HELP! anyone who owns or knows about bunnies!

[BlueO]

Hi BYC! so I have a problem. A fox just ran through our property and I thought all was well after I checked on all the birds. I was on my deck and in the rocks I saw something squirming. It was a new born bunny… and not one but two. There was some blood around and I assumed some of the other babies the fox had got. I looked everywhere for more of them and there nest but nothing. I have never owned bunnies but know the *slightest* about raising them. I know they need to be kinda in the ground or underneath something and I heard you can use goats milk for them. Right now I have them in a towel in a bucket under a heat lamp. These things are tiny! I need some help! Please! Thanks!

 

[townchicks]

Best to find a wildlife rehabilitation center, rabbits are hard. If you can't, feed the KMR. Kitten milk replacement, pet stores carry it. Mother rabbits only feed the babies once or twice a day, then leave the nest. She may return, keep an eye out for her. If they make it that far, you can start introducing them to hay at about 2 weeks, usually weaned by 3 weeks. Then you can slowly start introducing a small amount of greens, fresh grass that hasn't been sprayed, romaine lettuce, etc.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Best to find a wildlife rehabilitation center, rabbits are hard. If you can't, feed the KMR. Kitten milk replacement, pet stores carry it. Mother rabbits only feed the babies once or twice a day, then leave the nest. She may return, keep an eye out for her. If they make it that far, you can start introducing them to hay at about 2 weeks, usually weaned by 3 weeks. Then you can slowly start introducing a small amount of greens, fresh grass that hasn't been sprayed, romaine lettuce, etc.

Second the difficulty. Every single orphan we tried to hand rear when we bred rabbits ended up passing.