Got a rabbit warren in the back corner of the garden. Found two entrance holes so far/ Will hunt around tomorrow to try and peg out how many others I can find.

Any ideas for getting rid of them? Either killing them or moving them one somewhere else, I don’t care which.

Was thinking if there was some way of blocking up all the tunnels I can find except one and then trying to pump some heavier than air gas down the last one with a view of suffocating them all.

But I don’t really have a plan. I need some ideas. my nephew owns a gun and he can pick off the stragglers if necessary.

Nuke them from space. It’s the only way to be sure.

Traps, then stew pot.

kii said:

Traps, then stew pot.

I’m no good at cooking :)

actually – I know someone I can email and ask if they have some rabbit traps…

party_pants said:

kii said:

Traps, then stew pot.

I’m no good at cooking :)

It’s the gutting and skinning that you have to worry about :/

kii said:

party_pants said:

kii said:

Traps, then stew pot.

I’m no good at cooking :)

It’s the gutting and skinning that you have to worry about :/

I’ve done it with fish.

party_pants said:

kii said:

party_pants said:

I’m no good at cooking :)

It’s the gutting and skinning that you have to worry about :/

I’ve done it with fish.

Yeah, but it’s a warm blooded critter and peeling fur off…no thanks

kii said:

party_pants said:

kii said:

It’s the gutting and skinning that you have to worry about :/

I’ve done it with fish.

Yeah, but it’s a warm blooded critter and peeling fur off…no thanks

I was just going to bury the carcasses. It was your suggestion to cook them.

orbit not space.

sibeen said:

Nuke them from space. It’s the only way to be sure.

Phostoxin.

party_pants said:

kii said:

party_pants said:

I’ve done it with fish.

Yeah, but it’s a warm blooded critter and peeling fur off…no thanks

I was just going to bury the carcasses. It was your suggestion to cook them.

Why not do both, have a hāngi.

kii said:

party_pants said:

kii said:

Yeah, but it’s a warm blooded critter and peeling fur off…no thanks

I was just going to bury the carcasses. It was your suggestion to cook them.

Why not do both, have a hāngi.

total fire ban till whenever it rains again :(

the great frith will know what to do

party_pants said:

kii said:

party_pants said:

I was just going to bury the carcasses. It was your suggestion to cook them.

Why not do both, have a hāngi.

total fire ban till whenever it rains again :(

Trap it in a live trap, put it in a hutch, fatten it up. Hāngi it when the weather improves.

kii said:

party_pants said:

kii said:

Why not do both, have a hāngi.

total fire ban till whenever it rains again :(

Trap it in a live trap, put it in a hutch, fatten it up. Hāngi it when the weather improves.

i’ll stick it in the deep freezer. You fly over in winter, bringing your cauldron.

:p

party_pants said:

kii said:

party_pants said:

total fire ban till whenever it rains again :(

Trap it in a live trap, put it in a hutch, fatten it up. Hāngi it when the weather improves.

i’ll stick it in the deep freezer. You fly over in winter, bringing your cauldron.

:p

Whaaaat!? You don’t have a cauldron?

is CO2 heavier than air?

Thinking a 20L bucket of crushed limestone mixed with a few litres of vinegar, with a long plastic tube poked down a burrow. Slowly fill the camber full of CO2 and suffocate them.

Would it work?

kii said:

party_pants said:

kii said:

Trap it in a live trap, put it in a hutch, fatten it up. Hāngi it when the weather improves.

i’ll stick it in the deep freezer. You fly over in winter, bringing your cauldron.

:p

Whaaaat!? You don’t have a cauldron?

I’m more a BBQ and pizza oven kinda guy.

party_pants said:

is CO2 heavier than air?

Thinking a 20L bucket of crushed limestone mixed with a few litres of vinegar, with a long plastic tube poked down a burrow. Slowly fill the camber full of CO2 and suffocate them.

Would it work?

phostoxin.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

is CO2 heavier than air?

Thinking a 20L bucket of crushed limestone mixed with a few litres of vinegar, with a long plastic tube poked down a burrow. Slowly fill the camber full of CO2 and suffocate them.

Would it work?

phostoxin.

I got lots of native bandicoots around. Don’t want to harm them.

and my niece has free range chooks than range freely into my garden.

Speaking of bunnies….here’s a rabbit in a suitcase:

polonium

SCIENCE said:

polonium

That has potential, but is scarce.
—————————————

More about phostoxin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_phosphide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphine

I reckon that used sensibly phostoxin’d be OK.

Learn to love the rabbits.

been looking at Youtubes for building rabbit traps. Looks damn simple.

Someone had to do it…..

kii said:

!https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dghb7Ue0ruo/hqdefault.jpg

Hahahahahaha!

Ok.

build traps
trap them
transfer from trap to some kind of seal-able plastic container
gas them with CO2
.. then either prepare for eating or dig a hole and bury them.

party_pants said:

Ok.

build traps
trap them
transfer from trap to some kind of seal-able plastic container
gas them with CO2
.. then either prepare for eating or dig a hole and bury them.

or dig a hole and cook them.

kii said:

… dig a hole and cook them.

Bright eyes, burning like fire
Bright eyes, suddenly burn so pale.

> Was thinking if there was some way of blocking up all the tunnels I can find except one and then trying to pump some heavier than air gas down the last one with a view of suffocating them all.

I heard about a variation on that in some book or other. If you block the tunnels the wrong way then the rabbits will just dig themselves out. A solution is the following. For those tunnels you block, block off the entrances first with dirt then with a sheet of galvanised iron. As the rabbit’s claws scratch the galvanised iron they panic, and that kills them. The reference I was thinking of put a fire at the last entrance, and a shooter ready to get any that escaped.

Then there’s this:
Special needs paralyzed bunny with wheelchair legs.

The sound of the woman shooshing the yappy mutt is a bit annoying.

mollwollfumble said:

Bright eyes, burning like fire
Bright eyes, suddenly burn so pale.

> Was thinking if there was some way of blocking up all the tunnels I can find except one and then trying to pump some heavier than air gas down the last one with a view of suffocating them all.

I heard about a variation on that in some book or other. If you block the tunnels the wrong way then the rabbits will just dig themselves out. A solution is the following. For those tunnels you block, block off the entrances first with dirt then with a sheet of galvanised iron. As the rabbit’s claws scratch the galvanised iron they panic, and that kills them. The reference I was thinking of put a fire at the last entrance, and a shooter ready to get any that escaped.

Phostoxin.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

is CO2 heavier than air?

Thinking a 20L bucket of crushed limestone mixed with a few litres of vinegar, with a long plastic tube poked down a burrow. Slowly fill the camber full of CO2 and suffocate them.

Would it work?

phostoxin.

I got lots of native bandicoots around. Don’t want to harm them.

Are they in the rabbit warren? For phostoxin to work uyou cover all entrances bar the one you toss the phostoxin tablet in. Then you cover ot in too.

Anyway, I’ve used phostoxin in the past to clean up beekeeping gear when the bees aren’t using it. I’ve seen how effective it is on rabbit warrens. I’ve seen rabbit warrens run over with deep rippers. I’ve seen ferrets used though I wouldn’t recommend that practice. CO2 would work really well if all the rabbits were in the warren at the time. Pumping LPG into the warren would also work. LPG sinks to the bottom and rabbits aren’t tall enough to stand above it.

Never seen a rabbit on this property, but there are plenty of hares. They’ve never bothered my beans or other plantings.

Bubblecar said:

Never seen a rabbit on this property, but there are plenty of hares. They’ve never bothered my beans or other plantings.

Hares strip the bark off seedling trees.

We saw some rabbits running wild near Fremantle

dv said:

We saw some rabbits running wild near Fremantle

Do it the Australian way.

Catching Wild Rabbits

FFS!.

Block the warren entrances, place tube traps at the remaining ones and send in a ferret. Mmm Rabbit casserole.

Or just block the entrances, garden hose, lawnmower to produce CO. Job done.

It’s not rocket science.

speaking of rockets…LPG gas bottle, hose. fill warren with gas. ignite. oh and stand well back.

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

drones…

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

drones…

ants??

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

drones…

ants??

always upvote Archer

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

is too

• send in a ferret

I think Cymek has one that he could lend you…

furious said:

• send in a ferret

I think Cymek has one that he could lend you…

Not anymore, she went back home

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

Oh, please, FFS, look at the first response in this thread.

Problem sorted.

sibeen said:

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

Oh, please, FFS, look at the first response in this thread.

Problem sorted.

Ahhh the Ripley solution..of course

sibeen said:

Dropbear said:

can’t we use the fleet of spare B52s

Oh, please, FFS, look at the first response in this thread.

Problem sorted.

there is also the fleet of Drones

furious said:

• send in a ferret

I think Cymek has one that he could lend you…

Or needlesnakes.

Flood the holes with water, allow to dry. Fill holes with sand.

bucolic3401 said:

Flood the holes with water, allow to dry. Fill holes with sand.

A couple of kilos of ampho should sort them out.

The Kiwis still don’t look like getting us out once let alone twice.

anfo is the easy part. det and initiator are the hard bits to source.

poor rabbits

they enjoy the thrill of the chase arts.

JudgeMental said:

anfo is the easy part. det and initiator are the hard bits to source.

Your friendly local shotfirerer will oblige.

JudgeMental said:

they enjoy the thrill of the chase arts.

as long as they don’t lose their shoes or blue button up coats again

Build a wall…..

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

Just make sure they are myxomatosis before eating them.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

Maybe I’ll just bury them and invite people over for the wake :)

party_pants said:

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

I don’t like rabbit meat

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

I don’t like rabbit meat

Shame. I as looking for someone to make the salad.

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

poor rabbits

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

Maybe I’ll just bury them and invite people over for the wake :)

set up your own mini greyhound track…

tie rabbit from 1 arm of the hills hoist, tie dog o the opposing arm…

you could probably generate some power from it…

stumpy_seahorse said:

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

Maybe I’ll just bury them and invite people over for the wake :)

set up your own mini greyhound track…

tie rabbit from 1 arm of the hills hoist, tie dog o the opposing arm…

you could probably generate some power from it…

I’m a kind-hearted softie, looking for something a bit more humane… and legal.

Arts said:

JudgeMental said:

they enjoy the thrill of the chase arts.

as long as they don’t lose their shoes or blue button up coats again

p_p needs lots of lettuce. Soporific stuff is this lettuce.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

I’ll invite you over for the feasting.

I don’t like rabbit meat

Shame. I as looking for someone to make the salad.

salad, I can do. I’ll just bring some non halal cow along

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

I don’t like rabbit meat

Shame. I as looking for someone to make the salad.

salad, I can do. I’ll just bring some non halal cow along

That should be kosher.

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

I don’t like rabbit meat

Shame. I as looking for someone to make the salad.

salad, I can do. I’ll just bring some non halal cow along

Soporific salad….

Party_Pants’ Authentic Akrubras.

Choose your own wabbits!

there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

what are you going to bait the traps with p_p?

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Just wait til the morning he goes out and finds a fox in one of them…

Then the fun begins :P

the new kind, been around for years, of traps have rubber lined jaws. they just hold the bunnies leg in a comfy yet tenacious grip. then when caught you can club them to death.

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

If they are the o;d fashioned jaw type, I’d check first if they are legal. In any case they are bloody cruel things and I would have no truck with them – serious.

you’ll know when you’ve got one cos they squeal, not unlike a pig.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

JudgeMental said:

the new kind, been around for years, of traps have rubber lined jaws. they just hold the bunnies leg in a comfy yet tenacious grip. then when caught you can club them to death.

:) :)

Never heard of them. Rabbit traps were banned in NSW in the ’70s or ’80s. There aren’t rabbits in QLD. They’re not allowed to cross the border. Bit like starlings over your way.

jjjust moi said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

If they are the o;d fashioned jaw type, I’d check first if they are legal. In any case they are bloody cruel things and I would have no truck with them – serious.

Oh hell no. These are traps like biologists use to capture critters unharmed so they can tag and release them.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Can sell them for really good money.

JudgeMental said:

what are you going to bait the traps with p_p?

A bit of newspaper.

cage traps?

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

Dunno. Catch and eat, I reckon. It’s the way the world is.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

I don’t like animal cruelty.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Can sell them for really good money.

old boss welds up sculptures with them

JudgeMental said:

cage traps?

Yes ma’am.

party_pants said:

jjjust moi said:

party_pants said:

I’ve been given three rabbit traps.

It’s on.

Next weekend I guess. Not sure if I’ll have time to check or set them in the morning before work.

If they are the o;d fashioned jaw type, I’d check first if they are legal. In any case they are bloody cruel things and I would have no truck with them – serious.

Oh hell no. These are traps like biologists use to capture critters unharmed so they can tag and release them.

Don’t mind me then. Even better to catch and eat!

:)

A bit of newspaper.

yep, we had to use the times when we trapped the lord’s manor. the sun for when we just did it on the commons.

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

I don’t like animal cruelty.

Well, except spiders; they’re to be crushed.

I’ve learnt things here over the last decade or so.

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

I think you’find that rabbit traps are seriously frowned upon in animal rights circles.

Can sell them for really good money.

old boss welds up sculptures with them

Bloke across tyhe road does too. I take one jaw off and use them to scare dogs.

being cage you’ll have to bait them i guess. never used them for bunnies. used them for survey work though.

oats, treacle, almond essence and peanut butter seemed to attract most species. wrapped in a little square of bandage material.

JudgeMental said:

you’ll know when you’ve got one cos they squeal, not unlike a pig.

If you carry a rifle while checking and resetting traps pre-dawn. You’ll likely also pick up a fox or two.

JudgeMental said:

being cage you’ll have to bait them i guess. never used them for bunnies. used them for survey work though.

oats, treacle, almond essence and peanut butter seemed to attract most species. wrapped in a little square of bandage material.

I was thinking just some peas and corn from the freezer :)

I’ll put some energy into thought-processing it over the week. I’m prepare to experiment.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

I don’t like animal cruelty.

Well, except spiders; they’re to be crushed.

I’ve learnt things here over the last decade or so.

Spiders can be so cute. Especially the jumping spiders.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

I don’t like animal cruelty.

Well, except spiders; they’re to be crushed.

I’ve learnt things here over the last decade or so.

I never crush spiders. They are like the little old lady that swallowed a.. tale the flies keep us from beimng buried in shit, the spiders stop us from beimg buried in flies, the birds keep us from being devoured by humungous spiders.

JudgeMental said:

being cage you’ll have to bait them i guess. never used them for bunnies. used them for survey work though.

oats, treacle, almond essence and peanut butter seemed to attract most species. wrapped in a little square of bandage material.

apple and corn used to do well.
Have a look at what they are munching on locally and use some of that

are these traps a hook and lever type trip or a floor pad type?

JudgeMental said:

are these traps a hook and lever type trip or a floor pad type?

noose and sapling…

::P

JudgeMental said:

are these traps a hook and lever type trip or a floor pad type?

For rabbits they really need to be like something they would otherwise travel through, as the old cruels rabbit traps worked.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

Are there any serious animals rights circlists here?

I don’t like animal cruelty.

Well, except spiders; they’re to be crushed.

I’ve learnt things here over the last decade or so.

Spiders keep down other annoying populations. And you only eat a few of them while you sleep.

JudgeMental said:

are these traps a hook and lever type trip or a floor pad type?

I know not, as yet. The person emailed me and said they’d drop by and leave them by the shed, which they have done. I haven’t actually looked at them closely yet. Meals to cook, bills to pay and all that.

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

are these traps a hook and lever type trip or a floor pad type?

For rabbits they really need to be like something they would otherwise travel through, as the old cruels rabbit traps worked.

There was a really good one that a bloke in Tassie developed. Saw it on abc TV. It basically was a rabbit tunnel shaped drum net. Shove it in there and the rabbit landed in it. I never heard much more about it but that was probably because it was also catching cats that went in after the trapped rabbit. The cat lovers probably objected.

furious said:

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Arts said:

furious said:

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

furious said:

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

Heh heh.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

furious said:

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

Wait, what?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

furious said:

• there’s only one type of rabbit I like….

Hang on… was that a bit “adult”?

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

A credit card.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

Heh heh.

Ummm, carrots?

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

Blush. I’ll show myself out.

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

A credit card.

Now that is getting a bit adult.

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Any ideas on what bait I should use?

A credit card.

Now that is getting a bit adult.

I think all the children have gone to sleep.

I might wander off to the shed and have a closer look at these things.

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

A credit card.

Now that is getting a bit adult.

I think all the children have gone to sleep.

:) maybe at your place..

party_pants said:

I might wander off to the shed and have a closer look at these things.

Photos and descriptions please.

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

And then?

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

You’ll put them in the pot?

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

Or rabbitely.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

Kill them humanely.

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

Kill them humanely.

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

If you kill Thumper all the other rabbits will cry.

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

If you kill Thumper all the other rabbits will cry.

fuck ‘em.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

If I’m going to dissect something, it will be for science, not for eating.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Photos coming up soon.

These are a bait-less gravity operated trap. Desinged to be shoved down the burrow. Rabbit get in but can’t get out.

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

A euphemism for what?

Recently I asked a ranger in Kozciuscko NP about an area which looked like it had been dug up by pigs. He explained that once the rabbits were eradicated, their warrens were ripped up. They’d used the wrong tyne on the machinery and made a huge mess of the place. Anyhow, maybe you need to dig up (or fill up) the warrens to prevent them from returning.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

And then?

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

party_pants said:

Peak Warming Man said:

party_pants said:

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

If you kill Thumper all the other rabbits will cry.

fuck ‘em.

Watch out for blackavar.

fuck ‘em.

keep the curtains closed if you do that.

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

What will you do with the rabbits once they are caught?

Kill them humanely.

A euphemism for what?

Recently I asked a ranger in Kozciuscko NP about an area which looked like it had been dug up by pigs. He explained that once the rabbits were eradicated, their warrens were ripped up. They’d used the wrong tyne on the machinery and made a huge mess of the place. Anyhow, maybe you need to dig up (or fill up) the warrens to prevent them from returning.

Ripping warrens is a practice that doesn’t really have a good history.

At dads place the middle paddock had a hump in the middle where all the bulldozed trees were pushed and set alight. It eventually turned into a rabbit haven with burrows all over and dad hired a ferret guy. Actually I do not know why he did, they were not a problem and he was not one for killing animals for no reason. Anyhoo the ferret guy came around and what I remember most is him grabbing the rabbits for the net then killing them with a casual flick that broke the neck.

JudgeMental said:

fuck ‘em.

keep the curtains closed if you do that.

You also run a confessional?

JudgeMental said:

fuck ‘em.

keep the curtains closed if you do that.

It will only be on a Sunday morning, when the neighbours are at church.

AwesomeO said:

At dads place the middle paddock had a hump in the middle where all the bulldozed trees were pushed and set alight. It eventually turned into a rabbit haven with burrows all over and dad hired a ferret guy. Actually I do not know why he did, they were not a problem and he was not one for killing animals for no reason. Anyhoo the ferret guy came around and what I remember most is him grabbing the rabbits for the net then killing them with a casual flick that broke the neck.

It is indeed a casual flick, if you have done it often enough. Could do that more easily than I could pull the skin off ghem.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

Seriously?

I think of all of the mainstream animal products we eat/drink, milk would have the be the most unavoidably cruel.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

See if my nephew wants to skin and gut them.

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

I was surprised that my cousins thought milk was a powder that came in a tin.

JudgeMental said:

!http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6jh04w1yM1qfji7do1_500.jpg

Stop rabbiting on.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

I was surprised that my cousins thought milk was a powder that came in a tin.

when I were a lad, we were so poor, our water was a powder that came in a tin…

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Speedy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Yeah. It was the start of me becoming a vegetarian.

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

Seriously?

I think of all of the mainstream animal products we eat/drink, milk would have the be the most unavoidably cruel.

My family drink soy milk.

JudgeMental said:

fuck ‘em.

keep the curtains closed if you do that.

LOL

roughbarked said:

My family drink soy milk.

Poor little soy beans.

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

pft I became a vegan whin I saw the horror of a cow being milked.

I was surprised that my cousins thought milk was a powder that came in a tin.

when I were a lad, we were so poor, our water was a powder that came in a tin…

I’ve been there too. ;)

party_pants said:

Photobucket doesn’t seem to want to play

It has been an arseblower for years.

we were so poor we couldn’t afford a childhood.

Speedy said:

roughbarked said:

My family drink soy milk.

Poor little soy beans.

I didn’t make them choose.
I had nil part in that play at all.

JudgeMental said:

we were so poor we couldn’t afford a childhood.

If you had grown up in WA, you would have gone to school barefoot.

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

we were so poor we couldn’t afford a childhood.

If you had grown up in WA, you would have gone to school barefoot.

in the snow…

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

we were so poor we couldn’t afford a childhood.

If you had grown up in WA, you would have gone to school barefoot.

in the snow…

Big Willie a Scotsman I knew, told me that ice used to form on the inside of the walls.

ice on the inside of the windows.

http://www.itsatrap.com.au/products/bunny-bank-multi-catch-rabbit-trap.html

Okay. trap gets shoved down the burrow with the flower pot looking end down. That end has a simple one way gate. Rabbit can push open to climb in. Other end is closed but can open with a latch if required. I guess the trick is to map out where the burrow entrances are, shove traps down as many as you have traps for, and then fill in the rest with a shovel.

party_pants said:

Okay. trap gets shoved down the burrow with the flower pot looking end down. That end has a simple one way gate. Rabbit can push open to climb in. Other end is closed but can open with a latch if required. I guess the trick is to map out where the burrow entrances are, shove traps down as many as you have traps for, and then fill in the rest with a shovel.

Yep. It is indeed the one i saw on the abc TV. Maybe it has been modified because that was decades ago, however the originals did also have enough room to get a feral cat halfawy in and never halfway out.

party_pants said:

Okay. trap gets shoved down the burrow with the flower pot looking end down. That end has a simple one way gate. Rabbit can push open to climb in. Other end is closed but can open with a latch if required. I guess the trick is to map out where the burrow entrances are, shove traps down as many as you have traps for, and then fill in the rest with a shovel.

As for filling in with a shovel, take a specially cut piece of corrugated iron that overfits the burrow you are filling. It really pisses the rabbits off and causes some panic.

roughbarked said:

As for filling in with a shovel, take a specially cut piece of corrugated iron that overfits the burrow you are filling. It really pisses the rabbits off and causes some panic.

10-4

Supposed to be a top of 23 here tomorrow. Makes a change from 42 a couple of weeks back.

David Lynch’s Rabbits

speaking of david, what was eraserhead about? i know what wiki says but that didn’t answer the question.

Q/ I know you don’t like to speculate publicly about what Eraserhead means, but why do you think it still resonates for people today, after all these years?

A/Well, you know, it’s difficult to say. I always say the same thing: Every viewer is different. People go into a world and they have an experience, and they bring so much of what makes them react, it’s already inside of them. Each viewer gets a different thing from every film. So there are some people where Eraserhead speaks to them, and others it doesn’t speak to them at all. It’s just the way it goes.

Q/What’s the strangest thing anyone has ever said to you about Eraserhead?

A/I like to have people be able to form their own opinion as to what it means and have their own ideas about things. But at the same time, no one, to my knowledge, has ever seen the film the way I see it. The interpretation of what it’s all about has never been my interpretation.

in other words, no one knows!!

btm said:

David Lynch’s Rabbits

Does he indeed

I’ve read lots of scholarly interpretations about it, but IMHO they’re all wankery. I also read that after the film’s premier Lynch observed the audience’s reaction, turned to one of his crew and commented “Well, that achieved what I wanted.” I enjoyed it, but I don’t think it means anything: like most surrealist cinema it’s intended to shock, and it succeeds.

btm said:

I’ve read lots of scholarly interpretations about it, but IMHO they’re all wankery. I also read that after the film’s premier Lynch observed the audience’s reaction, turned to one of his crew and commented “Well, that achieved what I wanted.” I enjoyed it, but I don’t think it means anything: like most surrealist cinema it’s intended to shock, and it succeeds.

Meaning takes place twice: once for the author, once for the audience. What did it mean to you?

It’s a mystery to me, the game commences
For the usual fee, plus expenses
Confidential information, it’s a diary
This is my investigation, it’s not a public inquiry

party_pants said:

It’s a mystery to me, the game commences
For the usual fee, plus expenses
Confidential information, it’s a diary
This is my investigation, it’s not a public inquiry

you forgot a line about Larry…

stumpy_seahorse said:

party_pants said:

It’s a mystery to me, the game commences
For the usual fee, plus expenses
Confidential information, it’s a diary
This is my investigation, it’s not a public inquiry

you forgot a line about Larry…

I’m too cool to play by your society’s rules!

Run rabbit run…..

Rabbits 3 (I saw them from the bedroom window this morning)
Me: nil (all traps still empty)

I need to find the mother burrow, I think it’s in the middle of a dense patch of shrub. That require some pruning effort. I will also build some cage traps.

I’m taking a multi-cultural approach, borrowing the best ideas from around the world. I’m going for German efficiency, French arrogance, British determination and American can-do. Rabbits don’t stand a chance.

party_pants said:

Rabbits 3 (I saw them from the bedroom window this morning)
Me: nil (all traps still empty)

I need to find the mother burrow, I think it’s in the middle of a dense patch of shrub. That require some pruning effort. I will also build some cage traps.

I’m taking a multi-cultural approach, borrowing the best ideas from around the world. I’m going for German efficiency, French arrogance, British determination and American can-do. Rabbits don’t stand a chance.

Add some Chinese hunger and you’re set.

party_pants said:

Rabbits 3 (I saw them from the bedroom window this morning)
Me: nil (all traps still empty)

I need to find the mother burrow, I think it’s in the middle of a dense patch of shrub. That require some pruning effort. I will also build some cage traps.

I’m taking a multi-cultural approach, borrowing the best ideas from around the world. I’m going for German efficiency, French arrogance, British determination and American can-do. Rabbits don’t stand a chance.

You need something like a dog to chase them down their burrows.

party_pants said:

Rabbits 3 (I saw them from the bedroom window this morning)
Me: nil (all traps still empty)

I need to find the mother burrow, I think it’s in the middle of a dense patch of shrub. That require some pruning effort. I will also build some cage traps.

I’m taking a multi-cultural approach, borrowing the best ideas from around the world. I’m going for German efficiency, French arrogance, British determination and American can-do. Rabbits don’t stand a chance.

The method I’ve heard works best is to locate burrows, block exits and flood the burrow till it collapses……

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

ChrispenEvan said:

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

How is that any fun?

Postpocelipse said:

party_pants said:

Rabbits 3 (I saw them from the bedroom window this morning)
Me: nil (all traps still empty)

I need to find the mother burrow, I think it’s in the middle of a dense patch of shrub. That require some pruning effort. I will also build some cage traps.

I’m taking a multi-cultural approach, borrowing the best ideas from around the world. I’m going for German efficiency, French arrogance, British determination and American can-do. Rabbits don’t stand a chance.

The method I’ve heard works best is to locate burrows, block exits and flood the burrow till it collapses……

If you have enough water to fill it.

ChrispenEvan said:

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

party_pants said:

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Who you calling old???

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Not enough room for an extra old codger?

Try an agricultural produce type store. You should be able to get some phostoxin.
However whatever the method, finding all the entrances including the secret escape tunnels is paramount.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Not enough room for an extra old codger?

Try an agricultural produce type store. You should be able to get some phostoxin.
However whatever the method, finding all the entrances including the secret escape tunnels is paramount.

o make phostoxin work best, toss some water in after it but be sure to shut the entrance before you breathe any fumes.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

just nuke ‘em from orbit and get it over with. sheesh, it ain’t that hard.

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Not enough room for an extra old codger?

Try an agricultural produce type store. You should be able to get some phostoxin.
However whatever the method, finding all the entrances including the secret escape tunnels is paramount.

It’s a problem if the chooks and bandicoots eat the poison.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Not enough room for an extra old codger?

Try an agricultural produce type store. You should be able to get some phostoxin.
However whatever the method, finding all the entrances including the secret escape tunnels is paramount.

It’s a problem if the chooks and bandicoots eat the poison.

They can’t eat it. It is a gas. If you do it properly it is sealed in to the warren itself. Bandicoots are shy of rabbit warrens AFAIK.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Went to down to Bunnings this morning, they were sold out of nukes.

Unless they had them out in the gardening sections, but I rarely go there, it’s full of old weirdos.

Not enough room for an extra old codger?

Try an agricultural produce type store. You should be able to get some phostoxin.
However whatever the method, finding all the entrances including the secret escape tunnels is paramount.

It’s a problem if the chooks and bandicoots eat the poison.

you could cook up a rabandiken then…

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

!http://surbrook.devermore.net/superpics/dc/bazooka_chan.jpg

Could potentially take out a whole warren with that.

roughbarked said:

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

!http://surbrook.devermore.net/superpics/dc/bazooka_chan.jpg

Could potentially take out a whole warren with that.

Or the police vehicle that pulls up to find out what you are doing……….

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

I really could have done with a grim Japanese woman to help me this afternoon.

party_pants said:

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

I really could have done with a grim Japanese woman to help me this afternoon.

party_pants said:

Postpocelipse said:

Teleost said:

It’s not rocket science.

It is if you are doing it this way……..

As the Japanese saying goes, “the only way to hunt rabbits is with rocket propelled explosive ordinance”.

I really could have done with a grim Japanese woman to help me this afternoon.

She didnt like the coffee, the owners in for a blast

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

So what does bandicoot taste like?

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

So what does bandicoot taste like?

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

So what does bandicoot taste like?

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

technically they are insectivores

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

So what does bandicoot taste like?

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

Doesn’t include fish obviously.

Arts said:

technically they are insectivores

They also love dry cat food.

Were these bandicoots killed or are these live traps?

Arts said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

So what does bandicoot taste like?

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

technically they are insectivores

yes dear, I was dumbing it down for Sibeen.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

technically they are insectivores

They also love dry cat food.

Were these bandicoots killed or are these live traps?

All live traps. All bandicoots were offered soothing words and released unharmed.

yep, insectivores. they make nice conical holes in the garden looking for food.

We’re the rabbits ever observed in the yard? . Were the burrows actually bandicoots homelands instead perhaps?

monkey skipper said:

We’re the rabbits ever observed in the yard? . Were the burrows actually bandicoots homelands instead perhaps?

Yes, Rabbits observed carelessly roaming the garden in the early morning.

Vagrancy with insolence.

AwesomeO said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

So what does bandicoot taste like?

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

Doesn’t include fish obviously.

land animals of course.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

technically they are insectivores

yes dear, I was dumbing it down for Sibeen.

chuckle.. carry on

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

technically they are insectivores

yes dear, I was dumbing it down for Sibeen.

chuckle.. carry on

Wait..hold on a second…what?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Dunno, they have cuteness indemnity. Plus they are carnivores, and omnivores shouldn’t eat carnivores.

technically they are insectivores

yes dear, I was dumbing it down for Sibeen.

LOL

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

You took away brer rabbit’s briar patch?

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Reports of authorised rabbiting have declined sharply since I hacked back the undergrowth to expose the main burrow entrances. Traps were placed but so far have returned no rabbits (but did get a few bandicoots). So I have removed the traps for now and just filled in the burrows with sand.

Seems that my activities around their burrows have hassled them out of wanting to stay here. I consider this a win, even though no rabbits were killed or harmed in the process.

time to monitor the situation for a while, and see if they return.

So what does bandicoot taste like?

marsupial.