Rabbits!

CandyKat put a comfy chair in the kitchen and sit there with a baseball bat!
Our cats used to do this all the time, nobody who doesn't have cats realises that with a cat in the house, mice come too!

When cornered, throw a towel over it.They think they are safe and stand still, then you can scoop it up and throw it outside.

We have had tons of rabbits eating everything in the garden until this year, when we discovered what looks like a fox or badgers den under the compost heap! I have seen a fox in the garden twice but not glimpsed a badger. Happy to have one fox and a keep my vegs and flowers!

Anya - great idea!

I think I would rather have the rabbits!

We've had something digging up the tulips in our garden this year, for the first time since they were planted 8 years or so ago. The most affected part is in an area of the garden that I've recently cleared of ground cover.
I think (hope?) it is probably squirrels, though I've seen a rat in a neighbouring garden. Apparently a local jobbing gardener suggests sprinkling dried chilli flakes around the bulbs when planting - has anybody tried doing this?

I used a chilli "soup" to try an deter the rabbits and it would work for a couple of days and then they were back again.

when you live in a place that;as dh used to say"everything here pricks stings or bites"you have to draw the line somewhere.
crazy but dm had an alligator in her back lot.it was fenced off but when mum gator had babies and the canal was dredged she scooped up the babies into a washtub until the dredging was done.mumgator never bothered mumhuman????dm is a highly educated city girl...who knew.???

because of feral cats mine have had to be inside cats.a couple years ago a small woodrat got in,they watched it.and watched it.i finally was able to throw a bucket over it and get it outside to a foresty area a couple blocks away.
ndn had a fox living under her decking.squirrel population dropped fast.
have had to kill cotton mouth viper in other ndn back lot she was trying to find a place to have her live young.the sweet lady who wouldnt allow husband to kill ants.had to be shown(thank god for internet) that this creature under the flower pot would camp out at her bird feeders,cat dishes and possiblly hurt her as well before ahe would let her dh and i take care of it..
when these ndn would go on vacation the dh would give me some cash and ask if i would treat the shed for ants(yes even the ants bite here)while they were gone

had an outdoor manx cat , he was a snake killer and it always worried me.saw him do it more than once amazing to see,soo fast

OK, OK - I will settle for the rabbits!

oh luckygirl
that post with the snakes and gators and such was for the ones claiming that if you dont like nature you should move.
i forgot to note that all of these took place in a small city of about 50k people.
the gator mommy one was a suburb of miami.
nature doesnt always stay put.
there are coyotes in detroit and nyc.and every city in the american southwest.
obviously these are a displacement situation too much city not enough country.
our little area(i think you would call them an estate.a large group of houses)is a bird preserve.
everything from tiny songbirds to swallow-tail and red shoullder hawks.huge owls.seabirds and cranes too
for this reason we dont ever see bunnys.
up the road at my da's there are bunnys.
nature is just trying to find her way to fit in wherever she can.
that being said i am the one who told you about the mothballs and hope they work.they wont harm the bunnys just irritate their tiny sensitive noses.

first bunny i ever saw was sitting next to a very old cabbage rose and plucking the petals off one by one.
like plucking grapes.thats when gm clara taught me about the moth balls.

Camba have you smelled fox scat! Yuk!