Rabbit repellents

Any herbivore repellent can be tested. Good choices are commercially available deer or rabbit repellents. 

Use Fungicide, rodent poison, deer and rabbit repellent. 

Products and Uses A fungicide, rat and mouse poison, deer and rabbit repellent. Used as a pesticide and wildlife deterrent. 

Repellents Tested with Animal Attractants. Numerous methods have iavolved the use of animals as attractants, foUowed by evaluation of repeUents as skin treatments or attached cloth treatments, often against crawling arthropods such as fleas, ticks, and mites. Animals such as gerbUs, guiaea pigs, camels, mice, shaved rabbits, and hairless dogs have been used, particularly when the toxicity is unknown. 

Uses Vulcanizer seed disinfectant rubber accelerator rabbit, deer and rodent repellent bacteriostat in soap. Protective fungicide applied to foliage to control Botrytis spp. On ornamentals, lettuce, soft fruit, and vegetables Venturia pirina on pears. Also used in fields and orchards to control birds, rodents, and deer (Worthing and Hance, 1991). Prevents infestation of... 

Repellent Repels insects, mites and ticks, or pest vertebrates (dogs, rabbits, deer, birds)... 

Predator odors are also effective area repellents for lagomorphs. A rabbit warren sprayed with an extract from lion feces had as many as 80% fewer animals than before the treatment and also fewer than a control warren. Adult rabbits stayed away from the treated warren longer than young ones. The effect lasted up to 5 months (Boag, 1991 Boag and Mlotkiewicz, 1994). 

REPELLENT. 1. A substance that causes and insect of animal to turn away from it or reject it as food. Repellents may be in the form of gases (olfactory), liquids, or solids (gustatory). Standard repellents for mosquitos, ticks, etc., arc dtronella oil, dimethyl phthalatc, w-butylmcsityl oxide oxalate, DEET, and 2-ethyl hexanediol-1,3. Actidione is the most effective rodent repellent, but is too toxic and too costly to use. Copper naphthenate and lime/sulfnr mixtures protect vegetation against rabbits and deer. Shark repellents are copper acetate or formic acid mixed with ground asbestos. Bird repellents are chiefly based on taste, but this sense varies widely with the type of bird so that generalization is impossible. G -Naphthol, naphthalene, sandalwood oil, quinine, and ammonium compounds have been used, with no uniformity or result. 

Uses Thiram is a dimethyl dithiocarbamate compound and appears as a white to yellow crystalline powder with a characteristic odor. Thiram is used to prevent crop damage in the field and to protect harvested crops from deterioration in storage or transport. Thiram also is used as a seed protectant and to protect fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, and turf crops from a variety of fungal diseases. In addition, it is used as an animal repellent to protect fruit trees and ornamentals from damage by rabbits, rodents, and deer. Thiram is available as dust, flowable, wettable powder, water-dispersible granules, water suspension formulations, and in mixtures with other fungicides. Thiram has been used in the treatment of human scabies, as a sunscreen, and as a bactericide applied directly to the skin or incorporated into soap.17,50,52... 

Most deer repellents are also effective against rabbits. Some gardeners report that used cat box filler sprinkled on the lawn around ornamentals deters rabbits. Since effectiveness wears off after about a week, you ll need to replace the litter often, especially after rain. 

Toxicology LD50 (oral, rat) 2800 mg/kg, (skin, rabbit) 470 mg/kg mod. toxic by ing., skin contact, and IP routes large doses may cause CNS effects (excitation and depression) toxic by skin absorption causing CNS effects experimental reproductive effector Hazardous Decomp. Prods. CO2, CO, NOx Uses Synergist in insecticides to increase insecticidal effect of pyrethrins, pyrethroids (esp. allethrin), and rotenones usually used with piperonyl butoxide stabilizer in repellents for personal use... 

Toxicology LD50 300 (oral, rat) mg/kg, (dermal, rabbit) > 1000 mg/kg irritating to eyes Environmental Nontoxic to bees Uses Fungicide, repellent... 

Camphor, a bicyclic monoterpene, is extracted from the woods of Cinnamomum camphora, a tree located in Southeast Asia and North America. Furthermore, it is also one of the major constituents of the essential oil of common sage (Salvia officinalis). Solid camphor forms white, fatty crystals with intensive camphoraceous odor and is used commercially as a moth repellent and preservative in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics (Wichtel, 2002). In dogs, rabbits, and rats, camphor is extensively metabolized whereas the major hydroxylation products of d- and L-camphor were 5-endo-md 5-ex -hydroxycamphor. A small amount was also identified as 3-e do-hydroxycamphor (Figure 8.2). Both 3- and 5-bornane groups can be further reduced to 2,5-bornanedione. Minor biotransformation steps also involve the reduction of camphor to borneol and isoborneol. Interestingly, all hydroxy-lated camphor metabolites are further conjugated in a Phase II reaction with glucuronic acid... 

Alfalfa saponins are hemolytic they also interfere with vitamin E metabolism and are believed to be one of the causes of ruminant bloat." Alfalfa saponins are reported to be fungitoxic, antimicrobial, insecticidal, piscicidal, and taste repellent to rats, swine, and poultry, while attractive to rabbits. 

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