Apple, pear, raspberry and gooseberry fruits are sold in the market, but leaves and twigs… Other than that, I have a vegetable garden growing in my compound. A papaya tree, a guava tree, bael fruit tree(Aegle marmelos), tomatoes, the occasional mustard or coriander or mint herbs, capsicum or bell pepper, other than various flowering plants and various shrubs.like Bryophyllum Pinnatum which the rabbit absolutely gormandized on when I once let him loose, and yes grass… lots of it. Though presumably the grass that grows here will be different to the grass that grows in Australia due to climatic variations. There used to be plenty more, however once my neighbor passed, his house and vis-a-vis his part of the garden fell into ruin, literally, which leads me to your next question.

Yes predators are galore. Since the ruin covers a large area, its over run by snakes. To combat the infestation, soon an army of mongoose established its colonies followed by hovering hawks looking for a quick snack of either the baby mongooses or snakes[There was a time when I’d be overly happy to find a baby snake as that would mean a snack for my larger fish or the parakeet I had].

So a rabbit will make a tasty one time meal for any of the three which is the reason I never let it out unattended in the garden. The very fact that it made it to my house unscathed is in itself laudable.

About the digging, I had intended to build the mesh cage around the concrete like barricading a flower pot around the edges. That way the critter can still burrow inside the cage if it wants to whilst being safe from any predators.