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Title: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: bangbang on August 11, 2012, 06:23:33 am

The rabbit population around us has really increased this year, I guess about 50%
we're happy for the increase as we dont have a garden as such ( more a collection
of weeds ) the other upside is it gives Mr Fox more food instead of our ducks.

Have there been a significant increase in your rabbit population? Or do we just have
very romantic rabbits? :o :innocent:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: HelenVF on August 11, 2012, 07:03:59 am

We have hundreds!  Certainly a good year here!

Helen

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: tizaala on August 11, 2012, 07:35:19 am

Not with our cats around, not seen one for half mile radius for a couple of years now. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: plumseverywhere on August 11, 2012, 08:46:40 am

We've not had a rabbit brought in by Snowball the cat at all this year - I wonder if our ginger boy, Tomsk who got killed a few months back was the rabbit hunter  :(
The vet reckons that the bad flea invasion this year is due to rabbit fleas though so a huge bunny population would explain why the increase in fleas!

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: colliewoman on August 11, 2012, 09:23:31 am

Cue a Myxo outbreak in 3... 2... 1... :-\
 
I'm personally trying to keep the numbers of wildies down a little bit because seeing myxo rips me to bits every time. Tends not to happen if overcrowding can be avoided  :fc:
Last time the bunnies got it here we didn't see one for months and months but now we have loads again. A third of which are jet black :love:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Daisys Mum on August 11, 2012, 09:45:55 am

 
Most of our rabbit burrows are close to the river so everytime we have a lot of rain it almost wipes them out. Needless to say there are very few around just now  :bunny:   :raining:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: hughesy on August 11, 2012, 03:36:34 pm

I'd say it's an average year here. A lot of buzzards about to keep their heads down.

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 11, 2012, 06:09:50 pm

I love rabbit stew.   :bunny: :yum:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: jonkil on August 11, 2012, 06:11:56 pm

None here, but fox population was massive. Now that the foxes have been cleared out we may see more... I certainly hope so, love to eat em !

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Shropshirelass on August 11, 2012, 09:03:56 pm

We've had a crap year for Rabbits it must have tripelled last year so there was great rewards when we went off lamping but this year there's no point even going  :-\ & I do like Rabbit stew - However we've had quite a few chooks & a duck disappear this week so I think it's time to go hunting mr fox!

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 11, 2012, 10:46:43 pm

I wonder what fox tastes like.

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: bangbang on August 11, 2012, 11:04:47 pm

Chicken :innocent:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: mcginty on August 11, 2012, 11:13:03 pm

Good year for rabbits here to.
clocked one with the headlights,
 got up to 20mph, before turning of.
 
 
Some useless information.
 

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: bigchicken on August 15, 2012, 11:41:12 pm

If you have rabbits I have ferrets cheers  :thumbsup: :bunny:

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Kytkat on August 16, 2012, 05:23:41 pm

Dont have any wild rabbits about my place thankfully, don't want an outbreak of Myxy getting to my Californians!

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 17, 2012, 04:47:34 pm

Hope they stay away then, Kytkat.

Title: Re: Good year for the rabbits
Post by: Sylvia on August 18, 2012, 08:23:06 am

We had myxy. here about three years ago but, as usual, it doesn't take much to bring the numbers up again. My whippets account for a few and if they didn't arse about so much they could probably earn enough to keep them in chicken wings!!