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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:24:22 PM EDT
There is a rabbit that has been running around my yard (3 acres) for about 6 weeks. It is clearly someone's escaped pet.
Is there any way to just catch this one guy? There are dozens of rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, etc., running around the yard every day, so it seems unlikely that I can just put out a trap. He seems to be doing ok. The first pic is from today and he's definitely getting bigger. He's living underneath my large shed, as far as I can tell, though I've seen him in the fenced garden 100 yards away and ducking under the potting shed there, too. I don't really have a problem with him being around. I'm surprised he hasn't fallen prey to one of the local predators.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:27:43 PM EDT
[#1]
Set a trap.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:29:03 PM EDT
[#2]
A Norwegian Blue that one...beautiful plumage!
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:29:29 PM EDT
[#3]
Why not just let it be?
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:29:38 PM EDT
[#4]
You're dethspicable!
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:30:24 PM EDT
[#5]
You all know me.
Know how I earn a living. I'll catch this bird but it ain't going to be easy...... I'll find him for three but I'll catch him and kill him for ten. Ten thousand dollars for me myself. You get the head, tail, the whole damn thing. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:31:05 PM EDT
[#6]
Take pictures..
Put copys on telephone poles. Wait for someone to claim it and let them catch it. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:31:12 PM EDT
[#7]
I'll bet it's tasty in a stew.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:31:21 PM EDT
[#8]
Live trap.
The domesticated bun is more likely to fall for it. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:31:29 PM EDT
[#9]
Whatever you do, don't stick your gun barrel in where you think he's living!!!
He'll just tie it in a bow! |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:35:09 PM EDT
[#10]
I hesitate to suggest this, but perhaps this is a job for the Nextdoor message board.
Maybe you can find the owner to come and retrieve it. Cute bun. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:36:22 PM EDT
[#11]
Put out traps. Put them in choke points where you see him go through. You'll get him eventually.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:39:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:39:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:40:25 PM EDT
[#14]
I've had rabbits for over 20 years. Back in PA we caught a few released (or maybe escaped) domestic rabbits. After Easter many are "set free," usually to fall prey to something.
Generally speaking there is no good way to catch them. Usually they have to be "herded" into a place with no escape. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:40:57 PM EDT
[#15]
Yeah that needs to be trapped. IIRC their fur needs to be groomed regularly.
I would also try Nextdoor and your local Facebook lost/found pet groups to see if anyone is missing that. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:41:01 PM EDT
[#16]
I would find the owner before trying to catch it.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:42:07 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I hesitate to suggest this, but perhaps this is a job for the Nextdoor message board. Maybe you can find the owner to come and retrieve it. Cute bun. Put a pic up on the community Facebook group. Lots of comments, but no one has claimed him. I'll probably just let him be and hope that my one weekender neighbor doesn't have his little grandkids here when the inevitable happens. Though I think he is big enough now that the local raptors won't go for him. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:42:55 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Put a pic up on the community Facebook group. Lots of comments, but no one has claimed him. I'll probably just let him be and hope that my one weekender neighbor doesn't have his little grandkids here when the inevitable happens. Though I think he is big enough now that the local raptors won't go for him. Adopt him yourself. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:46:49 PM EDT
[#19]
Just call his name and maybe he will come to you.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:47:17 PM EDT
[#20]
A box, stick, string, and some lettuce and/or carrots.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:47:37 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Adopt him yourself. I though about it, but I would need to build him an outdoor enclosure. Plus catching it isn't going to be simple My wife has talked about getting a pet rabbit that she would want to be an indoor pet. I think the dog would just consider it meat on the hood. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:47:59 PM EDT
[#22]
One specific bullet?
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:50:35 PM EDT
[#23]
Keep live trapping until you get that one.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:51:55 PM EDT
[#24]
Live trap baited with "store bought" rabbit food/pellets. It is more likely to have a taste for manufactured food than the wild rabbits.
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Posted: 5/21/2022 7:52:25 PM EDT
[#25]
they don't do. well when they get caught in a live trap, the stress kills them
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:04:38 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I though about it, but I would need to build him an outdoor enclosure. Plus catching it isn't going to be simple My wife has talked about getting a pet rabbit that she would want to be an indoor pet. I think the dog would just consider it meat on the hood. Depends on the breed. Most dogs in my house don't care at all about the rabbits. I wouldn't trust a husky but shepherds, retrievers, my AmStaff, and plenty of others coexist just fine. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:14:08 PM EDT
[#27]
Come on Arfcom. So it is a very unique rabbit huh?
. . . . . . Unique up on it! |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:17:09 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote Historythis here, the holy hand grenade of antioch, or a have a heart trap. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:26:55 PM EDT
[#29]
If he’s prospering on his own why not just let him be?
Running free has to be better than living in a hutch in someone’s back yard. Rethought, didn’t take the long hair into consideration. If he was someones pet maybe trying to approach it with food you can get a little closer each day. |
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:27:57 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Come on Arfcom. So it is a very unique rabbit huh? . . . . . . Unique up on it! Dick. I came in to say unique up on it 
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:30:06 PM EDT
[#31]
Count to three and...
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Posted: 5/21/2022 8:31:22 PM EDT
[#32]
We had this happen a few easters ago. Nextdoor might start a neighborhood civil war and shitload of looky loo’s and trespassers.
April 2019.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 9:43:44 AM EDT
[#33]
Let the dog out early this morning and the rabbit was hanging out with a bunch of friends (4 or 5 other rabbits) in the fenced garden area. When the dog startled them they all took off, the black one is too big to fit through the fence so he has to go to one of the gates and go under
 They all came back after the dog came inside.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 9:48:54 AM EDT
[#34]
thats a two step rabbit. a rarely known fact. that particular breed has a poisonous bite. one bite, you take two steps an die. they tend to be very shy and bite only when cornered.
you are forewarned. |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 9:52:56 AM EDT
[#35]
Seriously no one....
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Posted: 5/22/2022 9:56:18 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Come on Arfcom. So it is a very unique rabbit huh? . . . . . . Unique up on it! You know how you catch a tame rabbit?..... The tame way! |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 9:59:35 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Take pictures.. Put copys on telephone poles. Wait for someone to claim it and let them catch it. This is my first thought. If it is someone's pet then you will know how to proceed in catching it. If no one claims the rabbit then you will know how to preoceed if you want to catch him. |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:03:58 AM EDT
[#38]
A banana, a laundry basket, a stick & some string...
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:06:24 AM EDT
[#39]
Is there more than one? Or is it unique? Cause if it's unique, unique up on it.
I'll see myself out. eta dammit |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:10:43 AM EDT
[#40]
Or maybe it's not lost but abandoned..
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:14:25 AM EDT
[#41]
So we can call OP a Fudd on a gun board, and it won't be an insult?!
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:15:02 AM EDT
[#42]
I have a pet indoor rabbit and sometimes imagine him outside hopping on grass and living his life. Sometimes I feel bad for him.
If he's looking healthy and hanging out with rabbits I'd just let him be. He's having a much better time than locked up with kids petting him. |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:22:44 AM EDT
[#43]
Harry! Trudy!
It had a name! It had two names! |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:23:54 AM EDT
[#44]
22lr and a slow cooker.
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:24:27 AM EDT
[#45]
This is a job for Wiley E. Coyote.
He's a supergenius!! |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:25:10 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A Gonkulator is what you need. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/24334/Gonkulator_jpg-2392281.JPG The German model is vastly superior. |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:31:05 AM EDT
[#47]
I might be way off base with this idea... I'm really not sure.
I've tried putting out various foods my wild bunnies might eat. I think that they may not recognize it as food. Pet bunnies however, might. You could try putting some typical pet bunny food in a trap and set it out where you see him a lot. YMMV |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:33:17 AM EDT
[#48]
Shoot every rabbit until you get the one you want?
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:35:24 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You know how you catch a tame rabbit?..... The tame way! Exactly! We had a German lop that someone abandoned near us last year after Easter. The only way we were able to catch it is by being quiet and sneaking up on it in a way that it did Nazi us coming. |
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Posted: 5/22/2022 10:35:59 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why not just let it be? Because it’s delicious!! 
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