So… is this a wild or escaped/set free/ domestic rabbit?

[artbykarenehaley]

I have not been getting notices what did I miss!!

 

[artbykarenehaley]

I have not been getting notices what did I miss!!

Did you catch BABs yet

 

[Summer_]

Did you catch BABs yet

Not yet, but it’s learning not to wander far from here (it hasn’t been gone today)

 

[Summer_]

I have not been getting notices what did I miss!!

I got BABBIT some Timothy hay and some pellets : D

 

[TheFugitivePen]

The wild rabbits I've seen in the southeast USA are all a mottled brown and very uniform in appearance. They also are very skittish around humans.

A friend of mine used to rescue injured, wild rabbits (she lived on property and her dog was constantly finding and attacking rabbit nests). Once the rabbits reached sexual maturity, they did NOT like people, even though she'd bottle-fed them as babies and had handled them a great deal. They were just wild through and through.

Considering that this rabbit doesn't mind your presence AND his coloring, I'd guess he was domesticated and either escaped his home or was dumped.

 

[Summer_]

The BABBIT gets excited when I bring it pellets

 

[NatJ]

The BABBIT gets excited when I bring it pellets

You might be able to use that to catch it-- put the pellets near a cage, then each day put them closer, and eventually have the pellets inside the cage. At that point, if it's going into the cage to eat the pellets, it's pretty easy to just close the door of the cage (either push it closed, or rig a string so you can close it from a distance.)

 

[Summer_]

You might be able to use that to catch it-- put the pellets near a cage, then each day put them closer, and eventually have the pellets inside the cage. At that point, if it's going into the cage to eat the pellets, it's pretty easy to just close the door of the cage (either push it closed, or rig a string so you can close it from a distance.)

We thought about doing something like that, but the cage we have might be too small to keep it in there for super long

 

[NatJ]

We thought about doing something like that, but the cage we have might be too small to keep it in there for super long

Good point. Arranging a suitable long-term cage before you try to actually catch it would make sense.

You could still get it used to eating near or in the cage you have, so it's easier to catch when you are ready.

 

[Summer_]

Good point. Arranging a suitable long-term cage before you try to actually catch it would make sense.

You could still get it used to eating near or in the cage you have, so it's easier to catch when you are ready.

Parents say we should catch it in there and encourage it to sleep in it until we make something, so it doesn’t run away/get eaten before we would finish something and waste time/money. I’m convincing it to stay nearby, and today so far it hasn’t left : D