# Should I relocate the bunny or mow over his new house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388 "2007-05-09T14:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/21 "2007-05-10T13:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=Neptunian Slug] I think I will try. I suppose if I get most of the yard, I can hold off the lawn police for a little while. [/QUOTE] Tell them that that high tuft of grass in the middle of your lawn is an artistic statement. With bunnies. You do have an artistic license, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/22 "2007-05-10T15:28:56Z")
As I said before, you should be able to mow very close to the nest without disturbing the young. That is what I did last night. On a tangential but related note my neighbor traps rabbits in his yard in a live trap and relocates them out of town. He told me he once caught a cat and a rabbit in his trap at the same time. By the time he checked it there was very little left of the rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/23 "2007-05-10T16:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Also, **Terrorcotta** , **Omega Glory’s** spelling of your name made me realize I’ve always read it wrong. [/QUOTE] Oops, sorry Terrorcotta. I’ve (obviously) been reading it wrong too. I wonder how many other people I’ve misnamed in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/24 "2007-05-10T16:28:22Z")
There have been threads about how we pronounce Doper names in our heads and I am one of the worse since I don’t bother with all the letters substituting a mumble of sounds. I would never have thought I could be one of the mis-pronouncees but I admit my joke is subtle. So as not to hijack the thread - Hooray for the non-mowed bunnies! They make fine lawn ornaments. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/25 "2007-05-10T22:07:54Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] Tell them that that high tuft of grass in the middle of your lawn is an artistic statement. With bunnies. You do have an artistic license, don’t you? [/QUOTE] Yeah, I think the township charges a $15 a day license fee. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/26 "2007-05-10T22:17:04Z")
[QUOTE=Neptunian Slug] So is there a way to lure this creature out of the yard for a new minutes so that I can safely mow? [/QUOTE] Carrots? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/27 "2007-05-11T14:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=Terrorcotta] I know wild bunnies can be pests, I remember a saying about planting a garden - remember to plant double for the wildlife - but they are still a member of the ecosystem that’s all. [/QUOTE] Sorry if I strike you as out of tune with the ecosystem because I eliminate some pests - including rabbits who set up housekeeping in the middle of my lawn or certain portions of my planting beds. I use mousetraps and squish (at least some) bugs that venture into my house as well. And last year I was bad enough to aggressively go after some carpenter bees that found my cedar siding tasty. I cut wildlife considerable slack. In fact, I’ve planted and provide food, water, and shelter for various wildlife. Just decided to draw a few personal lines - however un-natural. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/28 "2007-05-11T14:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] It is unpleasant. But there’s no denying that bunnies are huge pests. They will eat your garden, make a mess, and invite more back every year. Suddenly your lawn is filled with holes that are easy to trip over. And **Dinny** is right when he says they are abominably stupid, so it’s hard to deal with them in humane ways. I would do my damndest not to kill them but I don’t fault others for doing so. [/QUOTE] This is an excellent argument for keeping a Burmese python as a pet. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/29 "2007-05-11T17:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] I cut wildlife considerable slack. In fact, I’ve planted and provide food, water, and shelter for various wildlife. Just decided to draw a few personal lines - however un-natural. [/QUOTE] We’re cool, I have my limits with the wildlife as well. If it stays outside I got no problems. Move in to the house and we’ll have issues with you at the business end of the can of Raid. I just have a thing for rabbits. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/30 "2007-05-11T20:52:38Z")
I do my best to keep a couple acres of wetlands in good shape, and it more than makes up for the occassional animal that I have to get rid of, because they do a lot of damage. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/31 "2007-05-12T00:10:37Z")
[QUOTE=Jelymag] [QUOTE=Neptunian Slug] So is there a way to lure this creature out of the yard for a new minutes so that I can safely mow? [/QUOTE] Carrots? [/QUOTE] Stuffed with sticks of dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388/32 "2007-05-12T20:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Stuffed with sticks of dynamite. [/QUOTE] Someone really hasn’t been watching Bugs Bunny! But the correct answer is that I mowed around the hole and then used the weedwacker to trim further therefore accomplishing both my aims. Wish I had thought of that before I posted. Frankly, if the rabbit’s kids go out and eat all of the weeds in my lawn then its worth it to keep them around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-relocate-the-bunny-or-mow-over-his-new-house/403388.md?page=1)