Maybe it’s because my own baby is E-LEV-EN- thank-you-very-much, but these bunny kits are causing my maternal instinct to rrroar into overdrive. The BEST thing I can do for them is to keep their mother well fed (she’s eating like a bear!) and leave them alone. I check on them 342 times a day…from a distance.
At eight days old, the bunnies are growing right before our eyes (click their picture above right to see them the day they were born). Interestingly, I’ve never seen Pepper feed them and I’ve only seen her step into the nest once. Rabbits typically nurse their young between midnight and 5:00 a.m. and they don’t remain in the nest with t
hem; in the wild, this would attract predators. Without the internet at my fingertips, I would’ve thought the babies were being neglected.
Kits open their eyes around day ten, so we’re looking forward to the weekend; while they may look like they’re sleeping, click this picture and you’ll see this guy most certainly is NOT (and he caught me totally unprepared for HIS shenanigans!).
They’re very wiggly and squeak when 
they’re crawling around each other–those tiny claws are sharp! Although their parents are both black Lionhead rabbits, there’s obviously a “recessive” in that gene pool. This fella is silvery gray, has longer ears and weighs more than the others; I said he was “special” and the kids named him “Bananas”…do you know why?
I have a sneaky suspicion the next set of pictures I post are going to have EVERYONE begging for a baby rabbit….!
Oh.My.God. Must resist urge to cuddle and love something tiny.
Awwwwwwwwww!!!! I love it!!! They are so CUTE!
These are just the cutest things EVER!
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! That is too cute to stand!!! I really can’t stand it, lol!!! Oh my gosh they are ADORABLE!!! I. Must. Hold. Them. Now!!!!!
Oh how PRECIOUS!
Oh, my goodness, they’re beautiful! I really want one.
Oh, my goodness – they are so cute!!!
I’m going to sound like an echo….they are so cute!! And look at that one with the leg dangling!! Stop!! You’re killing me!! (that means,more!! more pictures!!)
They are soooo cute!!!!
It is impossible to look at these photos and not smile:) CUTE!
Could I interest any of y’all in a bunny? We have two not spoken for…maybe three ;).
BlondeBlogger, that’s about how I feel!
Claudia, I was wondering if anyone might mention the “rabbit’s foot” ;)….eagle eye, you have :).
My 9-year old had a super fit about these! Thanks a lot Robin! She passed by the computer screen while I was looking, these caught her eye, and she paused right there waaayyy too long! All I heard were sounds from her that sounded like she had had her own baby and she was the proud mother. Spare me Cissy! We’re not getting one!! (They really are precious though!)
I’m gonna stop coming around here…you’ve gone over to dark side.
Awwwww, these bunnies are perfect for my new Bloggers Pets series on my sparkling new blog.
If you are interested in having a photo and a small bit of text about them then I would love to publish a post about them sometime soon.
Insert high pitched girly squeal here. (man – I’ve been doing this all day).
Buttercup wants one.
Oh they are so cute! Be careful, they will go forth and multiply!
(Laughing at Karmyn and all her squealing!)
Bring on the B S
(by min, parenteeng survivor) This is Saturday and I suspect that at some point today, Jenny is going to sneak in here and call for everyone to send in their favorite blog links from the past week (or from where…
Thank you for posting these pics and story! I’ve ALWAYS wanted to have a bunny! A couple of years ago we found a baby bunny being ‘played’ with by one of our barn cats. As we are new to country living…I was mortified and immediately yelled at the cat and took the bunny away. It wasn’t hurt – she must have just found it. I had no idea what to do! I carried it around in my hand and it snuggled in for the comfort. I ended up calling an animal rescue and paying for it to go to the sanctuary. AND for the record… I know that the unfortunate cycle of life of rabbits in the wild but after holding the baby I couldn’t let any harm come to it. Our local vet thinks I’m nuts. BTW, we had the barn cats we found on our property – fixed…they have beds and all the food they can eat and if I wasn’t allergic to them – they would live in my house.
Enjoy the bunny adventure and please post more pics! Love it.
Lovely little things 🙂 First I thought that they are little puppies 🙂 Maybe I never saw such small rabbits before 🙂
OK, I couldn’t resist. The bunnies are precious, just don’t let them out at my house:http://anecdotes.typepad.com/anecdotes_antidotes_and_a/2006/11/life_without_el.html
ME!!! I wanna baby bunny!
Aww they are too adorable.
But I think daddy rabbit might need to take mommy rabbit on Maury to make sure the gray one is really his…lol
Ack!! That last one is killin’ me! I’m a total sucker for bunnies but especially BABY bunnies… okay, baby anythings… baby lions, baby zebras, baby wallabies, baby muskrats, baby kumquats. Baby anythings. Okay? (Oh, and baby humans.)
They are just too cute!! The last post I read and commented on in your blog was the parent rabbits doing the nasty business of procreation and now, this? That was really fast!
and hey, can you ship one of those kits international? 🙂
awwww – cute cute cute —
OMG, I was already close to begging when I saw these! LOL @ bunnywee!
(ooh, let’s not mention eagles around little bunnies…) 🙂
Those babies are cuter than a ladybug! Looking at those pictures makes me talk ten octaves higher than normal and in an annoying drawl that sends my children fleeing.
Awwwwwwwww!
I already want the lil grey one. They are so sweet!
Very Amazing pic.. I love the pictures of animals or birds and nature lovers. I also like to see Man Vs Wild on Discovery Channel.
I’m a total sucker for bunnies but especially BABY bunnies… okay, baby anythings…