Thumper almost had a room-mate!!

[always quiet]

If you've been on the boards for awhile, you know Thumper's "tale". We have the same problem every spring since Thumper joined our family just about 3 years ago (can it possibly be this long!! ). Sabrina, our cat, knows that bunnies belong inside in the house. That is where she knows Thumper lives. She has caught wild cotton-tail bunnies in the past (which is what Thumper is) and has always brought them to me. She never hurts them...just carries them like she would a baby kitten. I guess she thinks she is helping me. Well, yesterday afternoon I hear a scurrying in the bushes directly next to where I am sitting outback. I look over and see the little bunny hopping away, with Sabrina walking around behind him, gently tapping his bottom, "herding" him over to me!! I tell her quickly to leave the baby alone and it hops off under our deck and back into its' nest. They make their home there all the time (the adults live there all winter). They must sense that they are safe there. I just wish the cat would understand that Thumper is not having a room-mate!!

 

[gradtchr]

LOL!! I love it!!!!

Growing up we had a family of bunnies that lived under my parents shed. We had a border collie mix who was definitely a herder. Anyway Daisy adopted this family as her own and took it upon herself to guard and protect those bunny rabbits. One day I was looking outside and noticed that Daisy was laying down in the yard on her side which was not a normal thing for her so I went out to check on her (she was mainly an indoor dog) and when I got near I saw that she had all the babies curled up by her tummy. I went back in and watched and the Momma bunny came back gathered up her kids and took them back home. Daisy apparently was the babysitter of choice.

 

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[Pooh93]

 

[always quiet]

Love the story gradtchr!! You should see Sabrina every night when I bring Thumper out at night...I hold Thumper up close, the cat jumps in my lap and she rests her head on Thumper's bottom. At times, I feel like Mother Nature!!

 

[gradtchr]

My Simba loves when I get the bunnies out. I still have one and Oreo is his favorite. He will go jump down the hall and play with Oreo and chase but never rough house. He's a hoot when Oreo is in his cage too he will go try to pet him and Oreo will try to pet back. Now my Pooh Bear is terrified of rabbits and if one was out he would go to the highest available location with huge eyes and a meow of terror.