Pocket Protector

A user on Reddit rescued a baby cottontail rabbit and kept it safe until it could live on its own — but not before sharing this adorable video of the baby bun snug in a shirt pocket. Here’s the story:

Baby rabbit tucked into a shirt pocket

Feifel and his siblings were living in a nest in our backyard. I didn’t notice them until one of our dogs got hold of a baby rabbit. I decided to take care of him until he was strong enough to be released.

The bond I had with this little bunny was unreal — he would lay on my chest and watch TV with me every night. I noticed that he would make these little clicking/grinding noises with his mouth and when I looked up what that meant, it’s apparently something rabbits do when they’re comfortable and content. I literally sobbed when I let him go. It was wild the emotions I felt for this little creature.

Be sure to read the Reddit comments for more pictures of Feifel! (via Andrew Y.)

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14 thoughts on “Pocket Protector

  1. allein 🐾 May 18, 2025 / 8:12 am

    Awww! It would be so hard to release him! I wonder if he still visits…

  2. Tara May 18, 2025 / 8:53 am

    oh gosh – so cute! Best Bunday post ever.

  3. AJ May 18, 2025 / 9:31 am

    Beyond cute! And also so jelly she has rabbits in her yard. All I have are skunks and gophers. And thank you to the rescuer for keeping him safe then releasing him.

  4. Dana May 18, 2025 / 10:19 am

    So precious! So glad she released him, but gosh that would be so hard.

  5. Duckie πŸ₯ May 18, 2025 / 11:00 am

    Completely unrelated to today’s post, but I wanted to share.
    Yesterday I told how I had acquired a stuffed animal capybara at the mall. When I took it out of its wrapper, I checked the tag for its name. It was Hope.
    Later, I was looking for some legal papers. I was going through a box and dropped a pack of Christmas cards on my foot. One fell out. The front said HOPE.

    • N. Fritz May 18, 2025 / 11:10 am

      cue the Twilight Zone theme!

    • allein 🐾 May 18, 2025 / 11:28 am

      πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’•

    • DEBG May 18, 2025 / 3:57 pm

      I love that you taught the Victims Services people something new and fun.

  6. kermit May 18, 2025 / 3:30 pm

    It’s all fun and games until you have bunny farts emanating from your pocket.

  7. DEBG May 18, 2025 / 3:59 pm

    Well, that was just LETHAL. How am I supposed to get anything done today?

    It’s baby bunny season in Colorado. I went on a walk maybe last weekend, just at the right time, and saw 55 bunnies in 2.3 miles. Many were babies and one couldn’t have been much bigger than Feifel.

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