I’ve never gotten calls for rabbits until this year. Never trapped them. How do you guys go about it using cage traps? I assume it’s difficult to bait a vegetarian animal into a trap when the whole yard is food to them…

WCS had rabbit bait and lure, I’ve never tried it. Non targets would probably be caught too?

Thanks for input

I caught a few using carrots and lettuce. I think I used celery at one point too

Most cage trapping will catch some non targets even when you are forced set trapping.

I always caught some opossums when working rabbit traps even using so called target specific lure and baits. All animals are curious and opportunists.

Add a new presentation and odor they will investigate it. I have caught some jumbo opossums and a few coon in our wooden box traps. So big they could hardly fit inside and not a chance for them to turn around in the trap.

So what’s your go-to? Carrots? Lettuce, apple?

apple is what ive had luck with. try all of the food and make a salad and throw that in the cage

yeah apple too, I forgot about that

I used salted apple slices in a live trap this winter and got rid of the rabbits eating our raspberry bushes. Worked great.

Set the box traps/cages with a cover to offer protection from above/sides, leave the back open. Stake the cage to prevent a predator/neighbors cat/dog from rolling the cage.

I set the travel ways and put cover over the trap and some grass on the bottom. Look for their trails or entry and exits points and set those- like a ground hog but smaller trails. Use double door traps.