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Originally Posted by Dragonlady
Hi all! I finally joined C5, just so I can participate on the Old Fart's thread on my own instead of under With Envy :O) Happy almost Hump Day!  |
Oh God, what have I unleashed upon the world of C5!? Just when we thought the shoes were gone! Well, we only have one laptop between us- So if you don't hear from me for awhile, I've gone off to search the Bermuda Triangle for our lost comrade SSbusdrvr...I'll try to send up a flare once in awhile!
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Originally Posted by RubyCamaro
I guess it is that time of the year zandron263. This weekend Hubby was mowing when 6 tiny bunnies scattered in every directon from out of a nest under the fence by the carport. Also a terrible place to put a nest. We suspect Funny Bunny was displaced from wherever she planned to have then by the garage construction. Mike came & got me & we hurded 2 back into the nest, 2 to a snug spot under the fence & 2 to the neighbor's shrubs. I am not a cat person or a dog person, I am a rabbit person. They were barely big enough to forrage on their own but not very good at speed hopping yet. We watched then the rest of the day but have not seen any of them since then, nor the mother (not a very good mother it seems). I have been more at peace with it than I would have expected. I know they will not all make it nor, sadly should they. This area could not support that many bunnies that would multiply in crazy ways. There are lots of cats, dogs & hawks in the area. Funny Bunny has been around here for quite a while but what will/has become of the bunnies?????????? I would have tried to rescue & take them to our local wild animal rescue facility at other points in my life. Older & wiser? Jaded? Realistic? I'm not sure.
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I was just reading the other day that the mother bunny only visits the nest as little as once or twice a day. And that it's quite normal for the nest to be unattended. Often people will mistake this for abandonment, and take the babies to animal rescue. They get overwhelmed this time of year, and want people to know that the babies are usually better off left alone.