Guess what we found while doing yard work in the early Spring? We found a nest under one of the pine trees. There was a lot of fur, no mama, and one dead baby bunny (it looked like a broken neck and a recent kill because the body was limp). Not far from the nest we found two babies hiding and scared silly. So I now have two little girls exclaiming "no mama" in a way that you know it relates to them. Being placed in this predicament, Karl said to pull out the brooding box we made last year and put them in there.
So added to our already busy days of soccer, we were now caring for orphaned baby bunnies.
Every day they gave them fresh clover and water. The bunnies were being tame for awhile, but Karl and I noticed they were starting to get rambunctious. The two were starting to jump and reach about 2 inches from the top of the hutch. We knew we needed to let them go.
After a few weeks of explaining how they are wild animals, they are not babies anymore (grow faster then people), and they were not happy being caged, they agreed to let them go.
To make the transition even more difficult, it was a rainy day. This was showing their inner turmoil as they let them go. Bella choose an area near the wild parts of our land behind the fort. She felt it would give lots of cover and food as they readjust to being wild bunnies again.
Then guess what happened, we found another nest, only this one was not abandoned as we saw momma coming to a fro to care for the babies. After this picture, the next day, the nest was empty. Either momma bunny moved them or a wild animal got them. But now the girls think all the wild bunnies are their bunnies.
