Say hello to Mr. Bojangles for us
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:40 pm
So, we've had this wild rabbit that's been living in our yard for a several months. We'd watch it from our windows for long periods of time. It would eat Bon's flowers but we didn't care. It even burrowed in our lawn and we avoided disturbing it. Our dogs always whined when it appeared and they so badly wanted to dart out the door to go after it but we made sure that never happened. We liked the rabbit. We figured it belonged here more than we did. We were the ones that had a house built on it's habitat. So what if it ate a few $2 plants. Big deal. She eventually got used to us and wouldn't run away when we drove up or walked out the door. It would just sit there, somewhat frozen and we'd stand there and watch her until she decided we were cool and then it would go on and start munching grass or weeds or whatever.
Yesterday she was in our front yard again and we finally gave her a name and declared it our favorite wild pet (we have some frogs and lizards as wild pets as well, you see).
Thirty minutes later a neighbor kid chased it and it darted under our fence, into the backyard... where the dogs were hanging out all casual.
They cornered and caught it. They played tug of war with it and hurt it badly before I could stop them. She was still alive when I got to her but barely.
Our family slightly freaked. Bon shut the door and blinds so the kids weren't scarred for life and I stood over it and tried to figure out how I could humanely euthenize it. I didn't like the options I came up with but couldn't watch it just lie there, gasping and squeeling. Fortunately, it died within a couple of minutes and the whole nightmare of helping it into the afterlife was avoided.
Anyway, we'll miss the rabbit.
We would like to think Dalya's Mr. Bojangles and Missy are playing freeze tag under the great Bois D'arc. Later on they'll have tea or something all twee like and it'll be cool.
Yesterday she was in our front yard again and we finally gave her a name and declared it our favorite wild pet (we have some frogs and lizards as wild pets as well, you see).
Thirty minutes later a neighbor kid chased it and it darted under our fence, into the backyard... where the dogs were hanging out all casual.
They cornered and caught it. They played tug of war with it and hurt it badly before I could stop them. She was still alive when I got to her but barely.
Our family slightly freaked. Bon shut the door and blinds so the kids weren't scarred for life and I stood over it and tried to figure out how I could humanely euthenize it. I didn't like the options I came up with but couldn't watch it just lie there, gasping and squeeling. Fortunately, it died within a couple of minutes and the whole nightmare of helping it into the afterlife was avoided.
Anyway, we'll miss the rabbit.
We would like to think Dalya's Mr. Bojangles and Missy are playing freeze tag under the great Bois D'arc. Later on they'll have tea or something all twee like and it'll be cool.
