Threar's Wild Week
Last weekend the latch on my bunny barn must have popped open and when I noticed a few hours later, they were all sitting there like nothing was wrong. All except one. After a headcount I noticed that 4 month old Threar was on the wing or hop.
Just across from the barn is a lean-to i keep hay and supples in and he had made himself a little burrow in the hay. I moved a couple of my cameras to keep an eye on him and he was sticking pretty close to home but did not want to be caught. I couldnt leave the gate open for him as others would get out.
As I live in a large forest complete with all the usual predators I wanted to get him back in the fold asap without driving him further into the bush. He started a new daily routine and when i went into town in the morning for coffee he would come out and visit with his buddies through the fence. He'd nap at the same time as the others but in his burrow and come out for yard time late afternoon.
Yesterday (4th night) I got a live trap and put hay watermelon pellets and spinach in for bait but the best i could do was him eating hay through the trap from the outside.
So today I took a page from what they do with moose when they want them on the other side of a fence and made a ramp and a step, loosened the top of the fence so he could go over on his own. I even baited it with a trail of spinach but when i went in the house to add blueberries to the bait he went straight in without stopping for salad.
After a nice reunion with his dad Hazel, he flopped out in the yard ready to tell the story tonight in the warren of his adventure just like Dandelion.
