Baby Bunnies!

Yesterday morning, Jayson noticed a bunch of fur in the back yard and went outside to check it out. He found four dead (or almost dead) baby bunnies. It was a horrible sight. The girls were immediately curious about what was going on, and we spoke in code as we tried to figure out what to do. Lydia was completely freaking out, wanting to go outside and see what was going on, and I finally told her, "It's a dead bunny and it's really sad and I don't want you to see it." That was enough for her.

But then, Jayson found the nest and told me there were two or three more bunnies in there that were alive. I went online to figure out what to do and found a website that said to put stuff over the nest and leave it overnight and if it hasn't been disturbed, the nest has been abandoned. So, that's what we did.

This morning, the nest hadn't been disturbed. So, I made a couple phone calls and found a place that took abandoned bunnies. I went out to the nest with a paper bag and some old T-shirts and tried to figure out how I was going to get the bunnies out. The were delicate and wiggly and I didn't want to hurt them. I was able to get them out and into the bag once I realized they weren't going to bite or scratch me. They kept coming, too. There were six total. Once I had them in the bag, I let the girls pet them.

"They're so little and cute!" Lydia squealed. I asked them if they wanted to hold one, and they both held out their hands, so I first gave one to Lydia, then one to Audrey. Audrey freaked out and threw her's back into the bag. Luckily it landed on the soft T-shirts. We put the other one back in the bag and then washed our hand. We drove out to the animal rescue place and said our good-byes.

Audrey was very matter-of-fact about it. "The babies are at the hopsital (her pronunciation), and the mommy is dead and the daddy is dead. I droppeded mine because I thought it would bite me. That makes me sad."

Lydia was more dramatic and told me all the way home that she missed the cute little bunnies and cried herself to sleep, "I just miss those bunnies so much." Awww. She asked if we could go visit them, but I told her that they would get healthy and then live outside again. I told her we could go visit bunnies at the pet store, and she seemed OK with that.