There's a bunny on our patio -- Help, please!

**Karen** · 07-01-2011, 05:05 PM

Bunnies manage fine in the wild. You don't need to leave him water, as they get most of the water they need from the plants they eat. Miss Hoppy rarely drank from her water bottle, as she was fed all on veggies and herbs, not pellets, so didn't need the extra water. If you want to supplement his diet, buy some flat parsley or dandelion greens or both - Miss Hoppy's favorites! I am glad he ate the carrots, but the tops are even better for him than the carrots themselves!

Bunnies in the wild do just fine. The pellets some people feed their bunnies are just a substitute for the vitamins and nutrition wild bunnies get from their naturally varied diet.

**cassiesmom** · 07-02-2011, 03:12 PM

I got this yesterday. Bunny is out on the patio for the weekend. On Tuesday we'll ask plant and grounds to try to relocate him. He's safe on the patio, but that's not a good place for him long-term. Plant and grounds will take him to the VA hospital campus next door, which is further back from the highway. We take a walk on the far side of the VA property sometimes, because it is green, quiet and peaceful over there. There are soooo many bunnies hopping around!

**Karen** · 07-02-2011, 03:21 PM

Awww, what a cutie! Is the patio enclosed? How do you think he got there?

**cassiesmom** · 07-02-2011, 03:38 PM

In the top picture you can see the railing around the patio. We thought he either fell through the fence or maybe was dropped by a hawk. He doesn't seem to be injured, although we haven't really seen him move. his hidey-spot seems to be the bush on the left in the second picture. He can keep cool under there. He can't go anywhere, but the biggest worry is that he can find enough to eat and drink. He's so little.

**chocolatepuppy** · 07-02-2011, 10:20 PM

Aww, cute little bunny! I hope you're able to catch him and relocate him.

**cassiesmom** · 07-15-2011, 03:54 PM

Bunny is still safe on the patio. He has a lot of watchers between my department and pastoral care. He spends most of the time in the shade (usually under the bush in the top right corner of #3) but he sometimes hops around in the late afternoon.

**Karen** · 07-15-2011, 03:56 PM

That makes sense, bunnies are crepuscular - that means they are most active in the early morning, and late afternoon, and sleep mid day and at night. Glad he's safe!