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On Aug 9, 6:55�pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
What is an acceptable way of getting rid of rabbits from a
residential lot bordering a cornfield and a "mini-zoo"?

When we saw them running around our yard, they seemed cute at
first. Now we find they are burrowing under our shed, which I has a
slight list -- but I don't know whether that is the result of the
burrowing or whether it has always been that way without my
noticing before.

Back on the farm in UK many decades ago, my father used two
approaches:
(a) A commercially available (at that time) product, "Cymag,"
containing a significant percentage of sodium cyanide (in 7lb
cans!). Plug up all the holes but one, dump in some of this stuff,
then plug the last hole. It reacted with the moisture in the soil
to generate hydrogen cyanide gas, which made short work of the
furry little darlings. Somehow I cannot imagine this being readily
available in my local garden store
(and it was banned in the EU with effect from the end of 2004).

Or

(b) A ferret with a collar and leash. I'm not so sure about that
one either. Hungry ferret disappeared down the hole. Unhungry
ferret emerged from hole.

My father had a double-12 shot gun too, but he didn't waste it on
rabbits.
What is a socially acceptable remedy in this enlightened age?

Instead of Sodium Cyanide, we used Calcium carbide. When wet, it
generate
s
acetylene (the little rocks used to be used in miner's lamps).
Anyway, bl
ock
the holes as before, throw in some pellets, add water, cover
remaining ho
le.

If you like, after a couple of minutes, toss in match and watch the
BOOM!
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geez everyone wants to kill animals.

Yea, nothing bunch or war mongers around here :-) Like to see 'em mess
with Killer Rabbit from Monty Python's Holy Grail!


havahart trap catch and release bunnies a few miles away.

do fix your tilting shed, they only burrow where the digging is easy,
unlikely under shed pilings, mre likely under shed floor.

spread some dried blood around, available from store, that discourages
them.

everyone should try to live with nature rather than control it