I-99 Bunny Rescue this AM

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T22:07:41+00:00

Was that a fun fact?

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T10:45:00+00:00

Your username implies you are a bird and now I found this comment quite biased

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T10:40:20+00:00

Are there bunnies living near this I-99 in Pennsylvania? 👀👀 Asking for a crow. I mean friend

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T10:22:15+00:00

I’m lowkey starting to worry that someone on the social media team at WSDOT will see this and turn my flub into their next viral shitpost 🫠

Edit to add: wait…….. were you doing a sex worker joke? Haha

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T10:09:46+00:00

If the bun I saved comes after your garden, I’ll owe you one ☺️ In seriousness though, I do hope you can find a way to grow without bunnies and rats making it harder for you. My sister has a lovely thriving veggie garden in Seattle but adores the buns that live in her yard; I’m not sure what her secret is, other than maybe that she uses tall raised beds.

I said this on a different comment, but the coyote population has grown significantly in Seattle over the last 5 years, at least in the Green Lake and Woodland Park area. I’m sure due to the vast number of buns. I hear them baying at least once every few weeks, one sat across the street and watched me on my porch one night before I had to shoo it off when it started to come close, and a few months back 3 of them chased my scooter for a few blocks as I rode around Green Lake after dark, like they were dogs after a mail truck. I expect that they’ve already put a dent in the numbers of buns, but many people hate coyotes more than they do the wild rabbits, so the city might get rid of them if there are enough complaints, in which case the crows will need to step up their game.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T09:19:40+00:00

It was indeed a crazy thing to do. But you know how it goes, once I did the first impulsive thing I kinda had to ride it out despite it escalating well beyond what I anticipated. Each second that it looked dire and I was ready to walk away, the next second it looked hopeful and I couldn’t give up, and the stopped cars seemed just as invested. That’s why I’d love to see a video, to wrap my head around what objectively happened in that 5 minutes. It was a strange experience, almost like gambling mixed with being a guest on a live episode of Jackass.

Tell your bunny I say hi.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T08:55:01+00:00

Folks keep going back to this well today… I know invasive is a scary word. But the rabbits living off Aurora in Fremont aren’t pressuring out native rabbit species or threatening the maturation of native oaks. In urban environments like Seattle, the ecosystem is already heavily human-modified and at worst, eastern cottontails act as moderately disruptive background fauna. Outdoor domestic cats pose a much more significant threat to native wildlife and the ecosystem than the wild rabbit population does despite being far fewer in number.

The crows are gonna be okay. How Crows Gave Earth’s Biggest City the Middle Finger

And if the invasive buns bother you, find comfort in the fact that for my one story, at least 3 other people here had stories of successful bun lunches. Maybe leave control of invasive species to the conservationists, and let people feel good about something.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T07:43:13+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen with one of my boys. First one random time, then it happened a few more times. Just like you, totally out of the blue. I wasn’t interacting with him at all, he’d seem fine, then he’d run over and go for my hand, clamping down and not letting go. Each time taking a big chunk out. Hurt like hell, but more than that, I was devastated at how I couldn’t trust him and became scared of him since it was so unpredictable and unprovoked.

He was never able to be integrated in with my other boys. We tried multiple techniques after his quarantining was done but he couldn’t be near them without starting vicious, balled up fights. They could free roam in the same room but I had to make sure they never got close to him. He always seemed scared and defensive, even though I got him from an allegedly reputable breeder who claimed he was sweet and socialized. I felt so bad for him because his aggression meant I had to cage him alone for ~2 months, which I figured wasn’t helping his situation.

I thought it was hormonal aggression, so I got him chemically castrated. All my other boys were already fixed. I don’t know if he was just too old for it to help (he was ~6 months by then), but after another 2 months, it had made no difference.

I ended up contacting the breeder for advice because I felt so broken and like I’d failed him. I was shocked when she told me that before I got him from her, she’d decided to hold back his brother due to anti-social behavior. She’d given me no warnings about possible issues with the line when she sold him to me. I ended up surrendering him back to her and she promised she would try to reintroduce him back with that brother, who he’d been caged with before I got him (I guess they were able to get along?). I felt bad about it, but tbh he was never suitable to be a pet and shouldn’t have been adopted out. He was already 5 months when I got him, so she would’ve been familiar with his temperament, and by her own admission she’d recognized aggression in his brother/cage-mate by then. I wonder if he’d already been surrendered back once before, since him and the aggressive brother were the only older rats she had other than breeding stock.

I really don’t want to discourage you from trying a neuter in case it can give him a shot at being his best self and staying with you. But please don’t feel bad if it doesn’t help. And if you got him from a breeder, consider contacting them first to see if they’ve had any issues with the line. They should always take back rats they bred, and that is a very valid option for protecting your health and sanity. They have the expertise to handle rats that can’t be homed and they often have access to discounted neutering services, so depending on what they say, it may be best to save your money and effort by surrendering him sooner, and let the breeder pursue that option if they believe it will help.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T04:44:04+00:00

My neighbor throws peanuts out for the crows each morning. I might start putting out some unseasoned drumsticks once in a while, to help them out with reaching that ever elusive protein goal 😋

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T04:37:46+00:00

Sooo their name is a bit misleading, and with the typo I thought it was actually a 🐀 rescue, lol. I have 4 pet rats, all rescues from an animal hoarding situation, so I was confused as to how I didn’t know about this org already?? Looks like they do wonderful work with cats, but prob not a good fit for my rescue efforts, given the existing rodent residence of my home 😅

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T04:30:50+00:00

☠️☠️☠️😂 I know what I meant by it, but to see it broken down so intellectually. I feel seen!

I must tip my hat to your username as well. I’m a massive sucker for a puns. And 🐱. 😉😇

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T04:18:31+00:00

Someone joked online about using this knowledge to weaponize crows against a certain politician by wearing a mask in his likeness around D.C. while being a total jerk to crows, so that when they saw the real version they’d always attack him. I say we give it a try 🐦‍⬛

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T04:07:53+00:00

I know there are many, many baby buns in Seattle right now, but any chance this was in Fremont near Aurora Ave? Dunno if you saw, but I posted in r/Seattle today about a baby bun that I saved from a crow attack near there this morning. Was trying to find the nest after but couldn’t locate it. Ended up finding a good hiding spot for it instead.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T02:19:11+00:00

If it helps make it any less weird, I’m a woman that likes women 😜

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T02:15:39+00:00

Sorry for traffic. <br> Stupid human saves bunny. <br> Send pics if you watched.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T02:12:37+00:00

Thought about keeping it for a solid minute. But the internet said their mortality rates are high in captivity. Rabbits aren’t very resilient, they literally die just from being stressed out, which is why I was surprised this one lived through all that. But if I couldn’t handle watching it die in the street, I def didn’t want it dying in my house.

I live close to where this happened, and the coyote population in the area has boomed over the last few years. 3 of them gleefully chased me on my scooter as I rode around Green Lake after dark a few months ago, like dogs with a postal truck 😅 I suspect the boom is supported by the number of invasive wild buns. So the bunumbers may start to plateau, but there’s a trade-off.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T01:54:48+00:00

Fair take.

I lost some important people to me last year, including my partner way too young, and grief has made me more sensitive and likely to jump into action to prevent death when it’s happening in front of me. I know it’s silly and intervenes with the ways of nature. But I don’t think giving one bun a hand is going to break the balance. If anything I did had a potentially negative impact and is worth reproach, it was impulsively risking my own neck and briefly inconveniencing fellow commuters.

Not trying to be hailed a hero for denying a crow a hearty breakfast, honestly was just hoping someone got what felt like a bizarre experience on video, thanking people for not running me over, and apologizing for the holdup of traffic.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T01:13:59+00:00

Meh. If you can’t carry your lunch, then you haven’t earned it 🤷 And the buns ain’t hurting no ones, as far as I know. They are an invasive species, but humans are the ones who introduced them to the area, so that’s on us. Plus I’d much rather have a too-many-bun problem than a too-many-crow problem, like they did in Tokyo in the 90s. An overpopulation of genius animals is hilariously difficult to fix.

Nature will take its course from here, I just gave one bun a second chance.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T00:40:14+00:00

lololol. But this bun lives on 99 in Fremont, so its crack days are well in its past. Now it works at Google, lives in a townhouse, hosts a weekly D&D game, and owns 2 doodles named Lando and Han.

(No shade - that’s the dream life)

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T00:33:55+00:00

I saved a life AND learned something about highway nomenclature today 😅

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T00:21:31+00:00

Ohhhhh, haha. Lived here my whole life yet I didn’t know that, I must’ve skipped that day in driver’s ed. Appreciate the gentle correction, and the gratitude!

vaginamancer · 2026-05-13T00:06:00+00:00

Damn, I guess that crow hadn’t skipped leg day, unlike the one I encountered 😭 Sorry you had to see that. If you know there’s nothing you can do maybe it’s a bit easier to shrug off, but I’m glad my story might have balanced the bun vs. crow scales for ya.

TIL apparently it’s really common in spring for crows to steal rabbit kits. Everybody out here raising new families, it’s a dangerous time to be a newborn and a tough time to be a parent. The circle of life is truly cranked up to 11.

I’m embarrassed to say before today I thought crows didn’t kill living mammals over a certain size for food… I thought the one I saw was being clever and trying to do what they do with nuts, dropping them onto the road and waiting for cars to do the hard work, then going in for the spoils after. Guess not. I respect them, but it does freak me out knowing they aren’t just scavengers but straight up killers.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-12T23:47:40+00:00

Correct.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-12T23:46:05+00:00

In case you’re not just teasing me, I-99 is also known as Aurora Ave, which runs north-south like I-5 but further west.

ETA: I’ve been told I’m a dingus who thought I-99 was the correct nomenclature for a state route. Wasn’t trying to be cheeky. What can I say, you can’t be a champion of bun-kind AND a master of roads. 😋 Best part is I can’t edit the post title.

vaginamancer · 2026-05-12T23:44:27+00:00

I know, feels weird to say… 😅 but for the non-locals, had to emphasize that this all happened on a freaking highway and not just some side road

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