how to keep rabbits out of the yard?

[Anonymous]

I live in Bethesda on .1 of an acre. I have a tiny, sloped yard with a lot of shrubs, ivy, etc and little grass. Since I have only a small grass area, it is where my kids play. Today I went outside to get the lay of the land since the snow has finally melted, and the grass is covered - I mean covered - with rabbit droppings. The droppings are in clusters but there is literally a cluster every 6 inches - way too many for me to pick up (I guess I will have to rake it all up). No way can I let my kids play on the grass now.
Does anyone know of a (humane) way to keep rabbits out of my yard?? I have a dog and obviously is scent is not a deterrent to the rabbits.

[Anonymous]

Marigolds. Rabbits hate them. That and some serious fencing.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure they are rabbit droppings? Deer droppings look a lot like clusters of rabbit droppings.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure they are rabbit droppings? Deer droppings look a lot like clusters of rabbit droppings.

Yup. I've got a ton of deer crap in the yard right now. Looks just like rabbit poop, except slightly larger and a lot more of it.

Little, neat pyramids of deer poop ....

[Anonymous]

Free fertilizer. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

op here. glad I am getting some responses - thank you! I am 98% certain these are not deer droppings - in part bc the droppings are tiny, but more so because I have never seen a deer in my neighborhood - I live near River Rd and Western Ave - tiny lots, no deer, lots and lots of rabbits. Unless someone has an idea, I think it is impossible to fence out the rabbits from the yard on the whole because the other aspect to my neighborhood is that the lots are not perfect flat rectangles but instead are irregularly shaped and sloped - so we do have fencing but there are going to be small gaps between the fence and the ground in places due to the slopes and rabbits can flatten themselves to get under the tiniest cracks. Thanks for these ideas - I will plant from marigolds but I don't think I can ring my property with them.

[Anonymous]

We have tons of them here in Clarendon.

They particularly love all the clover in our yard.

They are so damn cute. My kids have named them.

They play leap frog--4 or 5 at a time and it's hilarious to watch.

The droppings are gross--but neighbors dog eats it for us--yuck!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have tons of them here in Clarendon.

They particularly love all the clover in our yard.

They are so damn cute. My kids have named them.

They play leap frog--4 or 5 at a time and it's hilarious to watch.

The droppings are gross--but neighbors dog eats it for us--yuck!!!!

We also have many fox spottings so thinking natural selection may solve this issue.

[Anonymous]

Get a fox?

We live not too far from you and we've got rabbits too but they seem to be cyclical. We will have them for a couple of years, then they will disappear for a couple of years. Not sure why. But the dog does chase them so that helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marigolds. Rabbits hate them. That and some serious fencing.

Nope, rabbits like to nest in the marigold beds at my house.

[Anonymous]

They certainly don’t like having pellet guns fired at them.

[Anonymous]

Fix the holes in the fence. With chicken wire etc.

[Anonymous]

We use Repels All Animal Repellent to keep squirrels out of the garden. Has worked so far - last year they ate all my tomatoes, and so far my tomatoes have not been eaten. I reapply it every 1 to 2 weeks.
It’s just granules of various herbs/spices that rodents don’t particularly like. Won’t hurt to try.
https://bonide.com/product/repels-all-animal-repellent-granules/

[Anonymous]

I don’t know who made the poop, but you definitely have deer there. A lot of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marigolds. Rabbits hate them. That and some serious fencing.

Nope, rabbits like to nest in the marigold beds at my house.

+1. they eat all my marigolds.