Re: Baby bunnies

Chris, how CUTE, and Donna, eeeeeewwwwwwwwww isn't that upsetting?
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Andrea
Beaufort, SC Zone 8b
raider843@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/17/2006 6:51:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies
>
> Karen was right--- that mama bunny had to get in that
> way! :)
>
> Better stop at the store and get some rabbit fence and
> line your "stock plants" tent tonight.....
>
> BTW, I have baby bunnies yearly here (sigh), and those
> babies will be up and moving in a couple hours. They
> kinda look like mice at first when they first start
> moving around. Betting they won't even be there by
> tomorrrow morning... and by Sunday they will be
> nibbling on your.....
>
> Good thing you don't have to mow the grass, I always
> get a few that way- they just don't realize they have
> to move when the lawnmower is coming when they are
> young.
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> --- "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Spring is definitly here!
> > 
> > Despite nighttime temps in the lower 20s, the signs
> > are all around us here.
> > Plants are popping up overnight, buds are breaking,
> > and the birds start
> > chirping first thing in the morning.
> > 
> > The best sign yet is one that Romeo uncovered just a
> > few minutes ago.  He
> > seemed inordinately interested in one of my sedges,
> > so I called him away
> > and went to see what was there.  
> > 
> > It looked like a dead animal of some sort, so I
> > pushed away a big mass
> > of fur with a stick only to uncover five tiny little
> > baby rabbits.  They
> > were so young that their eyes hadn't even opened
> > yet.  Romeo managed to
> > move one out (but didn't hurt it), so I put it back
> > into the nest with 
> > the rest.  They're so warm and soft (but not very
> > hairy yet).
> > 
> > I wnated to take a picture, but I also didn't want
> > to disrupt them too
> > much.  It's cold out there and I'm sure their nest
> > was much nicer.  :)
> > 
> > Now I need to figure out how to put a cage around so
> > that Mother Rabbit
> > can get in, but Romeo can't.
> > 
> > So much for a rabbit-free yard!  Once they're big
> > enough I guess I'll
> > chase them out.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> >
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