Oh my lord, they really DO scream

[kz_blogorambling]

Our sedentary, poorly-sighted basset hound literally stumbled upon a baby rabbit tonight. And promptly picked it up and wouldn't give it up. Husband had to drag him into the house, rabbit still firmly implanted in his mouth, to get it from him.

It actually didn't seem to sustain too much damage, as far as we could tell, but I worry that away from its family, it's a goner. At one point it SHRIEKED. Wow, what a noise. And then our cat yowled even louder than the baby rabbit, because he wanted that furry moving object oh yes he wants the preciousssss.

I shouldn't be rooting for it; if it lives, next year it will be muching the hell out of my flowers.

Kid went into the bathroom and cried for ten minutes.

Comments

[missadroit.livejournal.com]

Oh! Poor bunny. When I took my girl bunny to the vet (to get spayed) the vet tried to put her onto her back and she screamed. It nearly made me cry, it's such an awful noise.

Funny that your cat was trying to get the bunny. When we let our bunnies out the cats get afraid and run away.

[misscreant.livejournal.com]

From what I hear, that cat fears nothing.

[scotticher.livejournal.com]

I'm with the kid.

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

Me, too, sweetie. My cats got hold of a baby bunny once. I couldn't save it. I cried for a day.

[geobabe1.livejournal.com]

Once when I was staying at my mom's, I heard a rabbit scream--they've got a lot of wildlife around there, including foxes, so I'm guessing that's what got the bunny. It sounded almost exactly like a woman screaming. What a sound.

[edwardina.livejournal.com]

I heard a rabbit scream once when I was a kid. Never forgotten it.

[davew0071.livejournal.com]

The ways of nature are often mighty grim.

Still, I hope the li'l bunny is okay, flowers be damned.

Another bunny story (not a Happy Bunny story, either)

[politzania.livejournal.com]

Several years ago, a mother rabbit was unwise enough to build a nest in our yard. Spooner found it, and proceeded to play with one of the babies. Playing, of course, consisting of grabbing one, shaking the hell out of it & tossing it up in the air. It landed on the patio.... and twitched a bit.

I saw this & ran to the back door to try & stop her... Spooner saw me & ran into the house, baby bunny still in her jaws, as if to say "I broke my toy, can you fix it?" Back outside, I pried her jaws open to make her drop it. Beyond help, I scooped it up with a shovel & dumped it over the fence. I hate to say it, but I couldn't make myself put it out of its misery. :^(