Vanishing Rabbit

SOOO!!!! Hunny and I were at Olympic Park again this weekend to explore some parts that we had missed on the raining Sunday when we had lunch there. There is a massive statue garden that we wandered through and still didn't get to see all of. It was hot and humid and we had plans to go to the mall afterward, so we began to walk toward the subway station. On our way there was a huge metal statue out in the middle of a concrete walkway path. I'm talking all concrete for a good 15 yards to ANY vegetation.

I wasn't too interesting in it til Hunny nonchalantly says, 'there's a rabbit.' As calmly as he said it I thought he meant like a carving or picture or something incorporated in the statue. I walk over questioningly and sure enough, there was a panting, pathetic-looking rabbit hunched against the sculpture trying to stay cool in the little bit of shade it provided. Why it was out in the middle of stone, metal, and concrete I'm still trying to figure out but have a clue that will be disclosed later.

click to see exactly where we found her

Hunny walked over and stooped down without it so much as looking at him. He began to pet it and no flinch or nothing. We tried to give it some of the water in our bag, it lapped it out of Hunny's hand and began to lick the salt off his arm. We moved it over to some shade and grass and shrubs and let it eat some. It was mostly so hot it just wanted to cool off on some cool soil in the shade. By this point I am begging. "Hunny, we have to take it home or it will die out here!!" We were both thinking the same things though; How do we get it home? Where do we keep it? After careful convincing, we buy a cold water bottle and place it under the rabbit in our backpack and head for the subway!

We have a bunny!!! Oh this poor pitiful thing. Since it was pretty dirty we gave her a bath and realized she was a LOT smaller then we thought. No wonder she was so hot outside, she has such thick fur!

The coolest thing about this rabbit is that she would let you do about anything with her. I was in awe. Most rabbits race away if a strangers tries to pet them, let alone pick them up and WALK. Don't believe me? Go to the pet store and try to pick up a rabbit. But this one. PSSsshhh... We picked her up, walked around, gave her a bath (okay a bit of a fight but come on), towel dried her, blow-dried some, and walk around her and bang stuff around from time to time and she is so chill. Never bolts or jumps. AND SOO CUTE!!! Except I'm really wanting to trim the ugly mess on her forehead.

So now we have this perfect little rabbit. There is a perfect plot of grass out the back door we sit outside on and read as she hops around. She loves it. She stays out on the balcony and has some roaming room. But then THE weirdest thing happens. She's roaming around the house and I go check on her and she's running around in circles. Hehe... cute right? Well then I catch her again but this time she's up on her back feet twitching and falls over and gets up to do it two more times before she starts running in circles again. We began to notice these spasms and began to worry. Especially when she would run into walls over and over after the spasm. So I called the vet and scheduled an appointment. Ya know just the usual check up for new pets, oh and she's a bit of a nut case...

We got so used to these spasms that whenever we heard her food dish bang, we figured that's what it was. But early this morning it was so loud I jumped. Weird... But we got up a few hours later and she was gone. Poof. Vanished. Disappeared. We are on the second floor and a garage below that puts us three stories up. If she jumped off the balcony there is no way she could've survived. But I walked around and checked anyway for any sign of her. Nothing. I am convinced that a giant bird came in and nabbed her and that's why that bang was as loud as it was. As crazy as that sounds... it's the only thing we could think of. It is so bizarre and I'm too confused to really believe it.

We had that bunny for all of 4 days... We didn't even name it... unless you count Fluffykins which is what I called her in lieu of a name.