Lightning

In May we got a bunny. Her name is Lightning. Someone at work asked Nonna if she wanted a bunny, I don't know why she called home and asked me if I wanted it, because of course I did and we all know how Nonna feels about stinky pets. Anyway, the lady told her that she found the bunny next to a garbage can, because someone wanted to through her out. What a sad little bunny. So she came to live with us. First we put her down in the basement because it was still too cold to leave her outside. She was a very scared little bunny. Everytime we tried to get her out of her cage she would bounce all around her cage trying to get away from us. After a few days she started to become curious. When I opened her cage to feed her she would come to the opening and peek her head out like she wanted to come out. She still didn't want us to touch her though. I left her door open for a while and eventually she hoped out. So let's just say she hopped around the basement for a few hours because she is as fast as lightning and that's how she got her name. We eventually corralled her back into her cage. After a few weeks of being in the basement it started to stink. Since it was becoming warmer out we put her in the side yard.

The bunny was very scared of the outside. After a while she started to get used to it, but looked very sad in her cage. I wanted her to be happy so I made a little bunny corral that I thought she could hop around and play in. One day I took her out of her cage and put her into the corral. Well let's just say the walls to the corral were a little shorter that they needed to be because she took a few hops and then hopped right out of the corral and under the fence to the neighbors yard. After chasing her around with no luck we thought that we might never get her back. She hung around in the neighbors yard for a while and then we didn't see her for a day and a half. She came back and I was able to trick her to getting back into her cage with some bunny treats. She stayed in there for a few days, but started to look sad again. So I let her out to get some exercise and have fun. She looks so much happier as a free little bunny. We usually see her in the morning and at night in our yard. She likes to hide under the cars in the driveway as well.

Johnnie LOVES to try and pet her. He also loves chasing her and the neighborhood cat around our yard. I think they both like to be chased by him because they keep coming back!