Many of us are saying these words right now. Beatrix Potter knew, as Peter was her pet rabbit before she wrote all of those charming stories about ducks, squirrels, geese and rabbits.
Rabbits are very timid animals, they like to live in burrows digging intricate tunnels called warrens that interconnect to nurseries called stops. Rabbits have very good hearing and ears that turn in every direction, with great eyesight and a sense of impending danger. They do not drink water like other animals, but they split plants and suck out moisture. They do chew plants, bark, vegetables, etc., and regrow their teeth if whittled down on the bark of bushes or trees.
Rabbits can have up to eighteen babies at a time and reproduce many times throughout the year. I learned today that the babies are vorciferous and will eat anything even though the smell is bad. I was told that the taste needs to be also bad to discourage the babies.
I am using a product that seems to keep the rabbits controlled, but I noticed my new baby has eaten everthing down to the ground, asters, roses, hosta, phlox, etc. So, in addition to my granular, I bought a taste bad spray for the babies!
I don't see any rabbits running in a zig zag, standing like a statue, or thumping their back feet when I appear in the garden (all things they are supposed to do when danger is near). They are obviously not afraid of me!
P.S. I have included some photos of plants the rabbits don't seem to like yet!
