that I could sympathize with a rabbit.
Yes, it's another post about the rabbits.
I thought that the babies might have left their nest, but a couple days ago, I saw them again. (and took more video of them nursing) Well, last night the Mommy Rabbit came up as usual (about 8:45). She cautiously entered the flower bed and proceeded to move around and smell things. She also kept a good eye on me. Well, after sniffing around for a while, she left the flower bed and sat on the sidewalk. Every once in a while, I would check to see if she was still there...and she was always looking at me. Well, she sat...and sat...and sat. I thought that she was just waiting for me to go away, so I eventually quit looking (around 10:00). I figured that she fed her babies after it got dark and I was good and gone.
Well, tonight when I got home from shopping around 10:00, there she was...sitting on the sidewalk. She moved a little before I got out the car, but she never left. I checked a little while ago and she was still sitting in the same place. Now, nobody was looking at her tonight...nobody to make her extra cautious. It makes me think that her babies are gone. I don't know how babies usually leave their nest...if they just leave when they're ready or if they somehow tell their Mommy or if they leave with her. But her just sitting there gives me the idea that they're gone and she doesn't know where they are. It makes me sad. It's like she's missing her babies. I sure hope that, if they are gone, they're ok. I hope they weren't found by some not so nice animal. :(
So...here I sit...sad for a Mommy bunny.
2 comments:
That's a very sad post, Jennifer. Can you investigate the flower bed to see if they are still around or would that ruin the nest or something. I am sure you could find out the habits of bunnies somewhere on the internet.
Things online say that the babies are ready to leave the nest when they are 3-4 weeks old. Our babies are probably that old. However, they don't say anything about the Mommy sitting around longingly each night.
I checked this morning and the nest is empty. However, it's possible that the babies are still hiding somewhere in the area.
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