ANyone raise a bunny?

[Black Magic]

I was chasing around on one of our fenced areas.. (about three acres) and getting tired. The mama goat was giving me fits. Anyway, I stepped on something, and looked down and thought it was a tiny frog. I did a second take, and it turned out... of course, to be a very very tiny bunny... tea cup size... with room to spare.

I think I injured a leg on the thing, and it screamed, which is how it got my attention, and then it went into this roll of wire we have laying on the ground. The kids picked fresh carrots and such and put it in the end of the wire roll. They said it was sniffing and turned facing in various directions, so they assured it, the bunny was still alive.

The kids want to put a cage at the end of the wire and coax it into a dog carrier, so we can feed it, and maybe give it goats milk... (we have nursing goats)... and healthy bunny food and water.

I told the kids, I didn't know a thing about bunnies and thought that if we caught the bunny, it might be a death sentence, because it's obviously very young and needs it's mother more then us.

We checked tonight, and the bunny was still in the wire. It's been about 20 hours since this happened, So the kids are bugging me to catch the bunny, and hubby is asking me, what I think... and I'm clueless.

So it's up to you guys... and if of course God.. if it's there and still alive tomorrow morning... What do I do???

TIA

Lynn W

God Bless you guys!

 

[crponies]

If this is not a domestic rabbit that is running wild, the odds are not in your favor. Maybe google it and see what you can find about caring for wild rabbits.

 

[Ferrah]

I have successfully raised two wild rabbits.

Usually by the time wild rabbits are old enough to run successfully on their own, their mother stops nursing them.

I have had the most success raising wild rabbits like this:

Having as little human contact as possible in a very large cage or large rabbit run.

I feed hay and lots of natural grasses.

As soon as the rabbit is of a decent size, I release it in close to the same location as it was found.

Wild rabbits DO NOT do well in captivity, even when raised from a baby. They get extremely stressed out in this sort of situation and absolutely need to be in the wild.

Is there a wild animal rehabilitation center in your area? Maybe give them a call and see if they will take the wild bunny or can offer help and suggestions.

Good luck.