Viewing post #361374 by chelle

Skiekitty said:Chelle - Can you go to a feed store & buy a bale or two of timothy or alfalfa hay? Spread it around on the outside of the fence so they don't have a reason to come through the fence? Might run you $15-$30, but it's a lot better than losing roses!

There's hay here already for the horse. The rabbits don't seem to eat it. In fact, there's a whole field of alfalfa, timothy and clover hay growing out back behind the barn, and another field of it 20 feet from the chewed roses. I'm thinking these yard rabbits just feel safer close to the house. The roses farther from the house, out around the lake, haven't been damaged.
Last winter I even used flakes of alfalfa as mulch. I never saw a rabbit nibbling that hay either. Wretched critters.