Re: Lawn ponds and cottontail rabbits


>Robert E. Stassen wrote:
>>
>> . . . I have pulled out drowned rabbits from my lawn ponds . . .
>> . . . These are vinyl ponds, which apparently prevent the
>> rabbits from pulling themselves out.
>
>Vinyl and epoxy surfaces offer nothing for the rabbits to "grap" when
>they try to extricate themselves from the pond.  You might try draping
>hardware cloth or chicken wire into the pond and you will solved the
>drowned bunny problem.  A small decorative boat dock built out into the
>water might serve the same purpose . . . be imaginative.  Of course that
>doesn't solve your garden bunny problem but it is more humane that
>allowing the critters to drown.
>
>Al Limberg
>Concord, CA

Thank you Al for thinking of that.

John


Bill

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