I've tried it all and they just keep coming back.

I've trapped 5 adults over the last year and caught 3 babies by hand and am still losing the battle, I also have two dogs that can keep up with them for 5 or so laps around the yard.

I will be looking into motion activated sprinklers next, that would be my recommendation.

Can you take a picture of the damage they are doing?

Do you like Jack Russell terriers?

Here are several pictures, some upclose showing the rabbit poo. All of those bare spots are because of wild rabbits.

Unless your rabbit population has some strange disease that is making their excrement extremely toxic, I think something else is going on.

I am not an expert but to me it looks like it may be a fungus, or cutting to close, etc. but not caused by the rabbits,

While large animals like dogs could cause something similar, it would be in a small spot less than 12" in diameter. Even with larger animals, it would take a herd staying in the same spot to get the effect that you are seeing.

Agreed Krnuttle.

Rabbits will trim your grass for you but shouldn't be causing this type of damage, not that i'm aware of in my area at least.

Agreed with both above. When I first saw this, I thought "fungal or cultural." I'm leaning toward fungal, given the patterns.

Rabbits, unless starving, won't damage a lawn noticeably. And if starving, they're going to clip it down to the ground, not leave dead stuff behind.

I've read the Bermuda Bible, but we just moved in 2 1/2 weeks ago so I haven't been able to apply much.

I wouldn't say we are in a drought but it has been a hot and dry latter part of the summer. Since being in this house it has rained once and it was a torrential downpour for 30 mins. I am sure it mostly ran off. My ground as most would expect, is hard as rock. I have watered a few times for a long periods of time instead of frequently, like most have mentioned on these boards. I only had time to water half of my yard last saturday am and then the following sunday morning I finished the other half ( before I did the latter, I applied baby shampoo to test to see results). SO, My yard is MOST definitely in need of water, theres not doubt about that. After the shampoo application and about 60-90 minutes of water I could push a screwdriver 6 inches easily in most spots. In summary, I am watering for long periods of time ( normally do the screwdriver test to see when to stop, anywhere from an hour to hour and a half) once a week. I do wonder If i should include one more day in between to get the grass greener.

* Fingers crossed* we may have a late afternoon shower rolling in here shortly, and if it approaches closer i'm going to apply the baby shampoo to the rest of the yard. It is also forecasted to rain tomorrow. So, regardless I'll either apply it tonight or in the morning before leaving for work.

As far as fertilizer, I haven't put any down. Our builder gave us a 1 year sub to trugreen. They do 6 applications throughout the year. I do want to put fertilizer down, but I am hesitant because I don't know what I'm doing!

Right now, I mow twice a week, at 2in. As i'm afraid of scalping. I just finished mowing this evening, so I'll post pics of the whole yard at the end.

I have not had my soil tested.

I live in Braselton, Georgia.

The above picture to the top left is one area I applied the baby shampoo Sunday Morning.

Better picture, of the same area applied with baby shampoo Sunday Morning

I posted these 3 photos to show where the neighbors irrigation overspray hits my yard. As you can see, the turf looks considerable better along the edge that meets their property.

Bare in mind, I know little to nothing about lawn care. I've read hours on here and other places to learn how to better take care of my yard. I think its obvious to me, my yard is super thirsty. I wonder to get it to where I want it, if I should apply one more long watering a week until it recovers some. Like I said, rain has been non-existent the last month.

Also, I realize you guys may think its something else where the bare spots are, but I have watched the rabbits sit in these areas and come back to them daily. I have to run them off!! Regardless, I respect your opinions and hope I do not have a fungus or any disease.

Sorry for the long post, but wanted to get it all out there!

One more thing, The Bermuda was laid in March. Would you guys need a closer look of the blades to tell me what type of bermuda this is? I asked the builder, but of course he had no idea...........

You have done a lot of reading. Thanks for doing that.

If it was laid as sod then it is 99% chance of Tiff 419, one of the best turf grasses you can get. Now let's keep it nice. I would still like a close up to look for signs of disease. Take one from about 3 inches away and where there is both brown and green blades. That would be near the fringe of the brown/green spots.

The first picture shows what looks like a big patch of disease to the right side. It could also be insect damage. To eliminate that possibility dig up a square foot in the middle looking for grubs. If you find fewer than a dozen then the problem is not grubs. If you find a gross, uncountable mass of them, then you have a problem. If you don't have grubs you likely have a disease. I suspect when it was put down the frequent watering went on too long or was coupled with heavy rains that kept the soil too wet for too long.

I still want to ignore the bunnies for now. You have much bigger issues to address. If you still have a bunny problem after getting everything up to speed, then we can address that.

Here's the 1-2-3 of general lawn care. I would suggest memorizing the Bermuda Bible and taking what you can from the 1-2-3.

Basics of Lawn Care

After reading numerous books and magazines on lawn care, caring for lawns at seven houses in my life, and reading numerous forums where real people write in to discuss their successes and failures, I have decided to side with the real people and dispense with the book and magazine authors. I don't know what star their planet rotates around but it's not mine. With that in mind, here is the collected wisdom of the Internet savvy homeowners and lawn care professionals summarized in a few words. If you follow the advice here you will have conquered at least 50% of all lawn problems. Once you have these three elements mastered, then you can worry about weeds (if you have any), dog spots, and striping your lawn. But if you are not doing these three things, they will be the first three things suggested for you to correct.

1. Watering
Water deeply and infrequently. Deeply means at least an inch in every zone, all at once. Infrequently means monthly during the cool months and no more than weekly during the hottest part of summer. Do not spread this out and water for 10 minutes every day. If your grass looks dry before the month/week is up, water longer next time. If that does not work, then you might have to water more than once per week during the summer's hottest period. Deep watering grows deep, drought resistant roots. Infrequent watering allows the top layer of soil to dry completely which kills off many shallow rooted weeds.

You will have to learn to judge when to water your own lawn. If you live in El Paso your watering will be different than if you live in Vermont. Adjust your watering to your type of grass, temperature, humidity, wind, and soil type. It is worth noting that this technique is used successfully by professionals in Phoenix, so...just sayin.' The other factors make a difference. If you normally water 1 inch per week and you get 1/2 inch of rain, then adjust and water only 1/2 inch that week.

2. Mowing
Every week mulch mow at the highest setting on your mower. Most grasses are the most dense when mowed tall. However, bermuda, centipede, and bent grasses will become the most dense when they are mowed at the lowest setting on your mower. In fact there are special mowers that can mow these grasses down to 1/16 inch. Dense grass shades out weeds, keeps the soil cooler, and uses less water than thin grass. Tall grass can feed the deep roots you developed in #1 above. Tall grass does not grow faster than short grass nor does it look shaggy sooner. Once all your grass is at the same height, tall grass just looks plush.

3. Fertilizing
Fertilize regularly. I fertilize 5 times per year using organic fertilizer. Which fertilizer you use is much less important than numbers 1 and 2 above. Follow the directions on the bag and do not overdo it (unless you use organics in which case you may overdo it without fear of hurting anything).

At this point you do not have to worry about weed and feed products - remember at this point you are just trying to grow grass, not perfect it. Besides once you are doing these three things correctly, your weed problems should go away without herbicide.

RABBIT PIE KILLS GRASS!!! THEY LEAVE YELLOW DEAD GRASS WHERE THEY PEE. I SPRINKLE CHILE AND PEPPER ON THE GRASS TO KEEP THEM AWAY BECAUSE THEY SNIFF MORE THAN DOGS BUT OF COURSE IT WASHES AWAY WHEN YOU WATER. Recently my gardener told me there is rabbit resistant grass. I'm going to buy the seed and plant over my grass.

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I ve never noticed rabbits eating on bermuda..I have had a few but they were eating on a weed..I am pretty sure it was the dandelions green leafy part..You could see where they nibbled on it all the way down..I since removed them and havent seen any rabbits since..Ive never had any damage to my bermuda like you have.

As I mentioned before, and now I have a couple more years of living here...my area is literally hopping with bunnies all the time. There are several lawns where people take more care than others, and I don't see the hares bothering them. They seem to stick to the prairie grass areas.

I have not seen rabbits peeing in the area, so I don't know how it differs from dog pee. I have a feeling it is much more concentrated than other mammal pee just like their pelleted poop is much more dry and concentrated than a dogs is. Their systems are designed to conserve moisture better than most other mammals. But in any case I would still try applying table sugar to rabbit pee spots.

I can verify the rabbit pee spots are a thing. They will sit in one spot for the night, just peeing & pooping in a single spot. It's really annoying.

I have the same problem and I do not know what to do. I have tried Rabbit Repellant with not luck. They are eating my Bermuda and making bare spots. I assume the pee is burning the areas since they stay on the same spot for quite a long time. I noticed when they eat they yank the grass from the roots. My house is 6 month old and this is my first summer but my lawn seems neglected and deteriorated due to these creatures.

Jorge, please start a new topic with pictures of the lawn and damaged spots. The best garden pictures are taken on cloudy days. Also please mention where you live and what you have tried to deal with the lawn issues.