Short of taking a shotgun to the furry critters who are chomping my tulips, what can I do???

[Jacksmania]

F*cking bunnies are chomping my tulips!!!
Yes, they're adorable but I didn't spend money out the wazoo buying dozens of Queen of the Nights to feed them!
I dumped loads of cayenne pepper on my flower bed Sunday night. Didn't seem to stop them. What, bunnies with a taste for Mexican??

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Desperate bump

::Clasps Jacksmania to her ample bosom, covered at the moment by a rather grubby gardening apron::

First, congratulations on your choice of tulip. I luuurve Queen of the Night. The only thing that I've ever found even 75% effective against the dreaded squirrel is putting a layer of chicken wire over the bulbs before I fill the pot with compost. If your tulips aren't very far along you could maybe try that, but there's a risk that you'll damage the shoots which would be a Bad Thing. Did you put gravel on the top of the pots - that also seems to deter them a bit.

The Royal Horticultural Society has advice here, but it's not much comfort. Under UK law, you can shoot them or whack them over the head, but you can't drown them or release them into the wild.

Doh. I can't read. My (tiny) brain saw squirrel but we're talking about ickle fluffy bunnies. More advice from the RHS here. Again, the gist is get busy with the netting or Jacksmania Get Your Gun.

No help but you have my sympathy. I planted a lovely selection of native wildflowers, which are meant to be good for butterflies and bees. Unfortunately, they looked just like an all-you-can-eat salad bar to the bunnies.....

Sometimes, I just count the benefits of urban living. Then again, I have today had to remove fox poop from the top of one of the pots of tulips. This is the second time the fox has used a flowerpot as a commode. Euch.

Maud, could you post me the fox poo? Amber suggested fox poo as a deterrent on my other page :o (I can't imagine following a fox around and asking it if it would kindly poo in a baggie :o).

I'll swap you your bunnies for the farking badger who has wrecked my lawn

Jacksmania - There are many things I am willing to do for my friends, but filling in a customs declaration to say "contents of parcel: fox doo-doo" isn't one of them!

Can you imagine the Customs Officer's expression? He'd probably think it was code for something :o

Move to the isle of man- no badgers, squirrels, foxes or moles. And myxomatosis fortunately/unfortunately depending on your viewpoint. I don't get rabbits in my garden, perhaps because it is a walled garden (no, not grand!)
To stop my cat using my newly dug beds as a litter tray I did put wire (big chicken wire type stuff) on it and the plants just grew through. So I second comeintothegarden's suggestion.

No advice and sorry to hijack but thanks for making me laugh you lot . My Westie has a knack of finding and rolling in fox poo. Maybe you should get one of them to help!