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Bunnies

GoneButNotForgotten — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:26:07 GMT

Does anyone have this problem (situation)?

For some reason there is a massive invasion of wild rabbits in my neighborhood. They're cute and all that (and eat a lot of weeds) but lately there's a new development: bunny burrows. My yard is riddled with them; nowadays I have to be very carefulwhere I walk because I'm afraid of catching my foot in one and breaking an ankle.

I don't leave food or any other attractant for them; the little so-and-so's just show up.

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spumoni99 — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:27:36 GMT

My daughter is out of town on training and said there are bunnies all over by her hotel. She is in Kentucky,

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:32:06 GMT

The "bunny trail" must end in your yard.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:30:14 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten Are you sure they are not gopher holes? They usually burrow out in the open & yes, you have to be extremely careful when walking around on your lawn.

Rabbits in my neck of the woods burrow within brushes/bushes to have & raise their babies. They do not burrow out in the open.

There are hawks & other predator birds that keeps the rabbits population under control.

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ValuSkr — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:34:50 GMT

@spumoni99 wrote:
My daughter is out of town on training and said there are bunnies all over by her hotel. She is in Kentucky,

How does the hotel deal with them?

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FastDogWalker2 — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:08:42 GMT

We are in SE VA and our local news did a report on the massive number of bunnies this year. It was suggested that our mild winter may have contributed to the large numbers of them. It was also stated that rabbit populations tend to go up and down and that a single pair of bunnies can have over 100 bunnies in a very short time.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:24:27 GMT

Yes they are all over the place. The guy next door had them in cages in his house. When he could no longer deal with them he let them go in the neighborhood so now they are all over??? They like to go under our shed. I told DH he needs to fix it so they cannot get under it? They do try to dig holes in the yard to put their babies in. We fill them back with dirt. They are not tearing up our yard. DH finds them when he mows. Babies were in one he was mowing over until he found out. They also put their babies in our garden beds. They need to go some place else. We need to mow.

There are babies in the backyard now. There's always a runt in the litter.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:27:38 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@GoneButNotForgotten Are you sure they are not gopher holes? They usually burrow out in the open & yes, you have to be extremely careful when walking around on your lawn.
Rabbits in my neck of the woods burrow within brushes/bushes to have & raise their babies. They do not burrow out in the open.

There are hawks & other predator birds that keeps the rabbits population under control.

@Mz iMac

You know where the goper holes are when they come up they leave a mound of dirt. I was looking out the window one day only to see a pile of dirt in the yard. It dawned on me gophers. As I watched it came out of the hole. I wanted to smack it but by the time I got out there I'm sure it heard me & went under???

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drizzellla — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:33:25 GMT

We now have no bunnies in our neighborhood.

I have seen a fox pracing up the street with a baby bunny in his mouth. And a neighbor's cat, eating the Momma bunny. And the cat also killed one of her babies but did not eat it. Just killed it an left it on the neighbors lawn.

Not sure how many foxes are in the neighborhood. Have not seen any kits yet but sure there are some around.

That is all you need a fox or two and a cat. It will kill all the bunnies.

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bikerbabe — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:38:21 GMT

We sometimes have gophers from the empty field next door. I refuse to hurt them.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:43:02 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:

That is all you need a fox or two and a cat. It will kill all the bunnies.

And for good measure......

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hckynutjohn — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:55:37 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten

Are you sure it is rabbits doing this? We have moles and I have tried everything except dropping an explosive into the holes they have made on our property.

I have always had a riding mower because of the size of our property. Besides walking, it is a pretty bumpy ride on the mower. Believe me, it takes its toll on my body, especially when I try to speed up getting it done.

Don't know why they picked our property, as our closest neighbors have nary a furrow visible in their yard!

Good luck, and be careful walking,

hckynut 🇺🇸

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PinkyPetunia — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:07:55 GMT

My son's dog chased a rabbit into their pool this past weekend. DS was able to rescue the rabbit with the skimming net. Rabbit was released.

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RedTop — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:12:15 GMT

Rabbits look for a very safe, covered location to make their burrows; tall grass, wooded areas with thick ground cover, and under low porches, decks, and sheds are the typical places they choose to raise their bunnies.

Moles, voles, and rats are responsible for the holes in the lawn. Your lawn apparently has plenty of clover to draw the young bunnies out to feed.

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Carmie — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:54:35 GMT

We have no bunnies at our main house, but there are many at our summer place. We bump up against a farmer's field where corn is usually planted and they live among the corn stalks.

If they venture away, we also have bald eagles who will swoop them up and fly away with them. In the fall when the farmer cuts the corn, the bunnies are everywhere and the eagles are too.

We have pesty deer in our yard at the main house which I hate. They destroy everything. Also, groundhogs and an occasional opossum. I have plastic forks embedded in my gardens tines facing up, to keep the pests from eating my garden veggies, fruit trees and foundation plants and to keep the squirrels and cats from digging.

The groundhogs dig massive holes under my deck too.

You would think I live in a rural area, but I don't. Wildlife animals are running out of places to live....so the suburbs are their homes now.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:12:03 GMT

I will take bunnies,over moles.I have them in my yard,also voles.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:09:52 GMT

This is what a rabbits nest looks like.

We get then every year in our front laws.

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Alsace Gal — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:19:52 GMT

All Creatures Great and Beautiful.🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

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Alsace Gal — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:29:24 GMT

@Mz iMac

Nooo.

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JoyFilled Warrior — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:59:47 GMT

Careful where you're walking with these holes, burrows & tunnels.

I was out golfing with friends, looking up at the sky for where my golf ball was going to land, & I stepped *heel first,* into some kind of critter hole. It ruptured my Plataris tendon, (that stretches from the back of my knee, down towards the back ankle). Requr'd crutches, & requr'd weeks & weeks of early morning Phys Therapy days.