Genny
03-23-2007, 11:50 PM
This is about a little baby rabbit that I only knew for a very short time. I don't even have a picture of him.
I found this little baby rabbit last night around 12:30 am. My cat was trying to kill him, so I brought the baby inside. I cleaned him up and put him in a dog carrier I use to keep my poodle in when we were house training her. I put warm paper towels, hay and some warm cotton in with the baby and I also gave him fresh water with some carrots, rabbit food and a piece of apple. He didn't eat any, so he might have been too afraid. I thought he was going to go into shock, as you know lots of baby rabbits will and they usually die, but he didn't. He hopped around and could walk really well. I planned on getting him strong again and then releasing him in the wild after he grew a little more.
He had a gash where the cats had clawed his little back leg, and it was pretty deep. His tail was also ribbed half way off. It was so sad, but he really tried to hang on. He was very friendly and last night when I posted asking if anyone could please help me out with him I held him in my lab and pet his soft little head.
Today I got up around 8am and went to check on him and he was fine. I had to leave around 3pm to go to town and I hated to leave him, but I had to have bird food for the birds, so I went ahead and went to town. I was gone a few hours and when I got back he was gone. I miss him so much!
I know I only knew him for a short time, but it really bothered me tjat he died because I really loved him. He was so young and didn't deserve to die the way he did. I guess the cut was way deeper than I thought and he was already in too much pain to hang on any longer.
i just wanted to share this because that little rabbit was a special one. I cried and cried when I found him, but I kknow I'll always remember him.
I found this little baby rabbit last night around 12:30 am. My cat was trying to kill him, so I brought the baby inside. I cleaned him up and put him in a dog carrier I use to keep my poodle in when we were house training her. I put warm paper towels, hay and some warm cotton in with the baby and I also gave him fresh water with some carrots, rabbit food and a piece of apple. He didn't eat any, so he might have been too afraid. I thought he was going to go into shock, as you know lots of baby rabbits will and they usually die, but he didn't. He hopped around and could walk really well. I planned on getting him strong again and then releasing him in the wild after he grew a little more.
He had a gash where the cats had clawed his little back leg, and it was pretty deep. His tail was also ribbed half way off. It was so sad, but he really tried to hang on. He was very friendly and last night when I posted asking if anyone could please help me out with him I held him in my lab and pet his soft little head.
Today I got up around 8am and went to check on him and he was fine. I had to leave around 3pm to go to town and I hated to leave him, but I had to have bird food for the birds, so I went ahead and went to town. I was gone a few hours and when I got back he was gone. I miss him so much!
I know I only knew him for a short time, but it really bothered me tjat he died because I really loved him. He was so young and didn't deserve to die the way he did. I guess the cut was way deeper than I thought and he was already in too much pain to hang on any longer.
i just wanted to share this because that little rabbit was a special one. I cried and cried when I found him, but I kknow I'll always remember him.