ctenidae
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So, here's one for consideration.
A local rabbit has deposited a litter of kits in the middle of our back yard. Not a good place with lawnmowers and two small children.
Should we:
A) Leave them alone. Cycle of life and all that, and what happens, happens. It's not our fault if she had them under the hammock, which moves regularly for lawn mowing and grass preservation purposes. Bonus is, potentially 5 fewer yard-digging-up, tomato-eating hawk baits running around.
B) Put some sort of marker around the nest to keep small children and lawnmowers out of the way, and let nature run its course, unimpeded by man-made obstacles. Call it 50/50, what with hawks, rain, and cooler temperatures, that we have a new crop of yard- and tomato-destroyers running around.
C) Move the nest a short distance to be under the kid's slide, protected from rain and hawks, and build a miniature campaign tent to provide additional protection from rain, wind, and small children, as well as an added layer of protection from hawks and larger predatory animals that may be around. Downside, virtual guarantee that our tomato crop will be decimated next year, and our back yard will look like NASA's new lunar rover testing ground.
I'm sure you can guess what we've already done...
A local rabbit has deposited a litter of kits in the middle of our back yard. Not a good place with lawnmowers and two small children.
Should we:
A) Leave them alone. Cycle of life and all that, and what happens, happens. It's not our fault if she had them under the hammock, which moves regularly for lawn mowing and grass preservation purposes. Bonus is, potentially 5 fewer yard-digging-up, tomato-eating hawk baits running around.
B) Put some sort of marker around the nest to keep small children and lawnmowers out of the way, and let nature run its course, unimpeded by man-made obstacles. Call it 50/50, what with hawks, rain, and cooler temperatures, that we have a new crop of yard- and tomato-destroyers running around.
C) Move the nest a short distance to be under the kid's slide, protected from rain and hawks, and build a miniature campaign tent to provide additional protection from rain, wind, and small children, as well as an added layer of protection from hawks and larger predatory animals that may be around. Downside, virtual guarantee that our tomato crop will be decimated next year, and our back yard will look like NASA's new lunar rover testing ground.
I'm sure you can guess what we've already done...
