Bun finally decided today was the day. Okay so actually he decided yesterday was the day, when I let him out onto my lawn and he ran under some Hostas. He hid super well and when it was time to go back in he got super agitated with me so I let him be. HOWEVER at dusk I went outside to check on him, he was merrily chomping away at the weeds. I sat down near him to give him another chance to go back to shelter for the night. He hopped toward me and kept munching but did not want to be picked up. And then, with me sitting there, two young raccoons ran right up to where he had just been eating, very clearly looking for a bunny snack. I scooped up bun super fast and he spent another night in the box. My yard is a bunny buffet apparently.
He was pissed but safe. This morning he went to go live in a nice wooded thicket in a preservation area. Very hard for birds of prey to get in, and loads of stick piles and other places for him to hide. He seemingly did not want to go at first so I sat with him while he got comfortable. Then he realized the area was full of delicious snacks and bounced right off into it. I think he will be fairly safe here and compared to when I first got him, he is full of energy and understands how to hide.
I’m gonna miss this guy but I’m really happy for the chance I gave him. He may or may not make it out there but he was guaranteed to not survive in my yard and I at least gave him a fighting chance. (PS look how chubby he is now!)
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