Found a baby rabbit

[duckncover]

Okay he's still alive and looking lively. He still doesn't respond at all when I present the syringe but once I get it in his mouth and squeeze a little he starts chewing at it drink the milk. He is moving around and burrowing in the wood shavings. He still isn't at all interested in nibbling at things. hopefully with time.

 

[duckncover]

He's chewing at the fresh grass, lettuce, and carrots I gave him a little while ago.

He is very friendly, cuddles up right by your neck. I'm trying to get him to eat some rabbit pellets so he can adapt better. He's doing much better than before and is giving a feeding response when given the syringe. He moves his paws and licks up the formula. He is way too used to people right now. I put a shallow dish of water in for him today along with a little hut to hide in and a brown stuffed animal to cuddle with. He really responds when you make rabbit sounds at him. I'm hoping lucky lives up to his name haha.

 

[DarkMelody]

Sorry, I had trouble seeing the pic, my 'puter does that sometimes. From my days as wildlife rehabilitator, I remember that very young rabbits were cleaned by mom after feeding, they need to have their anus wiped to stimulate defecation, otherwise they become impacted with fecal matter, stop feeding and die. Not sure about the age of yours, but if it appears young and not pooping or not eating any more, a soft damp rag/washcloth to the bum should do the trick.

Over-feeding/aspiration is the downfall of most baby rabbits.

Wild rabbits don't normally get their water by drinking, they get it from their Mother's Milk, their food or the dew on their food.

The less human handling the better for his survival, when released back into the wild.

Good luck with Lucky.

I know this is not your case, as the mother was killed, but most ppl 'find' baby bunnies and think them abandoned/orphaned. When in fact, the mother only visits them in the nest once or twice a day, until she goes to them for the night. Ppl unknowingly take babies from their mothers.

 

[duckncover]

We're still doing pretty good. I bought some Bene-Bac for her and gave her a little today. (pro-biotic for small animals) I now have goats milk esbilac mixed with kitten milk replacer as her formula. I put her out in the yard to graze and that's exactly what she did. I put some alfalfa hay in her cage to munch on if she wants before also.

 

[duckncover]

 

[Year of the Rooster]

From what I can see, that rabbit is old enough to wander on its own and fend for itself. I was taught that when the white spot on their forehead is gone, then they are old enough to leave their mother. I once had a young rabbit who my neighbor thought was orphaned (obviously wasn't) and they didn't know what to do. So I took it in, and one day as I was letting it get fresh air outside, it dashed away from me. It ended up living under my neighbor's porch for almost 2 months, until one of the neighbor's cats got to it. In that time, it had practically tripled in size, maybe even quadrupled. Sounds like this rabbit was on the verge of weaning.

 

[duckncover]

 

[Bessie1994Snider]

Adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[thekid]

You cant use a shallow waterbowl they cant drink that they need something like this http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/32ozrabo.html

 

[sonew123]

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