Routine errands or appointments can sometimes turn out to be much more “value added” than expected. That recently happened to me -- twice in one day!
First came a vet appointment for Jersey – still a challenge
because he’s unwilling to be lifted up and put into his carrier for the
drive. He no doubt remembered his first
such trip after joining the family, when he literally fought tooth and nail against
being picked up. (Remember, he had been
an outdoor cat, unused to such things.) 
Jersey
After that traumatic time for both of us, I welcomed a vet staffer’s
help getting Jersey to his second appointment.
He was sweetly making her acquaintance till she moved to pick him up, precipitating
a repeat acrobatic performance: he bounded past her, then flew around the room
and raced under a chair. Luckily, the
door was closed, he was finally nabbed and “carrier’d,” and off we went.
The surprises started soon after all that when an office staffer told me about the two crated young cats napping near her desk. They had been “raised by her dog,” she said, literally meaning that in the absence of a mama cat, they had been nursed by her dog, and thrived. The same dog has also been a many-times mom of puppies.
What a happy story, shades of some I’ve seen in the Dodo (thedodo.com), when animals matter-of-factly pitch in across species to help other animals.
At that, another staffer chimed in with a scary tale about a
client’s kitten who was exploring the house and came upon a dishwasher with the
door opened down – and relieved himself there.
That’s an unenviable cleaning job, even for a washing device. 
Ren
During a library visit later that day, I heard about another
library patron who has started early to find a new, loving home for her cat
before she moves next year where she can’t take him. In good health and up to date on shots,
4-year-old “Ren” (short for “Renard,” French for “fox” because as a ginger
kitten, he looked like a fox cub), the indoor-only cat has not at this point interacted
with any other cats or dogs.
I’ll try for more Ren photos and parent-contact info in case
any readers want to see and know more about him.
So, unusual feline info of all sorts in one day: more than
I’d bargained for.
Speaking of cats – and to them
High-pitched sing-song tones are in for talking to
our cats. The Dodo reported
recently on a study indicating that “baby-talk” is a winning way to talk to our
babies, who then somehow know we’re talking to them and pay more
attention than usual to us.
Flattering to cat
parents, researchers noted the cats usually ignore baby-talk, even with their
names included, from strangers. Cats’
own people gain more confidence that their felines know and prefer them over
just any baby-talker. https://tinyurl.com/4n5ctrvr
Bunnies, hares & house rabbit food
Hares are usually larger than rabbits, with longer ears and
legs. (If you’re already picturing Bugs
Bunny, you’re right: BB is in fact a hare.) Hares run faster than rabbits, they’re
born with fur, their eyes are open and they come into the world ready to
hop.
They prefer
eating twigs and plant shoots -- harder substances than wild rabbits’ soft, salady
food and they’re generally solitary.
Hares live above ground, whereas most wild rabbits in the US live in dens
burrowed by other animals.
https://modernfarmer.com/2017/03/five-differences-rabbits-hares/
I had also found useful tips on food for house rabbits in this Dodo article -- and I now know the bunny pictured is a lop-eared rabbit. https://tinyurl.com/2rwkfdzr
Dodo image
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