Please don’t poison the vermin either. Yeah, we are being over run by rabbits. Cute little easter-esque hoppies that lope around the neighborhood sampling anything green they can wrap their rodent incisors around. I have seen them nibbling the rug juniper of all things.
I suspect the neighbor behind us. He has a garden in the low section of his backyard. Fenced, guarded, a thing of great pride apparently. And since said neighbor so nicely threw a tree branch that MAY have fallen from the damn hybrid poplar onto their yard, back into ours, well, I figure cranky is their first response to any crisis. I long suspected them of poisoning the groundhog that lived under our shed. And, now, putting two and two together I think they poisoned whatever curled up and died under our deck. (inaccessibly too I might add)
When you poison vermin they don’t just “go away.” They go somewhere and DIE. And after they die, they ROT. And when they rot they STINK to high heaven. For the inaccessible body under the deck I was able to cram enough quick lime down the cracks between the boards to hasten decomposition and dampen the smell. We avoided the shed for a bit when the groundhog passed (and were appalled that a new tenant moved in so quickly, ick) But now? The bunnies are dropping like flies and attracting them too.
And, it’s not just the foul smell, it’s the fear that some child or pet is going to inadvertently ingest the poison too. I have a feeling mister cranky pants just doesn’t care.
