Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well, bunnies included. I hadn't seen BIB but a couple more times after posting the video of him and his cottontail girlfriend in my parent's community. I was driving out of the place when I saw both him as well as two other wild cottontails now. Yes, a trio now. It didn't really surprise me, because there are a million rabbits out East here.
Watching them run and jump over each other was wild. They were going all out, BIB was a virtual nutjob circus act :) He was doing everything but the uneven parallel bars. It reminded me of Bailey Bunny from YouTube (skip first video), doing wheelies etc.
One thing has been bothering me. Even though I've been told on more than 2 occasions by different residents who said BIB has been here for 3+ years, I am still concerned about later this year when Winter starts. Cottontails do not burrow like other wild rabbits. They build nests for their young into the ground, but not the traditional dug burrows. They like to o under a log, a shed, a compressor, etc.
I am just worried about BIB not being able to survive the Winter, just in case the residents are wrong about the length of time he's been here. I am gonna ask a couple people here about some details if they know anything. But, it does worry me, and I know I will be compelled to act if things don't seem well. Other than that, he is one hell of a happy bunny. He has it pretty good out here from what I have seen.
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Unless the residents are pretty sure about it, wo knows, it could have been another black bunny...we bunny slaves know that the lay human isn't able to distinguish between bunnies anyway. Are you sure he's a cottontail? I mean, with BIB being black and all, I would have thought he was a domestic bunny being abandoned?
ReplyDeleteYes he is a domestic, anything but cottontail color is domestic, and BIB is as black as they come.!
DeleteIt looks like BiB has found a home with his wild kinfolk, and that may be the secret to his survival. I would guess that there aren't so many predators in the area right now, and that also could be making things easier for him. Definitely keep an eye on the situation, though; things could change as the weather gets cooler.
ReplyDeleteYeah they have all kinds of cool hiding spots throughout the area here. For a bunny, this is PRIMO real estate. There are thousands of them around here, deer as well, and one namesake Bun in Black!
Deletethey look like they are having a blast of a time!
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