lxtav Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hope someone here can answer this query. I have a wooden deck out the back of the house and a rabbit has decided to take up residence under it. Due to the slope of the ground and the house walls there is a bit at the back that it can hide in and we can't get at it. It is sending the dog mad as she can't reach it and is trying to dig her way through the deck to get at it. Quite keen to get rid of it as it has taken a liking for all the veggies un the raised beds next to the deck. There is a guy down the road who has ferrets and I was going to ask him if he could help. Do you think that if we net round the two open sides of the deck and stick a ferret under it it will be able to get the rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 of course it will, the only other thing that could happen, would be if the ferret kills the rabbit under the decking, you may have to wait sometime for the ferret to come back out, plus having a dead rabbit under there, may give off a bad smell till its rotted away, keep ya fingers crossed for cold weather, then it would just be a dead frozen rabbit,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxtav Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 If its dead we can fish it out with a pole to get rid of it as we had to do this before when the dog did catch one of them under the deck. The problem is getting the thing in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyrus Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Can't the rabbit be shot with a air rifle whilst it's dining on your veggies?? Be the easiest option in my view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxtav Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 There is only one way you could take a shot as my neighbours house and garden also borders onto the area along with a neighbours field and wouldn't want the hassle of the pellet going pst the fence as their back door is there. If you did take a shot you would be pointing at the rabbit and straight at the greenhouse a few feet away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyrus Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thought there may have been a upstairs window, how about a snare on the run where it goes under the decking?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboro shot Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 id just snare the entrance /exits job done ,but ferrets would be a little quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8gun Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 would a cage trap for the rabbit not be suitable? and dispatch it out of the trap ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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