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week in wildlife
Wednesday April 16th 2008, 6:05 pm

This is Fat Bastard. He is fat, and he’s a bastard. Some idiot family took him from the wild and kept him as a pet (until the DWR confiscated him) in an itty bitty cage and fed him grilled cheese sandwiches, egg McMuffins, and candy bars. No wonder the little bastard is so fat! And as fat as he is, he used to be fatter. When he first came in, he couldn’t even get up to the next level of his 5-story cage. Now he can run the whole thing (and very fast), but he’s still a tub of lard. Hopefully that won’t be for long though. As you can see, he is now on a low-cal diet.

Think he’s all cute and cuddly? Guess again. That photo above was taken through the bars of his cage, because he would attack me if we opened the door… just like he did to one of our staff…

So now we’ll move along to the darling little mink that was rescued from becoming a coat. Just look at that face! How could anyone ever wear such a thing?!

And if that wasn’t cute enough, how about some itty bitty baby cottontails? Three of these tennis ball-sized babies (none from the same family) happened to come in at the same time for the same reason: they were all chew toys for dogs and cats. They were pretty messed up, still kind of are (one is bloated and full of fluid still), but can hopefully be released in about two weeks. Seeing these guys makes me feel kinda sad about the comment I made a few posts back about it being a good thing that these guys are an easy meal for the bobcat.

Please note the three small baby bunny poos in the bottom right corner… HOW PRECIOUS!


Filed under: best friends, bunnies, wildlife

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Holy Crap, violent fat squirrel!

Comment by Kim 04.17.08 @ 8:49 am

wow. that is a wicked squirrel. that photo just made my day.

Comment by maegan 04.17.08 @ 11:59 am

I want a pet mink to cuddle with tate. most likely, that’s a bad idea.

Comment by whitney 04.18.08 @ 7:55 am



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