Bunnies

So last Friday Duke was outside, I happened to look out to see what he was doing because he had been pretty quiet and that is never good. Well I see that he has something in his mouth, at first I thought it was a mouse, but then realized it was a baby bunny! I freaked out. It was still alive (thank God) I saw that there was another one too. I finally found the nest, it was in our fenced in back yard!! I finally got Duke inside and then thought, ok, what do I do! I have to put them back in their nest! I got some paper towels and scooped them up and put them back. They were so little, eyes not open yet. (See picture above) I Made the nest back as best I could and waited to see if the mom would come back. The 2 he got out of the nest were not hurt too bad, he didnt bite them, no punctures, just a scratch or two.
Well, mama wasn't coming back. I finally looked online and read that mom only comes back to the nest at night and that if you/or your dog/cat do find a nest, and disrupt it you are to put it back the best you can, the mom will come back. It also said to make sure make a tic tac toe board (#) on the nest with sticks and if they are messed up or moved the next day you know she came back...of course i did that! But in the mean time we had to take Duke out on his leash so he didn't go right back to the nest!
The next morning I went to see and yep mom came back! I also heard that if your scent is really strong that she will move them because she might think they are in danger...so there I am rubbing my hands all around the nest area....but the # back on the nest and then waited, thinking that the next day she would have them moved!
Nope, Sunday morning they were still in the same spot! Well, Duke was going crazy because he wanted to just run around the yard and we were going crazy taking him on the leash each time he had to go out(how did we do that for 2 1/2 years I dont know!) so I had read that you can move the nest yourself up to 10 feet away from the original spot.
So I get the measuring tape out and see that I can move it to the other side of the fence! I get my gloves and the shovel out and dig a little hole, then I move them 2 by 2 (there were 7 of them!) over to their new home, I moved as much as the original nesting stuff with them because I wanted the mom to be abel to find them! Again I put the # sign on to see if she found them the next morning. The 2 Duke had gotten out were still alive and healing really good!
Sunday-Success!!! she found them and they were all ok!

It was very eventful and Justin thought I was crazy but I had to save the baby bunnies!!!

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