondered what had happened but then saw the little blighter (we have two around) enjoying them. And squirrels can climb, they are very acrobatic.

thatbags Tue 28-Mar-17 10:17:32

Also snails and slugs.

thatbags Tue 28-Mar-17 10:17:02

Roe deer eat daffodils. Could they reach your planter, henetha?

henetha Tue 28-Mar-17 10:15:40

Something is eating my daffodils and my neighbour said it's rabbits. But I've got a couple of planters up on a wall, and those are being eaten as well. Can rabbits climb walls?
Any ideas what else would eat daffodils?

Luckygirl Tue 28-Mar-17 10:06:00

The chilli seems to have worked - no rabbit holes this morning!

Badenkate Mon 27-Mar-17 14:20:20

We have a springer spaniel we could hire out cheaply. No rabbit can out manoeuvre him but it is a bit gruesome when he finishes them off sad

Luckygirl Mon 27-Mar-17 13:57:02

I have just had a google of this and it said to try chilli pepper - I made a solution of it and sprayed it on the earth around where they have been digging - I await developments - watch this space!

It would be quite a major job to put more efficient netting all along the border of the field, so I am hoping this less energetic and costly solution might do the trick.

Thanks for all the ideas.

Maranta Mon 27-Mar-17 13:44:33

I have used a pepper spray on lettuces which worked, but it made me cough so much, even with mouth and nose covered, that I gave up.

Maranta Mon 27-Mar-17 13:41:54

To be really effective netting to keep out rabbits needs to be buried with an L shape. The shorter arm of which should be on the side where they are coming from. Not always easy if it's a field. Good luck.

Luckygirl Mon 27-Mar-17 13:32:45

It is just the new bed. They do not seem to be actively nibbling the plants but are burying under them. One new orange blossom plant is hanging in the air with a tunnel underneath! - I keep filling in the hole to give it a base to grow on. Every day it is back.

Has anyone ever used these sprays that are supposed to deter them?

merlotgran Mon 27-Mar-17 13:28:17

What a nuisance. We had terrible problems years ago until the railway line that runs alongside our property was fenced off. The terriers and our cat were working full time.

We're rabbit free now, thank goodness.

Are they damaging any other parts of the garden or just the new border?

whitewave Mon 27-Mar-17 13:15:46

Gun? Terrier? Hire a fox?

Luckygirl Mon 27-Mar-17 13:12:22

My new scented garden is on a raised bed and every morning there are new rabbit holes in it - oh no! We have pinned down the rabbit proof (?) netting around the garden - and have ordered more pegs to make sure every entry is covered, but they still get in somehow from the field and wood behind the house. They dig under the netting.

Is there anything else I can do apart from this physical barrier? - anyone else got experience of this?