RE: Baby bunnies

This is normal! They don't stay in that nest but 24 hours ... most times
less.

A few years ago, I came home to find one in the train construction layout.
By the time I went in the house to get my camera- they were scattering! 

I put a few pictures up here:

http://snipurl.com/ns8m

in size they were only a couple of inches - think of those blocks at 8
inches in the picture. 

These little guys hide everywhere for months and I am betting they are still
in Chris yard they are just hard to find cause they are so small. You can
almost step on them in the grass cause you don't see them till it is too
late-- hence, my lawnmower got a few.

So Chris, have you seen any hawks, snakes or foxes in your yard- they would
all go after your bunnies in this zone, most other animals
wouldn't...assuming Romeo didn't.

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Cathy Carpenter
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:32 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies
> 
> We had a bunny nest under the thyme plants last year. My dear
> departed Jason alerted me to it, but was easily distracted since the
> smart little things did not move. Momma rabbit must have been in the
> vicinity though, because they were gone the next day. I figure she
> moved them, since the nest itself was intact and completely undisturbed.
> 
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> 
> On Mar 17, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey 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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