Gassing Rabbits

[1888andybhoy 7]

Hi lads,

 

My uncle has been asked to get rid of rabbits on a farm near him he has been asked to gas them. He was wondering what to use to gas them and how much per hole ?

 

I dont want arguements on here i just need advice for him.

 

Regards

Andrew

[Ideation 8,216]

Sickening. How many rabbits and where abouts - i guarantee someone would sort them for you and that way you wouldn't be wasting all that meat.

 

 

Jai.

[1888andybhoy 7]

Sickening. How many rabbits and where abouts - i guarantee someone would sort them for you and that way you wouldn't be wasting all that meat.

 

 

Jai.

 

Thats what the farmer wants so thats what he gets. Cant let the farmer down or my Uncle will lose his permissions. Do any of you know what to use to gas them ?

 

Andrew

[farmerkev09 104]

ferret the set and show the farmer your results i am sure he will be pleased to see them belly up what ever way they have been court

 

farmer

[1888andybhoy 7]

ferret the set and show the farmer your results i am sure he will be pleased to see them belly up what ever way they have been court

 

farmer

 

 

Also is it legal to gas foxes ?

 

Andrew

[farmerkev09 104]

it might be but i dont class it as sport and i certainly dont class it as hunting

 

 

farmer

[Malt 379]

it might be but i dont class it as sport and i certainly dont class it as hunting

 

 

farmer

 

Who said anything about sport or hunting? Can't people fecking read, this section is titled - Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control.

[stubby 175]

unless your uncle has the correct certification for gassing rabbits, and I guess by your questions he has'ent, then he cant carry out this job, he will need to either tell the farmer this, or find someone to do the job for him, it wont be "FREE" as certification and aluminium phosphide costs money

 

also, as stated, its illegal to gas foxes or badgers, so great care must be taken as they maybe living in close proximity to rabbits

 

follow up treatment can be carried out a week or so later, on any reopened holes, and retreated

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Andrew wait till the back end then come and borrow a load of ferrets off me!

Go and have a day or a few days sport and solve the problem at the same time.

 

Gassing rabbits should only be considered if its a real problem on a fairly small scale.

And technically its illegal to gas foxes.

 

FTB

[trapperman 474]

as stubby says you need to be trained to use aluminium phosphide and you need to show you have been trained in order to buy it ie a copy of your certificate with a written order saying what you are using it for aswell.

 

so without training your uncle wont be able to get the stuff to do the job

 

a training day for phosphine is only about £75 i did mine with essex environmental they run day courses quite often all over the country.

 

but gassing is`nt cheap about £25/tub plus vat plus special delivery plus application equipment, i think some snarings in order much cheaper.

[stubby 175]

Ive deleated the last three replies, seems certain numpties cant read, this is the pest control section, no need for "bad language" or boasting about non legal forms of pest control, plenty of that goes on in the other sections, so go do it there, if you cant leave sensible posts to the above question, then simply dont

[1888andybhoy 7]

Ive deleated the last three replies, seems certain numpties cant read, this is the pest control section, no need for "bad language" or boasting about non legal forms of pest control, plenty of that goes on in the other sections, so go do it there, if you cant leave sensible posts to the above question, then simply dont

 

 

Thanks very much mate. I was ignoring him tbh. Thanks for the advice on foxes i wasnt sure but it wont be happening if its not legal. And as for rabbits i will tell him he has to be licenced.

 

Thanks very much mate.

[ecostorm 2]

I cant agree more with stubby, do it the fun way mate and try to talk the farmer round. I'm B.P.C.A qualified and do gassing on a regular basis, believe me it's not good!

[1888andybhoy 7]

I cant agree more with stubby, do it the fun way mate and try to talk the farmer round. I'm B.P.C.A qualified and do gassing on a regular basis, believe me it's not good!

 

 

Ok thanks very much mate i will tell my uncle. FTB has offered me to go over and get a couple ferrets off him so i might do that in the future. I am tryin to get permission on an estate for the rabbits but the guys the typical posh old person. " oh i dont know i will get back to you" and never gets back to me .

 

Andrew

[Ideation 8,216]

Didnt i get deleted and ignored for suggesting this? All i was saying is that the guy was worried about loosing the permission to hunt rabbits if he didnt gas them all which i thought was kind of counter logical. But maybe i'm mising something - ferreting (in season) is efficient, safe and cheap as well as FUN.

 

Sorry if i upset you Andrew.

 

Jai.