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Well, i still have the kangaroo rat. She/he is doing quite well. He has his little patch of the planet all fixed up with his "burrow" (a wooden hide box) all stuffed with cotton and tissue and he spends all the daylight hours there. But Tuesday, Maneki Neko (the cat holding Meeko the Ferret) brought a baby (tennisball-sized) desert cottontail bunny home. Totally unhurt. And a female i think. Bunny is doing fine in her "home", eating her fruits, vegetables and seeds with gusto and .... aye, here's the rub ... totally unconcerned when the cats choose to sit atop and on the side of her aquarium. She has a kleenex box to run into should she become alarmed, but more and more she just sits there, munching away at her goodies. I have named her Ziziphus, the immortal, to honor her and also because (since the fertility of bunnies is rarely in doubt) a fitting name for "my" little bunny. I am expecting to release her when she gets about softball size. |
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| | From:  yllohc | Sent: 7/21/2008 9:45 PM |
| I think that is what I saw one morning when I was in Alamogordo, they must have been young ones cause they were tiny but they hopped and didn't act like mice I have seen. I rescued them from the apartment office area before they saw them and decided to set out traps. I couldn't pick them up so I just herded them out the door. They were adorable. |
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On Tuesday night, Sept. 2nd, i gave Ziziphus Bunny her freedom. We had a wonderful cuddle before. (Well, to me it was wonderful; to her, being a wild creature, i think her calm was a defense mechanism. But i digress ... ) I know that keeping her caged is wrong. I know she wanted freedom. But i worry .... will she miss all the good food? Will she do well outside? On Wednesday evening, i saw a bunny near where i released her. The bunny wasn't too nervous, although she did hop off when i came near. I saw the bunny again Thursday. I've been leaving a little dish of carrots, zucchini, apple, pellets and hay for her .... Say a little prayer that she does well and is happy. |
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Awwww. Maybe Ziziphus Bunny will do like Vivan, and live next to your house. I'm sure your cats will continue to recongize her smell and treat her like family. Did you ever take her picture? Many prayers for her to have a long happy bunny life.  (My first dm's black bunny Napoleon used to stand up in his open house pen every night for me to kiss him goodnight.) |
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Prayers and cuddles for Ziziphus Bunny. Cuddles to you, too, Ballet.  |
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Prayers for Ziziphus. I hope she has a wonderful life. (((Hugs))) to you Ballet for being kind to our wild furries. |
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Ballet, you did the right thing. It feels bittersweet. I raised 2 great horned owls from babies in the 80s and released them above the skeet range on Camp Pendleton. There were many ground squirrels there and I thought they'd have a chance at survival. Six months later, I was at the range at night and they were there. I called them in and they came to me. They wouldn't come to anyone else, though. It was a great feeling to know they survived on their own. |
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Jt, owls are wonderful! It must have been great having them come to you when you called. I love owls! |
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| | | From: kathyh3 | Sent: 9/7/2008 11:30 PM |
Jane, that is so cool about the owls! Dear God, please watch over Ziziphus Bunny as she makes her way in the world on her own. Thank you for letting Ballet find her and take good care of her. |
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It was very cool to raise them. I don't think the DM would take as kindly to it these days. In those days if the hall bathroom door was closed when he got home he'd ask me what was in there this time. lol. Ballet, you have such a big heart to take in all this wonderful creatures. You will be rewarded one day. Although it may be reward enough to know you helped them. |
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| | | From: kathyh3 | Sent: 9/14/2008 9:50 PM |
My DM doesn't take kindly to anything. We have a borrowed dog house (where the rooster used to sleep) in the back yard in case anything needs shelter during the winter and he was complaining about it today. He says we don't need any more animals.  |
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Just being able to hold and stroke the head and ears of a soft little bunny for a few minutes is often reward enough! |
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My bunny Napoleon loved to have his nose stroked with the back of my finger. Have you seen Ziziphus Bunny? Kathy, our dms must be twins. |
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Yes, i believe i have seen Ziziphus Bunny. There is a bunny her size that is often in the area where i placed her. This bunny is not as afraid of the cats as the others and also not a skittish around me. |
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Ballet dear, I'm so glad she is staying close. You did the right thing - I don't think a wild bunny could ever be content as a house bunny. Bless you for being a good wild parent. Our Napoleon came from a (gasp) bunnies-for-food home. He was the runt of the litter (hence his name). He loved having the run of the house. But I didn't because he chewed all the electrical cords. He had a 4x2 pen we made, lined in newspaper, with a litter box in one corner. He didn't talk but he communicated. If he wanted fruit, he tore a scap of paper and put it in his fruit dish; if he wanted more rabbit pellets, he tore a scrap of paper and put it in his food dish. Pretty smart. |
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I had Ziziphus Bunny in my "Wabbitat". She would have made a wonderful house bunny in that she ALWAYS used her litter box! I was surprised at that for a wild bunny. But i knew she would never be happy as a house bunny, and she would also be lonely as a house bunny. Last evening, there was a sharp-shinned hawk hunting doves and quail in that area. I think the hawk is too small to eat bunny, prefering the birds. Ah, the Circle of Life is not easy ..... |
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