Surprise in the Treadmill
I came home from running some errands one day, and instead of running over to greet me like normal, the boys were staring intently at my treadmill.
Intrigued, I walked over to see what had their attention. I saw a little bit of fur between the treadmill base and the wall. I thought it was one of their fur balls - until it moved. Independently of cats.
After jumping back about three feet, I couldn't see it anymore.
After a little while, I thought that maybe it was a rat (too big to be a mouse), or maybe one of the boys was playing tricks with me. But I didn't see it again and the boys lost interest, so I just went about my business.
Fast forward about 4 hours, to dinnertime. The boys come in again, and suddenly they're staring at the treadmill again. Suddenly I hear squeaking. This is NOT one of their toys.
DH & I hustle the boys into the bedroom & close all the doors. Unfortunately our house is very open, and we're afraid it could get anywhere. But we go over to the treadmill with box in hand, and lift up the base - and then see that it's a baby rabbit.
And suddenly it went from "eww, there's a rat in our house" to "aww, there's a baby bunny".
We weren't quite sure what to do with it. We did manage to get it into a box. We finally decided to put it into my garden (when was the last time you put a rabbit into your garden?), where at least it could get sustenance. I posted here, and was told it probably could survive on its own.
And sure enough, the next morning it was gone. At least I hope it survived!
There is no way a baby rabbit just wandered into our house on its own. There is a cat flap the boys use to come and go into their kennel at will, but it's a hop up to the flap - and I don't think a rabbit that small could push through the flap by itself (and why would it want to?).
My best guess is the boys somehow managed to snatch it from their kennel (they've managed a seemingly endless array of lizards, grasshoppers, snakes, and a couple of baby birds so far) & then tried to play with it inside - and it got away and hid by the treadmill for hours.
- Judy Litt (About Guide to Graphic Design)
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I came home from running some errands one day, and instead of running over to greet me like normal, the boys were staring intently at my treadmill.
Intrigued, I walked over to see what had their attention. I saw a little bit of fur between the treadmill base and the wall. I thought it was one of their fur balls - until it moved. Independently of cats.
After jumping back about three feet, I couldn't see it anymore.
After a little while, I thought that maybe it was a rat (too big to be a mouse), or maybe one of the boys was playing tricks with me. But I didn't see it again and the boys lost interest, so I just went about my business.
Fast forward about 4 hours, to dinnertime. The boys come in again, and suddenly they're staring at the treadmill again. Suddenly I hear squeaking. This is NOT one of their toys.
DH & I hustle the boys into the bedroom & close all the doors. Unfortunately our house is very open, and we're afraid it could get anywhere. But we go over to the treadmill with box in hand, and lift up the base - and then see that it's a baby rabbit.
And suddenly it went from "eww, there's a rat in our house" to "aww, there's a baby bunny".
We weren't quite sure what to do with it. We did manage to get it into a box. We finally decided to put it into my garden (when was the last time you put a rabbit into your garden?), where at least it could get sustenance. I posted here, and was told it probably could survive on its own.
And sure enough, the next morning it was gone. At least I hope it survived!
There is no way a baby rabbit just wandered into our house on its own. There is a cat flap the boys use to come and go into their kennel at will, but it's a hop up to the flap - and I don't think a rabbit that small could push through the flap by itself (and why would it want to?).
My best guess is the boys somehow managed to snatch it from their kennel (they've managed a seemingly endless array of lizards, grasshoppers, snakes, and a couple of baby birds so far) & then tried to play with it inside - and it got away and hid by the treadmill for hours.
- Judy Litt (About Guide to Graphic Design)
Next > Jaspurr Goes Swimming
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