Yet another bunny update

[donutsweeper]

You guys sick of these yet?

The bunnies left the nest first thing Tuesday morning, but apparently haven't gone far. This guy was hanging out by the back door when I returned from walking Molly and Mama Bunny has been by the past two days and I've seen her nursing the little ones (I've only spotted 3 babies out and about at one time, there were seven in the nest, I assume the others are around). By the way, if you're curious, bunnies nurse when on their backs, half under the mom, with their feet kicking in the air as they nurse.

Anyway... here's the little guy, on his way to being a grown up bunny.

Comments

[royalladyemma.livejournal.com]

Simply precious!!! You are so lucky to be able to watch them grow up safely. Are they wild bunnies or domestic rabbits? Can you pa the mummy bunny?

When I was a kid, I had a little veg patch in the big garden, and when it was getting colder at night, I covered my tomato plant -- yes, one plant but it was still covered with tomatoes that ripened every day -- and one morning I pulled back the old blanket so they could get some sun and there was a little nest of baby field mice!! They weren't even as big as my thumb!

I covered it back up, but when I went back a few days later, they were gone -- mummy had moved the somewhere safer and definitely more private!

Good luck with your bunny babies!!!! Please keep the pix coming!!!!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

These are wild bunnies. I did pet the babies once or twice when they were in the nest (which I probably shouldn't have done, but they were so cute!) but I'd never even try it with the mama bunny, I'd never be allowed close anyway.

I'm not sure if I'll get many more pictures, and those I do will probably be taken through the window so won't be great, but eventually I'll get the shots I did manage off my camera and make a huge picspam of them all.