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A bunny in your garden is cute, but wild rabbits can cause some considerable damages and destruction to unprotected shrubs, vegetables, flowers and your whole garden. Wild rabbits are commonly seen in almost every area in America. These wild animals can live in different kind of habitat as long as there is an abundant source of food and natural foliage where they can nest and hide. Unfortunately, in you are situated in suburban areas; your garden might seem to look like a buffet of delicious food for these wild animals, thus giving chaos to your garden if left unprotected. Surrounding your yard with a rabbit fence may not be a practical option to use. So to eliminate your problem, having a good rabbit trap is one of the best solutions at hand to protect your garden from this stubborn little creature. However, there are a variety of different types of rabbit traps to choose from, so choose wisely as to not waste time and money.
When it comes to easy and cheap pet control, rabbit trapping is considered as one of the best. In fact, any land owner with wild rabbit problem can greatly benefit from placing a simple trap on their ground to eliminate them. Furthermore, it doesn’t need to take an expert help to install, set and empty any kind of trap. If used properly, your rabbit trap can subsequently reduce the population of wild rabbit nesting and damaging your garden. Also, it helps gardeners to easily set-up the material as the trap only allow minimum level of input compared to setting up a whole fence. Though fence can cover larger area, this doesn’t mean that traps can’t be used for wider and larger yard areas. There are few different types of bait and traps used in catching wild rabbits which yield to higher result as fences and pits. Below are a few of its rundown:
Manually-Triggered Traps
Also known as ‘old fashion’ rabbit traps, manually-triggered traps works basing on the rabbit’s movement. This can mean anything from drawing a string that causes the door to shut or triggering a see-saw plant over the rabbit’s head, or closing way out. Manually-triggered traps can be home-made using DIY method, and is extremely cheap compared to rabbit fence and repellent. The chances of catching your target are entirely dependent on the quality of trap you made.
Snare Traps
Unlike manually-triggered traps, ‘snare traps’ involves a loop string, wire, rope or cord which are designed to tighten around wild rabbits as it struggles to get free. This kind of rabbit trap only involves simple construction, thus making it a good choice for visceral satisfaction. In like manner, snare traps can also be made using a DIY method, and is also one of the very practical options for eliminating wild rabbits.
Live Traps
Live traps are made from cardboard or metal, which is designed to lure rabbits with bait and confine them using a trapdoor mechanism. These traps can either be homemade or can be purchased from variety of hunting stores. While they need to have bait inside to lure animals, having such kind of trap is one of the best and effective ways to reduce the number of rabbits lurking around your garden.
By choosing the right kind of trap for your garden/yard, the chances of eliminating your garden pest is now made more easy and affordable.
