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pinky

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i have a baby rabbit (i think it is wild) in mygarden,hiding under my deckingand i have no idea ofhow it got there.there is no signs of digging or anything. please ifanyone knows of any tips on catching him/her they would be very muchapreciated. please help beacause if i dont rescue him i think one ofthe cats might get him....
 
Will bump up a post about wild rabbits. If they're your cats, can you keep them at bay and try to shoo the little one away?

:)

-Carolyn
 
I brought it back, Pinky. Hope it helps.

-Carolyn
 
Are you going to catch the little rabbit? If you shoo it away, will it be able to survive on its own?

Mmm I guess since you did mention it being a wild rabbit, it probablyhas the wild animal instinct to survive...still it's young andeverything, hope it will beall right. :?
 
i dont think i will be able to shoo it awaybecause it seems quite happy under my decking :?. all of my garden isfenced in aswell so that doesnt really help the matter....havent hadany sightings for a little while so i'm hoping the little cuties ok orthat its hopped off back to its home!! i'm not entirely sure it is wildeitherso i would really like to somehow (i have NO idea howto do this) catch him/her so i can ask if anyone has lost it if itsstill in my garden.there are fields nearby soitcould be wild but there are a lot of housesaswell.
 
In my neighborhood everyone knows that I'm "the guy with all the bunnies".

Not to long ago our neighbor found a baby wild bunnie in the middle ofsomeone's front lawn so she came straight to me for advice. The babyhad hunkered down and remained completely motionless, but we could seethat it was breathing. It was in the middle of the day so I figuredthat the mother was nearby. Babies have no scent, but the mother does.She stays away on purpose so as not to attract predators with herscent. She will visit the babies a few times in the day and night tonurse them. We checked on the baby every hour or so and kept an eye outfor cats and such. Sure enough at around dusk the baby had disappeared.Mom prpbably snuck out and got her baby when we weren't looking.

IMO..unless you are absolutely sure it is someones pet you shouldprobably leave it alone. It has a better chance of survival withouthuman intervention.

Our bunnie Rosie was abandoned outside and was rescued by one of ourvery own members, Buck Jones. However Rosie is a white and black bunnieand it was very easy to see that she was not a wild rabbit.

 
The rabbit probably has a nest close by, how bigis it. I had three in my yard last year. One diedand the other two grew up and moved on. The mother isprobably coming to feed it after dark and before sunrise. Allyou can do is check on it every day. I saw her feeding themone night. Some days it may be very hard to find, they reallyblend in good.

Ed
 
We have wild rabbits by ourplace. They are just starting to change colours ontheir fur (snow white to grey).In the local news, people are being told not to pick up thebabies, and if they were concerned they should contact thelocal SPCA, and have someone come out.

Rainbows! :D
 
By chancedoes
wildhare2.jpg
the wild rabbit look anything like thisonly brown ?

If it does most likey it isa wild rabbit , they willhave wider upright earsand longer feet than a domesticrabbit will .
 
hello just thought i'd update you all on the babybunny scene! we ended up calling the RSPCA to come and collect thebunny as there was no sign of its mother, we had a guniea pig cageluckily and we made that up so that we no longer had to worry aboutcats ( we have lots of them in our neighbourhood). unfortunately thelittle rabbit passed away before the man arrived.we laterfound out the rabbit was indeed wild and it had inflamed kidneys andhad died of natural causes. the following night me and my best friendwere out walking, when we spotted one of the neighbours cats with ababy rbbit in it's mouth. we managed to shoo the cat away and as wewere going home spotted the cat goin in for the kill again. luckily wemanaged to save the rabbit and once again had to call the RSPCA. wewere rather concerned because this poor little baby was bleeding.within the hour the rabbit was collected and we were told he was around8 weeks old and so was no longer with his/ her mother. this rabbitthough was very fit and very healthy, unlike our last little fighterwho was slow and lethargic. so we have come to the conclusion that acat must have brought the original bunny in!

here is a picture of the first bunny that we had (the one from out thegarden), it's a shame the poor little thing didn't survive...it wasvery cute!
 
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