Re: Rabbits

Romeo is just adorable!  What a nice dog- almost makes me want one (not 
enough to add to the menagerie of 3 cats i already have though!)
Theresa

Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

>>I don't know what you can do for your damage Chris; I would be so
>>dispirited.  I would probably resort to miles of cages if I didn't have my
>>cats.  I tried to get our nursery group to build protection for our outlying
>>bed of shrubs grown for sale, but they said it wasn't necessary this early.
>>I just looked at them the other day and the marauders had already been
>>there.
>>    
>>
>
>I've been thinking of robotic laser cannons, but I'd probably forget to
>turn them off when I went out in the garden.  I *have* been researching my
>great-grandmother's Basque recipe for rabbit stew and dreaming of trying
>it someday -- maybe I'll reach the breaking point and it will become
>reality.  :)
>
>This winter has been particularly bad in terms of rodent damage.  I don't
>know if it was the warmer weather or lack of snow that encouraged the
>little fuzzballs to come out, but they sure were active.  If I keep
>losing plants, I might have to give up on gardening and will just think
>about it instead (kind of like dating :)
>
>I *did* end up adopting a chow/Australian shepherd mix from the humane 
>society in February, so hopefully he'll keep the barbarians at the gates.
>But I'm concerned that he might do even more damage.  :(
>
>He was at the humane society for six months and was one week away from 
>euthanasia, so I had to take the poor guy home.  He already answered to
>the name of Romeo, so that's what we stuck with.  You can see him at
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~romeo/
>
>Chris
>
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>
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