The plot thickens
Jun. 1st, 2024 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vr_trakowskiSo my last entry was about spotting a domestic rabbit on its own in the yard of my apartment complex, taunting a cat. I naturally assumed that it belonged to the little girl I'd seen last year with her rabbits.
Nope.
I saw her the other night and asked her if she were missing one. She's not.
Where the ever-loving heck did the thing come from??
I mean, obviously, it was dumped or escaped. But - this is very much not an exotic pet* community. Or neighborhood. Frankly, given the cultural makeup, I would be less surprised to see a guinea pig than a domestic rabbit.**
It's possible it comes from the university campus up the hill. But that's a long way to go for something small, and it would have passed through a park with plenty of grass and hiding places, and a pond, so why keep going for almost a mile?
I suppose if I ever catch it (very unlikely unless it wants to be caught) I could see if it had a microchip. Do people chip rabbits? I only recently found out that one can chip a large snake.
The more I think about this the weirder it gets.
*The complex is largely immigrants from Central and South America. They have cats or dogs, but there aren't many of those, and they tend to be families, which means there is not much room in these small apartments for anything requiring much space.
**I know some folks around here have or raise guinea pigs for food.
Nope.
I saw her the other night and asked her if she were missing one. She's not.
Where the ever-loving heck did the thing come from??
I mean, obviously, it was dumped or escaped. But - this is very much not an exotic pet* community. Or neighborhood. Frankly, given the cultural makeup, I would be less surprised to see a guinea pig than a domestic rabbit.**
It's possible it comes from the university campus up the hill. But that's a long way to go for something small, and it would have passed through a park with plenty of grass and hiding places, and a pond, so why keep going for almost a mile?
I suppose if I ever catch it (very unlikely unless it wants to be caught) I could see if it had a microchip. Do people chip rabbits? I only recently found out that one can chip a large snake.
The more I think about this the weirder it gets.
*The complex is largely immigrants from Central and South America. They have cats or dogs, but there aren't many of those, and they tend to be families, which means there is not much room in these small apartments for anything requiring much space.
**I know some folks around here have or raise guinea pigs for food.