Lone baby saved from family of recklessly released rabbits by mother daughter duo who gave it a life of love and luxury:‘Finally, when doing my normal hand down and allow sniff before lightly petting, he nudged my hand.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 11, 2026 10:45 AM EDT

It is not often that we are lucky enough to hop past a story of a rabbit rescue, but today we have been blessed by the animal story overlords with a fluffy tail of a lone bunny who managed to find a furever home after his whole family was recklessly released into the wild by their ex-pawrents.

Rabbits really are not the first animal you would expect to hear about when rescues come to mind, nad that is legitimate. Many rabbits live a completely feral life and are a vital part of the ecosystems they live in, so it would not be the most obvious thing to realize that a bunny might actually be someone's abandoned pet, but the hoomans who rescued this one bunny somehow knew it from the get go. They saw something in his character, in his curiosity that told them he was warm to hoomans and might actually trust them with some time.

But as with many rescues things simply could not go smoothly from the offset. There had to be a challenge or two to overcome first and the first challenge our rescuers conquered was that of cornering the bunny when it finally came back to their yard to get more food from them. A task which we can assure you is no walk in the park, if anything it is more akin to a frantic sprint while you dart from side to side trying to enclose one of the quickest and craftiest critters on the planet. Luckily our bunny boy was cornered quickly enough and soon began getting used to his luxurious new life amongst his hoomans. 
 

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    "I pet his head and ears and rubbed him all over and he just melted." DUMPED
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    Light gray bunny rabbit sitting behind gray metal fence in grass field

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    Original post: My daughter and I went outside this morning and saw this guy hopping about our yard (Georgia). I had to run up the road and by the time we came back he wasn't there. He
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    wasn't terrified of us but didn't let us get more than a few feet away. Is this some kind of lion head? We are thinking someone dumped it, but not sure. It's soooo hot so
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    now that we know it's out there, we are worried. We did just put some banana and cilantro In the brush we saw it near.
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    I posted a while back about a bunny that I didn't know if it was a wild type or a domestic. Well it was in our yard again and we easily got our puppy pen and surrounded it and just
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    picked it up. Right now we have it in a dog crate with Timothy, some veggies, and water and a sheet over it. It seems very anxious and is laid out and breathing fast. Here is the original pic
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  • Goodness we can imagine that must have been quite the harrowing experience for the poor baby bunny. To go from being completely free, to suddenly penned in, to being picked up and put in a dog crate. It is like being in a corridor that continues to get narrower, scary stuff. But at least he is now in the hands of people who can and want to care for him. It might be scary at first but soon he will learn he can trust them and let them take care of him. 
     

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    and the one just now in the crate. I know there are more that are released. A beige one and two babies. We're trying to get them without trespassing.
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    Morning after update: happy little bun is eating and drinking great! Seems so relieved to be in a safe place and has even
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    taken food from my hand! Off to the stores to get supplies for our new baby!
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    We have had "Dandy" (4 year old named him - I mean it is a lionhead so dandy-lion.. ha ha) for a few weeks. He was apparently skinny when we caught him, so he has
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    been safely gaining weight. We have horses, so it's wonderful being able to grab a handful of hay or a Timothy cube for him! He eats so well, drinks a ton, uses a litter
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  • Ah, you know, the universe works so wonderfully sometimes. Just look at this genius piece of work here. The universe knew exactly who to send this bunny to, knowing not only that they would pay attention to and take pity on the bunny, but that they would also have the resources to hand to help care for the bunny from the get go. Now that is what we call some premium planning right there. It just goes to show that what you put into the universe, you truly get back out of it. 
     

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    box wonderfully, and has stolen our family's hearts. We took it super slow once "captured". We got a massive rabbit enclosure (washable
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    puppy pad flooring and two low levels) and have it attached to an x pen with a tunnel, forage mat, box, etc. I am the main one to feed, talk to, and clean his area, so he has always been ok ish with
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    me, but flinchy and unsure. Finally today, when doing my normal hand down and allow sniff before lightly petting, he nudged my hand. I pet his head
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    > Ano
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    and ears and rubbed him all over and he just melted. I sat in the pen and eventually he was half being held and half in my lap. I just cannot believe it happened so suddenly. (Yes he is eating
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    drinking and going to the bathroom ok... I was worried haha). I just am smitten with him! He will be getting fixed in the near future but we
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    want to get his weight up and all first.
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