Fostering a baby cottontail

[trystinn]

This Fall, a friend brought us this little cottontail bunny that her cat caught. We kept Lucky in a hamster cage for almost a week so she could recover before letting her go and live under the backyard blackberry bushes. We've seen her a few times since then and hope to see her with a litter of her own this spring.

Safe in Josh's arms:



"Checking for injuries:



Ready for freedom, the morning we let her free:

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Comments

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Talk about cute overload...its the feet that slay me.

[wild-heart.livejournal.com]

When kitties bend their rear feet down, I call 'em "bunny feet." You're right - that's the killer.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

About every other month, I have to trim the fur on the bunboys feet so it doesn't dred. So I stretch out on a recliner, put the bunny on his back and sort of hold on to him with my legs and trim their feet.

Mostly, they ignore it as I give them a nice piece of dried papaya to chomp on. But its probably one of the zaniest situations I find myself in, and that's saying something around here.

Trimming bunnyfoot fur. Something that doesn't work on your resume.