Live traps, Havaheart, $50-60

Leg hold: Dukes 1.5, Victor 1, $5-7

And don't forget snares.

Not sure exactly what your question is. Do they make live traps for rabbits? Sure. Hav-a-Heart makes live traps for all sorts of things. Many other suggestions here in past discussions about rabbits that the search pulls up. If you are asking about "leg traps" be aware their use along with snares are banned in many places or require a permit.

The easiest solution is simply to fence in the garden.

Dave

Fencing (with chicken wire--not rabbit wire, which they jump right through) has finally helped for me.

IMHO fencing is a major PITA, if you put it high enough to "weedeat" under it, whatever you're trying to keep out will go under. Alternatively, you could spray with a chemical to kill the grass/weeds which most folks don't want to do around their gardens. You'll end up with grass/weeds growing up through the fence which is kind of a mess. Fencing, if done properly is expensive, there's also electric fencing which is also expensive however, you can place the bottom wire high enough to weedeat under it. If your garden is too far away to run an extension cord, the cost just significantly increased for a solar charger.

What I've found to be about 70% effective is a scarecrow sprinkler, link attached. It's an ultrasonic (I think) sensor which, when activated, turns on a sprinkler which makes a half rotation spraying water and doing the "whap, whap, whap" thing that adjustable sprinklers do. The kritters get soaked and hear the noise and depart. Powered by a 9V battery. I've had them for about five years and I'm satisfied. Kritters do some destruction, but I just plant a little more and everyne's happy. Note: They do require repositioning as things grow.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motion-Activated-Animal-Repeller-Garden-Sprinkler-Scarecrow-Black-2016-/182324564840?epid=2020511158&hash=item2a73641368:g:Oe0AAOSwB09YCsgM

I've also seen "ultrasonic solar powered" things at Lowe's which detect motion and emit a "silent" to humans but unpleasant to kritters noise which repels them. So the package said, cheap, $15, but have no idea if they work.

Good luck

The so-called "ultrasonic solar powered" contraptions tend to be music only to your ears. They work about as well as those deer repeller things they sell for vehicles. But YMMV.

I have seen the sprinklers for a while and I have a great deal of experience with wildlife etc. and I think they are the best bet by far, Fencing my garden is not an option way to much area, ugly etc. I have an electric fence but it has never stopped rabbits and by now is overgrown so much it barely works.

I must have some smart rabbits. I've never been successful getting one in a trap and the electric fence doesn't bother them.

I have a lot of white clover that grows around my raised garden beds and the rabbits are content with eating that and leave my veggies alone. I actually discovered one mama rabbit that nested in one of my Asparagus beds last year.

A fence must be at least three feet high or they will jump right in, and rabbits can also burrow under--though thankfully I have not had that problem. I don't see how anyone (in a suburban setting) can garden without one. The metal fence stakes sold at big box hardware stores made it simple for someone not exactly handy. I simply edge around it to prevent grass and weeds from growing into the chicken wire, though I admit that is a work in progress. Of course with anything larger than a suburban garden, this is quite an undertaking, but with the additional mammals in that kind of setting, perhaps more necessary.

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A garden and fencing go hand in hand regardless of where you live. That's a given. Varmints are everywhere and a garden is an open invitation to them.

Any garden area can be effectively fenced if you think outside the box and can be quite attractive (if necessary) with a little imagination. Expense of the one-time investment is relative to what you are losing if UN-fenced in both produce and time and effort on the garden.

Dave

My garden is right y my deck and patio and would not look good or produce a lot of shade and be pricey I would need about 400 linear feet. I doubt anyone can catch a rabbit in a have a heart trap - I never have.

Wire does not produce shade, and maybe you could just fence in what the rabbits eat--for me, it is beans, peppers, and okra.

Agree that fencing doesn't shade anything and in many cases isn't even visible except up very close as it tends to blend into the plant foliage.

So what do you see as the solution to your problem?

The photo of your garden in your other thread looks very easy to install some low, attractive fencing IMO. It could also eliminate your squash on concrete problem by letting you trellis it up off the concrete. It may not eliminate your rabbit problem completely but it would certainly reduce it. Especially if you've only seen 1 rabbit.

Dave

Well, if you don't want to fence your garden and are unsuccessful trapping the rabbit, then you can either learn to live with some damage or you can get yourself a pellet gun. I'm certainly not an advocate of breaking laws (either city ordinances or hunting laws) but rabbits (and squirrels for that matter) aren't exactly endangered critters and can be major nuisances at times. And yes, I know I am going to get some flack for suggesting this....

Rodney

Sometimes, rabbits like apples.

I got the pellet gun and a dog. Success!!