One baby staying away from the others?

[Jillian]

My mom and I have recently been given three baby rabbits from someone she knew. They seem to be doing well, eating well, warm, perky and bright eyed. My only concern is that one bunny in particular seems to always stay off to itself rather than snuggling with it’s siblings, even when I place him in the nest box with them. I am not expert at all, but I would say they’re probably around 10-12 days old. PS I hope I’m not doing this too terribly wrong this is my first time on the site ! Thank y’all for the input

 

[Augustus&HazelGrace]

It probably just gets lost or it may be getting too warm. Do you have a nursing mom that is taking care of them? Can you post a picture of them and the nest box?

 

[Jillian]

It probably just gets lost or it may be getting too warm. Do you have a nursing mom that is taking care of them? Can you post a picture of them and the nest box?

I don’t have a nursing mom. We were given the babies by someone she knows because she is a veterinarian and we have lots of experience hand raising babies of different species. We just got them yesterday, so their setup is very rudimentary for now (just a large tub with towels, little nesting box in one corner with extra blanket, and I have a heating pad on low under the box on the very far corner in case they want to get warmer)

 

[Augustus&HazelGrace]

At ten days they still need milk. If your mom is a vet then she probably knows that. But at ten days they definitely shouldn't be moving around much anyway. And should just be getting fur. But my babies would move away from the others when they would get too warm, I bred in the summer, not as hot here as it would be in Texas but still around 80 and such. Also, can I ask what type of vet your mom is? I want to be a vet ( if everything works out) or a vet tech and want to work with exotics and plan on moving to Texas after I graduate and I'm wanting to get my feelers out there. PM me if you like My projected Grad date is in 2024 for Vet Tech ( I start this fall) I would love to ask your mom questions if she is open to that.

 

[Jillian]

At ten days they still need milk. If your mom is a vet then she probably knows that. But at ten days they definitely shouldn't be moving around much anyway. And should just be getting fur. But my babies would move away from the others when they would get too warm, I bred in the summer, not as hot here as it would be in Texas but still around 80 and such. Also, can I ask what type of vet your mom is? I want to be a vet ( if everything works out) or a vet tech and want to work with exotics and plan on moving to Texas after I graduate and I'm wanting to get my feelers out there. PM me if you like My projected Grad date is in 2024 for Vet Tech ( I start this fall) I would love to ask your mom questions if she is open to that.

They might be older than ten days then. They have a full coat and eyes and ears are fully open and they are able to hop around; they do have teeth. They’re still pretty small, easily can sit in my palm. I have them on a mix of goat’s milk ebsilac formula with heavy whipping cream, pedialyte, and Bene-Bac to support healthy gut bacteria because I don’t have access to cecotrophes. After they’ve consumed the formula with benebac for a few days I can hopefully start introducing some wild grass and other plants.

 

[Augustus&HazelGrace]

Oh, are these wild babies?

 

[Jillian]

Also, my mom was a small animal vet but retired some years back actually. I’m sure she would mind answering any questions if you pm me with them, and also I might be able to answer some questions about school because I have shadowed exensively and was Pre-vet for my first two years of college.

 

[Jillian]

Yes, I believe cottontails. We live in a very rural area so there is not a lot of availability or access to wildlife rehabs that we know of. We’re both doing our very best to do extensive research and give them the most precise care we can. I know how precarious these babies can be. They seem to be doing really well so far.

 

[Jillian]

Also, my mom was a small animal vet but retired some years back actually. I’m sure she would mind answering any questions if you pm me with them, and also I might be able to answer some questions about school because I have shadowed exensively and was Pre-vet for my first two years of college.

Wouldn’t *** mind, so sorry

 

[Augustus&HazelGrace]

Ok, that makes things slightly different. Wild rabbits develop quicker than domesticated, being fully weaned at 3 weeks but I would go another week beings you are feeding something different then what they would normally do. Still start introducing the grass and such though.
We had wild rabbits in our yard and my dog found them so I had to keep an eye on them to make sure my dog didn't get them. They all scattered so I found them all and put them back and one kept leaving the nest and I kept putting it back so I would know where they all were when I let the dog out. No clue why it did this.

 

[Jillian]

Ok, that makes things slightly different. Wild rabbits develop quicker than domesticated, being fully weaned at 3 weeks but I would go another week beings you are feeding something different then what they would normally do. Still start introducing the grass and such though.
We had wild rabbits in our yard and my dog found them so I had to keep an eye on them to make sure my dog didn't get them. They all scattered so I found them all and put them back and one kept leaving the nest and I kept putting it back so I would know where they all were when I let the dog out. No clue why it did this.

I know that the babies were most likely not “orphaned” when found, but by the time they came to us it had been a few days and the friend of a friend of a friend had already mowed over their old nest. Otherwise I would definitely 100% have put them back to be with their mom