Several months ago, there was a tiny little bunny that seemed to be living under our greenhouse. A couple of times I would go out with the dogs and that little rabbit would scare me half to death. Once evening he ran out and went right between my feet and Cooper. I think it scared us both.
I never saw a mom or siblings. If I go more than a couple of days without seeing him, I get concerned but every time I tell Vince I haven’t seen him in a day or so, he will say “I saw him this morning!” I think he mostly stays inside our fence so hopefully that’s about as safe as he can get. There are birds of prey so . . nothing is guaranteed.
He isn’t nearly as afraid of us as he used to be. He’s much more tolerant of the dogs and me, though I think he’s figured out that the dogs are on a leash and not going to get too close to him.
I did have to zoom in to get the picture because I’ve gone out several times trying to get close enough to get a good picture and just when I was almost close enough, he would run.
Between the rabbit, the cat and the mice, Cooper goes out in full hunting mode. He thinks he’s going to catch something . . oh . . we are about to be overtaken by moles too. I keep telling Cooper and Oscar that getting rid of the moles is their job . . it’s in their genes, but I think they’re really just looking for a playmate.
Nancy H says
Last year in about March we found a nest of bunny’s had been born in one of our flower pots. We only saw mom one time. They would be alone all day and mom would come at dusk. They leave the nest at about 21 days and she never feeds them again. They are so small to begin with. I learned that only about 10 % of the babies make it to a year. We would see a couple of bunnies at different times all summer. Just this week we saw a tiny bunny near the chicken coop eating chicken food. Our chickens are free range so the coop is open during the day. The rabbits have about 4 liters a year and I can see why with their survival rate. We live in the suburbs but have coyotes and birds of prey and lose rabbits to cats and cars.
Deb says
I feel sorry for that little rabbit, although he’s found the perfect house to live at! We had a cat who ‘adopted’ us — but only for food & water, and I put a small dog house under the deck with a heated pad for it to stay warm on. When we sold the house I made sure the owners knew about the cat arrangements we’d made. Let them know she also hunted on the property so it kept the mice, rat and mole population down. We also had a HUGE possum I saw one day on the deck – so he obviously was eating the food, too. We had a fenced yard so the cat was relatively safe — although we also had skunks, fox, and a small family of mountain lions in our immediate area, so I was never completely at ease about it. Our last house was in the foothills and not only did we have mountain lions, but also a bear. We called him “Fast Eddie” (because he was so slow moving) and we knew he’d been in the neighborhood when the neighbors cameras caught him on camera taking a drink from their fountain….he was a regular visitor. Made me very glad that he only came around in the wee hours of the morning!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I feel sorry for the rabbit too. I wish he had a family. He lives under the greenhouse though he may not be so happy when I start using the greenhouse. We had mountain lions in Texas but, as far as I know, we didn’t have a bear.