Dr. Doolittle..aka...Kevin ...*UPDATE* Day 3..PICTURES ADDED

[K & L]

Day One:
The other evening we were on our last feeding stop at the park. Kevin put the last pile of food down and started walking away when a chick, (baby chicken, not the real thing), started following him peeping away. Kevin sprinkled a little food and kept walking only to have the chick still follow. He walked to the car, set the food down, and picked the chick up to place him where most of the chickens hang out. Now this is evening and they all are roosting and nowhere to be seen. He places the chick in an area with a lot bushes and starts running back to the car, only to have the chick running and peeping after him.

In the meantime as he’s running away from the chick he stumbles on the tiniest bunny at the foot of the stairs. OK, he grabs the bunny up all the while the chick is still on his trail. Kevin opens the door to hand me the bunny and the chick jumps in the car! By this time we’re both pretty hysterical over the situation. Kevin grabs the chick and again tries to place him away from the car, only to have the chick again run after him. He gives up, bundles the chick in his shirt and off we drive with a bunny and chick!

Day Two:
Morning
Bunny and chick spent the night in our laundry room. It is now morning and bright and early so Kevin takes Cheepers, the chick, back to the park. He sprinklers a little food down hoping Cheepers will start eating …but….Cheepers follows Kevin back to the car. Kevin gets out and spreads bird food all over and the other chickens and chicks come running. Cheepers starts eating with all of them and Kevin drives off to the vet with the bunny. Bunny (not Catsnclay..haha) gets a clean bill of health, lots of love from all the staff, and sent home to us with food to boot.

Evening
Normal routine has started for feeding the cats and who is waiting for Kevin in the same area, yep its Cheepers. Again he starts running after Kevin. He throws food down and takes off while Cheepers is preoccupied. Can you believe this?

We will see if he’s still waiting for him this evening and then decide what can be done with little Cheepers. He roosts on our fingers, crawls and nestles in Kevin’s hair, and snuggles to us. There’s never a dull moment in that park, that’s for sure!

[moosmom]

Well Lisa,

Cheepers is hell bent on you adopting him. Why the heck not??? He sounds pretty cool to me. Do they allow farm animals where you are? Maybe you could donate Cheepers to a petting zoo.

That is a hoot!!

[orangemm]

What a scream! Kevin sounds like MY husband; animals instantly take to him. He once nursed a pigeon back to health after he had been hit with a BB. Built an outside cage for him, cleaned the wound, made up special food and hand fed him until he was able to fly again. "Walter" hung around our house for months after he recovered, probably very grateful!

Let us know what happens with Cheepers!

Does Bunny have a name?

[krazyaboutkatz]

Lisa, thanks for making my day. I can just picture a baby chick running after Kevin.LOL I remember how some of the ferals would let him pet them and even pick them up. Animals sure do love him. I'm glad to hear that the bunny is fine. What do the cats think about him/her? Maybe you should think about fostering the chicken or finding it another home. It just seems too friendly to be left behind. Good luck.

[kimlovescats]

That is absolutely PRECIOUS! Lisa, it sounds like the ugly duckling story ... the swan that followed the ducks. I think Cheepers things he is a kitty!!! It would be great to get pictures of that and Bunny! (The hooman one too)

[Donnaj4962]

What a great story! Sounds like Kevin is well-loved by all at the park!

How is the bunny today? What will you do with the bunny?

:::waving::: to Dr. Doolittle aka Kevin! Keep up the great work!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

ADORABLE! I cant wait to see pictures of the bunny, and hopefully Cheepers as well!

[orangemm]

Do not worry about the company...the cats were there FIRST!

[K & L]

[Catsnclay]

OHHHHHHHHHHHH!!


The BOTH are adorable!

I see the bunny is at home, so where is Cheepers?????


How is the company dealing with your zoo?!

[jennielynn1970]

Oh my gosh! It's a tame bunny! I thought he tripped over a wild bunny! Poor thing. Someone just dropped the bunny off there??

Look at little Cheepers! Poor thing! He wants to go home too!

[jenluckenbach]

What an adorable story!!! and I too thought you were speaking of a wild rabbit. that is a Dutch (breed) rabbit, tortoise color to be exact . What on earth was it doing at the park???? I think you have a new HOUSE bunny!

[K & L]

What an adorable story!!! and I too thought you were speaking of a wild rabbit. that is a Dutch (breed) rabbit, tortoise color to be exact . What on earth was it doing at the park???? I think you have a new HOUSE bunny!

Thanks for the info!! I will read up on this type of rabbit. What happens is STUPID people not only dump their cats in the park but their rabbits, dogs, lizards, ferrets, you name it. The park has numerous rabbits, wild and tame, so I'm thinking this is one from a litter born from one of the dumped tame rabbits. It was laying right by the step where the cats hang out so we were thinking maybe one of the cats got hold of it, heard us with the food, dropped it and came running.

Cheepers, I'm happily to say, seems to have found his family. He/shee hasn't been waiting for us the last couple of nights. There is a mom and a couple other babies in the picture so I'm wondering if Cheepers didn't adopt a family!

Now we have to work on figuring out a nice arrangement for Luckycharm so he/she can live in the backyard with the ferals.