We were outside on Saturday and we were gardening when we heard some chirp-like sounds. At first we thought it was bird in the tree with there clipping until we spotted a tiny bush move. There were 5 bunnies! We didn't want to disturb the nest. The next morning we saw the neighbors cat sniffing at the nest and when we looked around the nest the bunnies were dead and we lost hope until we found one lucky survivor in the nest! We knew that we had to do something so we waited until my mom would come to the nest and feed the youngster (we had to wait for the mom because the milk is so rich that if we gave it Kitten or Goats milk there was a change it wont survive. Around 11 PM the mom came to feed the lucky bunny. But it stood in place. About 5 minutes later she ran quickly away. We didn't know why until we saw the cat creeping towards the nest. We ran outside and squirted around the cat (not on it) with water and it ran away! (Yay! Haha) And a hour later the mom came to feed and then when she was done we took the little fellow inside and let him sleep in this small den-like pen.
Now that it's getting older it's going to start wondering around and we worry for it. So we are going to call a rehab center to see if there is a Cottontail mom there so it can adopt it. Let's cross our fingers!
When we first found them:
Here is a picture of the lucky baby bunny from today:
aww, well done for saving it!
ReplyDeleteits extremely cute, will you be making a video on it?
We found someone who rehabs cottontail bunnies and brought the bunny to her on Thursday. Young bunnies need special care and it's best to have them cared for by someone with experience.
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