charlie h

An integrated control program involving the use of several effectice management tools is usually the most cost effective in the long run. eg ferretting, trapping/snaring coupled with harbour destruction and exclusionary fencing. Depending of the circumstances, warren fumigation an poisoning using 1080 or an anticoagulant (pindone)are also very effective. can you poison rabbits in the uk? Please could I have some more info on it? Charlie

having spoken to a few land owners they are running on a three year rotation so trying to get them to see the long term benefits is tricky! However I completely agree that long term they are the way forward, what do you think is cheaper initally but will only reduce numbers that year? Do you have any ideas of costs for a pest controller to do the work? Thank you for your message, no one I know has used forums for reserch before so this could be intresting! Regards Charlie

I know that's the problem, I need to first of all establish a threshold for rabbit numbers, e.g when there are over 20 rabbits a Ha then they need controlling, after that it's a case of finding the cost per rabbit/Ha to reduce the numbers. Do you charge for rabbit control? If so what are the rough prices per hour/day or yearly contract? Or is it worked out by the control used such as snaring a 10Ha field for one week is say £60 a day (£30 a visit) thank you for getting back to me so quickly! Charlie

dear all, i need your help with reserch for my dissertation, i am doing it on: "the most cost effective method of rabbit control" i need everyones opinions, experince and thoughs on which type of rabbit control is most effective and the average costs across the country. any information i could get would be of great help! Charlie