Assess context
Assess context
Rabbit control depends upon the actual context with some indication of the differences being:
- Warrens – should be destroyed using machinery.
- Burrows – can be fumigated using gas tablets.
- Logpiles – should be removed, or burnt under permit.
- Haysheds – can be fenced or netted off with netting dug into the ground.
- Timber floored sheds – can be netted off with netting dug into the ground.
- Shipping containers or assorted materials on the ground – should be raised >40 cm above ground or removed.
- Weeds like lantana – should be sprayed/burnt/removed then any burrows destroyed.
- Rabbits feeding on lawns but coming in from neighbouring properties – cage trapping or Pindone (poison) oats,
- Rabbit entrances - softjaw (rubber jaw) trapping.
- Biological controls (calicivirus and myxomatosis) are naturally occurring diseases that will break out from time to time and reduce rabbit numbers.
Landholders should capitalise on any outbreaks by removing harbour so rabbits find it harder to come back.