Watership Down

Remember the story about the domestic bunny we found hopping through our yard a couple months ago? Remember how I said I didn't know where she was going but she for sure wasn't staying??? Well, surprise, surprise, Diva's still here. I'm rather late in posting a picture of her, but better late than never.



Isn't she cute? Mark often lets her have the run of the barn so she doesn't have to be cooped up all the time.

Well, this is where the story gets interesting. Nathan's roommate at school has a petite pet bunny named Mosey, because he's always moseying around. Nathan took Diva back with him a month ago on a short week so he could show off our ginormous rabbit.

Fast forward to this past Saturday. Out in the barn Nathan came upon something rather interesting behind Mark's oil drums. See picture below:

Yes, that would be a rabbit's nest. And yes, it's filled with at least 6 babies as far as we can tell. To quote Hannah, "I blame Nathan." We are thinking that His roommate should have to pay child support. My pictures aren't very good, but here's Mark holding one of the babies. They can already hop!

As if this story wasn't crazy enough, 2 weeks ago Mark accidently ran over a nest of wild rabbits out in the field. As soon as he realized what he'd done he checked to see if any had survived. One had so Mark scooped it up and took it to the barn and put it in the kennell with Diva. Diva wasn't too happy, bit it's little behind and the baby scurried out between the bars of the cage.

Evidently that little guy/girl (who's been named Nugget) has taken a liking to the barn because several times Mark has seen it hop back into the cage for food. So now there's a dish set out for it in the barn along with a little bowl of water. I witnessed Nugget eating and drinking this weekend and he's totally unphased if Mark gets close to it him.

We're now calling Mark the bunny whisperer. Bless his heart, there are rabbit droppings from one end of his barn to the other! If we're not careful we'll be able to right our own version of Watership Down. I tried to read that book when I was younger and hated it. Now I think we're living it. :)