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Rabbit proofing - chicken wire - hole appeared!
a1154
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Found a hole in my chicken wire today - well the dog found it actually. I cant belive a rabbit was motivated enough to create a hole. i cant think what would do this, any ideas?
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Surely a rabbit would rather dig under chicken wire than chew through it?
Have you never seen "The Curse of the Wererabbit"! It's a documentary made to look like an animation so as not to terrify the population.
Usually a rabbits foot is very lucky but its teeth are bucked.
Its new(ish) gardens, so not much on either side. So...only culprit could be a very motivated or confused rabbit?
Nope, none of the above. How odd, i had heard they can dig under a wire fence, but not bite through it.
Wow! Is that a real pic? Is it a huge rabbit or a really small Sheltie?
The hole is indeed about rabbit sized. But a normal rabbit.
Large type of show rabbit called a Flemish Giant - love them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've had the same problem - they will chew through the wire, especially if there's hedging or rocks the other side. If you garden is neat and you are able to - you can put a single strand wire electric fence around the edge bit to be honest they are a pain and always going to get in somewhere. Best off protecting anything precious with an inner defensive ring then trying to keep them out altogether.