got a lil baby rabit???

[pheasant24]

well it has a broken leg and a gash on its leg....I just dont know whats to feed it???

 

[krcote]

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Seems like you have a few more serious problems than just what to feed it. You need to contact a rehabber.
Here is a good site in the mean time http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/orphan.html

 

[JP101010]

wild baby bunnies almost always pass away , even in the most experienced hands. the survival rate is less then 20% depending on how young and whether or not they have an open wound. almost always the baby rabbit is dehydrated , and depending on the severity , usually cannot be given enough liquid orally to replenish what has been lost. Also they tend to aspirate when they're weak which is why a wildlife rehab specialist would be able to insert a small feeding tube , only after subcutaneous fluids have been administered. I know you want to help this adorable little bunny but the best advice your going to get is to call your local animal emergency clinic and ask for the rehabber's phone number. cows and goats milk cannot be given to this baby bunny. The rehabber will have other baby bunnies at this time of year , to put with this one , which is vital for their survival. a rehabber and veterinarian would come up with a treatment plan with antibiotics , fluid therapy etc etc.

Be this little bunny's angel and see to it that he or she gets to a place where she will have the best chance of survival

If you tell me your location i can give you a few phone numbers

good luck

 

[pheasant24]

yah I get a lot of rabits and chipmunks so I have a little experience. i usually help the chipmunks then let them go....but the rabbits are a lil harder.
and Im in kalamazoo....I know some around here.

 

[Saltysteele]

my 2-1/2 week old bunnies eat grass like it's going out of style. so, i'd say grass (what it was probably eating before it was attacked - assuming, due to the gash and broken leg), hay and some rabbit pellets. it's never a good thing to vary a animals diet from what it has been

 

[pheasant24]

ok thanks!

 

[equine623]

If you truly want to do what is best for this bunny, call a rehabber. A broken leg needs attention from a professional, and a gash may or may not end up with maggots depending on how long ago it happened. Why insist on keeping this?? If you have to ask a chicken forum what to feed it, that tells me you don't know what you are doing. Its admirable to want to help, absolutely, but please do the right thing.

 

[mamabahre]

agree with everyone else.
We just released a baby cottontail that we rehabbed for a few days (no injuries)..
They are completely weaned really early and cows milk is deadly to them.

Call a real rehabber, the odds of your bunny surviving are slim (really slim with an injury) period and you can't do what needs to be done. The only reason we had our bunny for 3 days is because the weather was bad and it was perfectly healthy eating the wild greens I picked for it multiple times a day. I have no illusions about it surviving period but we stopped a cat mauling it so at least it lasted this long...

Mama bunnies wean very young and the babies are on their own VERY young, if the bunny still has a white spot on it's head it is a little too young for release, if it doesn't it could be released but with an injury obviously would just get killed right away. Get thee to a rehabber!

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oh fyi, if you are insisting on keeping it (you will kill it btw from lack of knowledge) just to be clear baby cottontails DO NOT become tame no matter what you do. They wild out and then will break their own necks trying to escape their cages. Wild rabbits DO NOT become tame...ever...don't be selfish, find someone else who is qualified to take care of it.

 

[mamabahre]

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Wild rabbits should NEVER eat pellets and grass is NOT enough to sustain a wild rabbit. They eat a large variety of weeds/flowering plants...

For crying out loud you don't know what you are doing and you are going to kill this bunny if you don't get it to someone who does! Stop taking misinformed advice from strangers online and give the bunny up.

 

[Saltysteele]

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Wild rabbits should NEVER eat pellets and grass is NOT enough to sustain a wild rabbit. They eat a large variety of weeds/flowering plants...

For crying out loud you don't know what you are doing and you are going to kill this bunny if you don't get it to someone who does! Stop taking misinformed advice from strangers online and give the bunny up.

well, you're one of the stranger online, why should he listen to you?

wild rabbits should never eat pellets? funny that the ones around here eat the pellets that fall or i dump out from my feeders, daily. not eat grass? what do you think they're eating in the wild? grass/weeds, bark, roots. he's not looking for a long-term diet replacement plan. as you so aptly stated, seeing as you are the only one who seems to know what they are doing here and the rest of us are idiots, the little guy probably is not going to make it. infection will set in, more than likely, and so also sepsis.

well, if anyone else has any questions, don't post them in the open forum, pm them directly to the expert