As Christmas approached and we planned our trip to San Francisco to be with family, I decided to put a big flake of hay in for the bunnies so they would be warm, toasty and have sweet alfalfa to nibble on between feeding from the house sitter. The next morning I got up and looked out at the bunnies. I was one again totally surprised, this time by a big pile of white fur tucked in the corner of the hay pile. I went out and stuck my hand in the pile and felt a tiny warm pile of wiggeling bunnies. I checked the calendar over and over. Sweet Pete had been one determined boy. The 24 hours he and Petunia spent together prior to his little altering they had one last amorus moment.
I moved the store bunny cage up to the deck, moved Pete in, and gave Petunia and her new family some solitude. I called the house sitter to let her know the chore routine we had gone over had just shifted. I went to town and got a heating pad and set it up under the wire under the nest. As I walked away for the week. I was still not sure how many there were in this new family. Yesterday I finally checked. Petunia and her three babies will be out at the store on saturday. They love to curl up and sleep in your hand.