Releasing Rayna's Rabbit... Well, sometimes I am too much of a pessimist! I tiptoed outside last night to check on the baby bunny and there she was sitting up alert inside the dog kennel...hopping about, looking right as rain. Not the lethargic, state of shock, bleeding little rabbit from a few hours earlier. Her wound was no where to be seen...maybe she had licked the blood off her fur? And she was moving around fine.

Early this morning I did some internet research on wild bunny care. I found a very informative site and was able to determine from their information that this little cotton tail was probably already weaned and would stand the greatest chance of survival if released back where we found her either at dusk or dawn. It was already a while after dawn (around 6:15am), but we locked the three dogs up in the garage (where they remain even now) and Rayna and I took the bunny back to the place where Rayna had pulled her out of Shanachie's mouth and released her. I think she probably WILL survive.

(This is how Rayna came outside this morning after I had told her to get dressed so that we could release the bunny. She was still in her jammies, but she had put on a bracelet! She couldn't find any matching shoes (or any socks for that matter), so, she made do! ....Quite the early morning fashion statement!)













(Releasing the rabbit...see it down in the corner...amazing how well they disappear into even the shortest grass!)  ¶ 5/26/2006 05:38:00 AM