Rufus
Mama Doe
As posted before, Alexa gave birth to an unexpected litter on Sunday evening.
On Tuesday morning, I found one kit in the litter bin, ice cold but alive. I put it back with the others. That evening, it was OK, but there was one bunny missing.
Next day, another one was missing. I got suspicious, thinking she might have eaten her kits and decided to leave them be. However, next morning I found out there were only 3 left.
Yesterday, I got home from work and was sitting at my desk, my OH was standing next to me and he suddenly cried : "there's a baby in the garden" I ran outside and where my roses are, next to the run, was indeed a baby bunny. It was alive and I hurried it back to the nest.
The hutch was closed and locked, so how did baby bunny get into the garden?
Option 1 : on purpose or by accident thrown through the bars by mum
Option 2 : had been taken by a cat when mum was outside for a while.
Option 2 could solve the mystery of the missing bunnies, this one that we found in the garden had a guardian angel with him.
So I put mesh on the bars, moved the buck indoors and put a blanket on the hutch to make sure she had privacy.
This morning I had a quick look and saw things move. I did not open the nest.
Later I went to feed Alexa and looked again to find one kit was a bit removed from the nest. I put it back and counted 4 again.
So you see, I'm completely dazed and confused and could not bring myself to go to work.
On Tuesday morning, I found one kit in the litter bin, ice cold but alive. I put it back with the others. That evening, it was OK, but there was one bunny missing.
Next day, another one was missing. I got suspicious, thinking she might have eaten her kits and decided to leave them be. However, next morning I found out there were only 3 left.
Yesterday, I got home from work and was sitting at my desk, my OH was standing next to me and he suddenly cried : "there's a baby in the garden" I ran outside and where my roses are, next to the run, was indeed a baby bunny. It was alive and I hurried it back to the nest.
The hutch was closed and locked, so how did baby bunny get into the garden?
Option 1 : on purpose or by accident thrown through the bars by mum
Option 2 : had been taken by a cat when mum was outside for a while.
Option 2 could solve the mystery of the missing bunnies, this one that we found in the garden had a guardian angel with him.
So I put mesh on the bars, moved the buck indoors and put a blanket on the hutch to make sure she had privacy.
This morning I had a quick look and saw things move. I did not open the nest.
Later I went to feed Alexa and looked again to find one kit was a bit removed from the nest. I put it back and counted 4 again.
So you see, I'm completely dazed and confused and could not bring myself to go to work.