Stahlke Adoption

Nature Takes Its Course

Paul checked on the two rabbit nests today. The one with eight babies is doing fine--all of them look healthy and are moving. But in the other nest, he found all four of them dead.

My internet research told me that any one of three factors was hard on the these babies. They were removed from their nest, which is stressful. They received lacerations, which are difficult to heal. And we've had cold weather, almost 20 degrees below normal. Any one of these conditions could have killed them, and all three together did them in.

posted by Stahlkes @ 6:16 PM