Are these RABBIT pellets

General Fruit Growing
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Hi all,

Can anyone identify these droppings?

I was unable to go to the orchard for 2 1/2 weeks. During that time there was a generous “fruit drop” of which the local furry residents took advantage.

Must have been quite a buffet because i found these on the floor in the rows. Can anyone I.D. these? They are the size of small peas or kernels of corn. The photo seems to make them look bigger that I remember

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They are not deer because the place is fenced so it has to be something that can climb over or get through some small openings in the fence.

The benefit seems to be that there is hardly any damage to hanging fruit.

Thanx

Mike

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Sure looks like rabbit poo to me.

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I would try to find where the rabbits coming and get that fixed before winter, because they can do quite a lot of damage gnawing on trees, especially younger trees.

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I think it is rabbits. (But I’ve not seen kangaroo poop, lol.) Baby goats could be…but I’m guessing you don’t have those inside the fence as a pets.

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Probably best to start with a taste test for a proper ID! :slight_smile: If they taste like your garden, I would say rabbits.

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Sure look like rabbit poops to me.

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Pretty sure it’s rabbit.

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Yup!

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Thanx all for the confirmation.

I know exactly how to get rid of the population of rabbits that discovered my fruit buffet.

Mike

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How? :blush:

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My guess is a bang

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EVIL GRIN!!!
:grin::slight_smile::shushing_face:

Voles, & maybe rabbits killed 4 of my trees last winter

Mike

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Those pests are horrid arent they… I fence every tree for rabbit and deer we have millions, but voles/groundrats are harder to deal with seems like an endless supply…

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Looks like a good place to set a trap since he seems to be coming often. Pretty easy to make. Capture and release somewhere far away
Dennis,
Kent,wa

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Far away, like over in your neighborhood if I catch some in mine?

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”
probably should apply in release of trapped animals, don’t you think?

Or is it…“too bad, I got rid of my problem”?

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@DennisD

Who said anything about capture, much less release?

Releasing in a new territory is NOT kindness to the animal.

It is a self congratutory feeling we humans seem to need.

Mike

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Ok nature lovers let the rabbit roam! Tried to help, no good deed goes unpunished! Besides there are probably many places the rabbits would like to escape to, use your imagination!

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I have an aunt that likes rabbit stew…if I blast one, might donate it.
Mostly the hawks and the coyotes and foxes get 'em here, I don’t have a rabbit problem.

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@DennisD

:worried: Wasn’t bashing you…

Please understand, I am not a sadist and take no pleasure in killing a rabbit but I don’t lose any sleep over it if I have to. Nature took care of the species, after all she designed them to “breed like rabbits”

BTW, a roach has as much right to live as a rabbit. Most people who would argue to relocate a rabbit don’t make the same heartfelt appeal to relocate a roach.

Its just that we humans have an affinity for the warm, cuddly furry things.

Whether a rabbit or a roach, if either becomes a pest, I need to dispatch it it in the manner most efficient for ME. If relocating works better I will relocate; if someone offers to come to my place to trap and remove, I would not object. I don’t hate them, I just need to (not want to) eliminate them from this part of my existence as quickly as I can.

Mike

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Rabbits are a delicacy in Egypt. I love their taste, but the wild ones are gamy. I trapped one a few years ago and it ended being our dinner, but my young kids were not thrilled about it lol… I thought of trying squirrels, but family wouldn’t have touched the meat of a glorified rat :joy::joy:.

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