We have a lot around here - Mother Nature's fast food.
In the US domestic buns are actually a different species than the wild ones - they are more like European buns, and can't actually interbreed at all. And they are NOT suited for life in the wild at all. My Pepper was dumped in a city park when her people decided she wasn't cute and fluffy any more. She's a large black and white spotted lop, so she's not exactly camoflaged. She's really lucky that a feral or stray dog or a coyote etc didn't get her.
My bun was dumped at an intersection in a residential neighborhood. Thankfully a neighbor noticed and took her in, treated her like a princess all summer. When the weather started to cool she came to live with me so she could be inside. Now she has a BIG cage, and shares her home with 6 other furry mammals, including 4 cats whom she bums around the house with when she's out.
Yep. Pepper likely managed on her own for a couple of months - she was malnourished and had sore hocks and was covered in fleas but still "very hormonal" according to the intake form. (that's my girl!)
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Date: 2009-04-23 08:38 pm (UTC)In the US domestic buns are actually a different species than the wild ones - they are more like European buns, and can't actually interbreed at all. And they are NOT suited for life in the wild at all. My Pepper was dumped in a city park when her people decided she wasn't cute and fluffy any more. She's a large black and white spotted lop, so she's not exactly camoflaged. She's really lucky that a feral or stray dog or a coyote etc didn't get her.
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