ELECTRIC FENCE / LAWN

[SHELCO]

Huge rabbit issue.
Has anyone installed some sort of electric fencing. I've looked at several setups that plug in and run the charged wiring around several parameters

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I'm thinking about putting it on a timer to come on a 10pm and running to 6 am so I don't zap the local dog etc. Looks like I can run it around twenty bushes, lawn and back . My biggest issue I can't find how it connects at end, a ground pole?
No comments about sprays,bb guns. I could make fur rugs for someones home i've got so many

 

[Kaizen]

the ground is at the charger in a DC setup. I've never seen AC in this type of setup. The entire wire is exposed and cannot touch the ground. Waste of time imo for rabbits. I use a havaheart trap this time of year and move them a few miles away to better wooded area. They are out of control here. The micro bunnies just started showing up. On the good side I have way more hawks and other prey birds around now.

 

[JeepYJ]

The end of the hot wire just ends wherever you want it to end. The ground connection on the fence charger is connected to grounding rods driven in the ground.

 

[rlitman]

I installed one around a koi pond. The red terminal connects to your charged fence (which must be insulated from ground). The black terminal connects to a ground rod. A piece of metal driven into the ground should be fine.

However, I was under the distinct impression that Nuralagus rex was long extinct.


If you do really have a legitimate "Huge rabbit issue", the fence charger you found should work for reasonably small fenced in areas. For more run of the mill enshittocene rabbit species, I would suggest choosing a fence charger that's pet safe with a whole lot less energy.

 

[SHELCO]

I installed one around a koi pond. The red terminal connects to your charged fence (which must be insulated from ground). The black terminal connects to a ground rod. A piece of metal driven into the ground should be fine.

However, I was under the distinct impression that Nuralagus rex was long extinct.


If you do really have a legitimate "Huge rabbit issue", the fence charger you found should work for reasonably small fenced in areas. For more run of the mill enshittocene rabbit species, I would suggest choosing a fence charger that's pet safe with a whole lot less energy.

I guess 'huge' can have several meanings. I have replaced $5k worth of bushes and plantings so far because the rabitts this winter were able to destroy eveything up high due to large snowbanks. And The upright u's were badly damaged also.
I was going to run the charged wire back and forth 25 feet several rows high through the insulated 1 foot high poles they sell.

We can count 20 a night in yards just around walking the block. The damage they are causing is insane

 

[rlitman]

Keep in mind that the wire only works because the animal closes the circuit between the wire and the earth. If snow (or weeds) touch the wire, the electric current will bypass your target pests.

 

[micromind]

Maybe exploding carrots would work........

Seriously, a properly designed and maintained electric fence will very likely solve the problem

Maintenance is important, if the fence wire gets grounded, the rest of the fence won't work.

 

[JeepYJ]

Keep in mind that the wire only works because the animal closes the circuit between the wire and the earth. If snow (or weeds) touch the wire, the electric current will bypass your target pests.

If your charger is powerful enough a few weeds won’t bother it and it will still give them a good jolt. If there’s a lot of snow the rabbits would just jump over it.
It seems like the op is only going a short distance, not fencing quarter mile long runs.

 

[66Caprice]

If you call Florida department of fish and wildlife I'm sure they would donate some Pythons to help control this Rabbit issue! For me I just wait until the local Coyote come around. They seem to keep a healthy balance on my Rabbit population.

 

[MushCreek]

Hmmm.... High price of meat; huge rabbit population. Some problems solve themselves. I would think the fence would work, and I think the rabbits would quickly learn to avoid it.