but if we act all shy, it’ll make it ok, make it go away

there is nothing craft-related in this post.  i just wanted to share with you the insanely adorable baby bunny i found shivering on the sidewalk this morning!  i know i shouldn't pick up wild baby animals because it will smell like me, but it was on the sidewalk & i didn't want either:
a) a college student to try to keep it in their dorm room.
b) a high school student to mess with it.
so i took it over to the little lawn next to the library where i know a family of bunnies lives because i've seen them there before.  actually, they live all over campus & i'm guessing this one wasn't far from home, but home had just been ruthlessly landscaped.  oh, it's so cute!  it didn't really move around when i picked it up & held it, but once i tucked it under the bushes it set about cleaning its face & hopped around a bit:

it was still there when i went for coffee, but i'll check on it again at lunch.  i'm kind of worried about the little guy, but it is a wild bunny & seems big enough to fend for itself.  i really didn't want to let it go, i wanted to hold it or take it home, but that didn't seem right...  right?

update:  by the end of the day the bunny had scampered off & i haven't seen it since.  i did a little research & leaving it was the right thing to do.  it wasn't an infant , it wasn't injured & it has only a 1% chance of survival if i brought it home!  it was possibly old enough to be on its own or it's mother came looking for it in the night & i didn't move it very far from where i found it.  i still keep an eye out for it every time i walk by.

Comments

[usuallyquiet]

I can empathize with your experience. You should check on the bunny often and if he doesn't seem to doing well, you should take him home or to a rescue shelter...I wish I had done that when I tried to rescue a wild animal. * smile *

[Cammie Larence of Aptos]

hi !

I know someone who does cottontail rescue. She can guide you about how to care for the bunny so that you can release it back in to the wild. The bun has now been separated from his mother and probably won't survive without your help.

please email me and I'll get you in touch with the person I know.

dutchbunny@myway.com
or
clampizza@hotmail.com

Its pretty urgent that you start working with the bunny right away.

Cammie

[Jessica]

i have a baby bunny that is can fit in the pom of ur hand like this one in the pick... i dont now wat i can feed it can you help, its a wild bunny...