| General Rabbit Facts Cottontail rabbits of one sort or another are found in every state in the U.S., as far north as southern Canada and south into Central America. Wild rabbits live an average of 2 years. Full grown, they typically weigh 2 to 3 pounds and are less than 12" long. Wild rabbits will eat your precious flowers and vegetables and can damage trees and shrubs by clipping stems, buds and small branches and by girdling larger trees. Keep your garden and landscape protected with Havahart®.
In order to control damage caused by wild rabbits in your area, Havahart® offers a variety of rabbit control solutions such as rabbit repellents and rabbit live animal cage traps to help protect your yard, garden, ornamentals and landscape from wild rabbit damage.
Rabbit Reproduction In early spring, cottontails begin to reproduce. A female rabbit can produce three or four litters a year, with four to six young in each litter. Over a period of five years, a single pair of cottontails and their kin would number around 350,000.
Rabbit Habitat Wild rabbits prosper in a variety of habitats, as long as an abundance of natural cover to hide, nest and eat is available. Cottontails are most active at dawn and dusk.
Rabbit Diet Wild rabbits are herbivores. Their diet is 90% grass. They will eat almost any type of vegetable in the summer. Grasses, broadleaf weeds, garden crops, beans, peas, cabbage and lettuce are all foods of choice. In the winter wild rabbits will eat tree buds, twigs and bark. Havahart® offers the rabbit control you need, such as repellents and humane rabbit traps. Enjoy more success with your rabbit trap thanks to our bait suggestions. In addition to repelling or trapping rabbits, we also offer helpful exclusion tips, another effective method of rabbit control. |