By The Way Jg, I Want To Remind You To Save All The Lovely Bunny Waste As It Makes Terrific Fertilizer For The Garden....so Do Not By All Means Let It Go To Waste:d I Would Love Some For My Garden, I Am In The Midst Of Ageing Some Chicken Manure At The Moment, It Will Burn The Plants If Not Aged, It Is My Understanding That Bunny Pellets Are Less Likely To Burn The Plants.

But Anyway Your Pa-in-law Would Probably Love Some Free Fertilizer! If Not Ya' Can Always Mail Me A Box :d I'm Sure The Usps Would Love Us!

Bunny poo is, indeed, one of the few manures that can do directly into the garden without burning plants. Among the others, btw, are llama (hmmmm. Do yas think we could have it shipped up from South America?).

Chicken is the worst, and has to be aged or it will burn plants badly.

>We have more problems with groundhogs than anything. <

Shouldn't be a real problem, Janie, as there are lots of varminters who'd be glad to get rid of them for you.

And, lawd, you want to talk about good on the table! Don't sneer. Groundhogs eat the same things as cows, and their meat tastes just like range-fed cattle. And their hide makes some of the toughest leather available. Early explorers and settlers preferred making "whangs" (think string) our of it, because it was so strong.

lol I mail the package and tape a dozen car air freshners to the outside of the box.
His cage has a pullout tray underneath where I keep clumping kitty litter. Helps keep down any smell. When he is out he uses a litterbox like a cat. Inside the cage he has a large litterbox that I make into a bed for him by padding it with cotton towels and old tshirts. He is so fat if he didnt have the bed he could get sore feet and that would not be good.

Groundhogs are sneaky. That thing would leave the garden every time Jon's Dad tried to slip the door open or crack a window to get a shot at him. They take out an entire bunch of green beans at a time. He finally got him but it took like two weeks. He had to just sit out there and wait for him.
Jon's aunt set a trap to get something that was eating her garden. She got a skunk in the trap :eek: She had to get her son to shoot it to get it out of the trap.
I have heard more than one say groundhogs are good eats. My father in law told me about one old guy he used to work with who tried to cook one in the microwave at work once. He said that didnt work out well for him or the microwave..lol

Hi KYH,

Maybe you will know, how does rabbit taste? I do not mean wild rabbit but rabbits raised for food purposes? I am debating wether or not to get a few, and since they do multiply rather quickly. I am just thinking about the fertilizer, and the meat, and the fur, well there could be alot of good reasons to raise them.

Would really appreciate your input on this!

Cathy