Is keeping cats considered a humane way of controlling rabbits? The matter will be taken care of without you knowing.

My special needs, blind kitty is indoors only. Not really safe for cats to go outside in the city, IMHO.

My special needs, blind kitty is indoors only. Not really safe for cats to go outside in the city, IMHO.

Rent a Havahart trap & relocate?

They have the so-called "Humane" cages, sold in most garden centers. If you are a handyman, you can make your own, cheap
like the one shown in the photo.

My little flock of chickens ranges in the garden, and the same bed guards I use to keep them out of sensitive beds works for rabbits, too. From a roll of 2x4-inch mesh, 6-foot welded wire fencing I cut a piece about 5 feet long, then fashion it into an oblong box by cutting 12-inch flaps into the ends, bending them and and fastening with zip ties. I can pick up these cages with one hand, but they are heavy and stable enough so that the chickens can't move them.

I used poultry netting, also known as chicken fence/wire. It's metal, they can't chew through that.

I've succesfully used Hav a Heart traps on rabbits, but rabbits can outbreed your traps (even if you get ALL of them, they'll migrate in from the neighbor's lots). I suggest you place chicken wire around the whole garden and be especially careful of even small gaps, especially under your gate. You might also leave a raised (ants) dish of dog food near the garden to encourage foxes to become more familiar with your rabbits, but not if there are raccoons in the area.

I'm not against natural predators helping to control the bunnies, but so far have seen no foxes in my area. Racoons we have, also wouldn't want to encourage rats/mice. I guess an upgraded chicken wire perimeter is in order. So far it seems they are only interested in the carrots. I wonder if it is worth all the extra bother.

A 2 ft high woven fence works, and you can step right over it.

my pet rabbits wont touch anything that smell like garlic. Suggest a garlic tea , sprinkle some cat fur around the carrots.

my pet rabbits wont touch anything that smell like garlic. Suggest a garlic tea , sprinkle some cat fur around the carrots.

If you're into humane, then don't use coyote urine. The coyotes are kept in cages and the urine collected from underneath the cages.

Wire fencing is best. But to prevent the animals from digging under it, you have to make the bottom 12 inches of fence wire bend outward along the ground, outward from the upright part of the fence.

You can add water tobavwindex container, a tbsp of murphys soap, hot sauce and a little cayene

You can add water tobavwindex container, a tbsp of murphys soap, hot sauce and a little cayene

Stuffedcritter:
Will try the garlic tea spray. I think I can drum up some cat fur, too...

Cayenne peppers works great. You will have to re-sprinkle after a rain, but after a few months the rabbits won't bother with that area.

I sprayed garlic tea all around the bed containing the carrots, the fencing and the wood of the raised bed. We'll see if that has the desired effect. I have seen the (?) bunny in the garden several times just hanging out in the shade, eating some fallen pears, but so far, no more damage to the fencing on the carrot bed.