Re: Rabbit fence & squirrel bait

I guess this is just unique to my patch, but, I have
and allow several cotton-tails to forage throughout my
patch.  I have yet to be able to attribute any damage
to them.  Conversely, they help each year with the
young weed and grass maintenance mowing them down like
goats.  I guess they've heard through the
grape/pumpkin vine what happens to the groundhogs who
aren't so selective.  Hmmm.  BF
 
--- Great Pumpkin <great_pumpkin@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Fence for rabbits need only be about 2 feet high. 
> Regular chicken wire will
> do.  May need to use garden staples to keep them
> from squeezing beneath the
> bottom of the fence, but I've never had them burrow
> under.
>  
> Squirrels can be trapped with smaller wire cage live
> traps.  My best success
> has been with the ones that open on both ends. 
> Peanut butter crackers stuck
> upside down on the bait platform work well for bait.
>  I put the traps in
> places where the squirrels like to "perch" to chew
> on nuts when I can.
>  
> ---------------------------------------
> Chris Wilbers
> Springfield, MO / Zone 6
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