Last night, Brandon found a tiny baby bunny cowering in our garage. He was crying, soaking wet, and terrified of our cats, who were stalking him.
Brandon scooped him up, and brought him inside, where I did some swifty googling.
I found out that he was a baby cottontail, and was old enough to leave his nest by himself. I think he probably got lost and then cornered by the cats.
After texting back and forth with a wildlife rescuer from Wild Heart Ranch, we put him in a box with a towel in the bottom and some fresh grass, and a hot pad underneath to keep him warm.
He was so cute and tiny, but so scared! The girls decided to call him Timothy. They were so excited, and so sweet to him. They whispered and stayed back so as not to frighten him, and they were so excited to release him in the morning, that they went right to sleep!
He slept overnight, and this morning, we released him outside again. He was terrified at first, but once he realized he was outside again, he started to move around and nibble on some grass.
Sweet little guy! Go find your mama, Timothy!
When I was a kid, our Border Collie carefully carried a tiny orphaned baby bunny home (we found the empty burrow) and gently laid it at my moms feet. We loved caring for it, and boy could he jump!
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