can wild baby rabbits be rescued???

[cody82414]

in my efforts to expand my gardening, I had DH till an area that he later found baby rabbits in :(

I am sick about this.

I moved them off to an area close but private
and I think 2 of the 5 have survived the night.
I am just not sure the mother has found them.

can wild rabbits be 'rescued'?
I just can't stop thinking about thse bitty guys

[cody82414]

3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue - What To Do About Wildlife
A wild baby rabbit taken into domestic care has a 1% chance of survival.

[motherofmolly]

yes. in fact i just gave similac to a lady that has baby racoons. she is a licensed rescue'r.

[momof2inohio]

Yes, they can be saved. My mom used to volunteer at a wildlife rescue center and she raised baby rabbits all the time. If you have a local wildlife center take them there. The chance of survival is pretty slim but its worth a shot.

[splash]

We use to save them using eyedropper to give them milk but it takes a lot of work as they need to be fed often. If you have handled them chances are the mother won't come back to them.

[abond0017]

I would leave them alone and try to contact a wildlife rescue. This website has a lot of good info as well.

I’ve Found a Baby Cottontail, What Do I Do? — WildRescue, Inc./Rabbit Rescue

Also, if you do take them in, once they get a bit older...they will probably begin to display their instinctual behavior...meaning that they might start trying to bite the hand that feeds them. So be weary of that if you have child around them.

I was sold a wild young brown rabbit (I had no idea about anything about bunnies at the time and didn't know). Bought it when we lived in another country...guess they could do that there. I treated it well and gave it plenty of free roam time, but it would claw at my hand and make these horrible grunting noises every time I put my hand in its cage to feed it. Finally realized it was because it was wild (saw one just like it outside one day), and read that they won't loose their wild instincts and cannot be made domestic.

Good luck in figuring out what to do. Hopefully they don't all die and the mother returns.

[Rene S]

Yes, they can be saved. My mom used to volunteer at a wildlife rescue center and she raised baby rabbits all the time. If you have a local wildlife center take them there. The chance of survival is pretty slim but its worth a shot.

ITA and was going to say the same thing.

[Nascar88]

My wife and I tried to save a wild baby rabbit. It refused to be fed by us and ended up dying. It was very sad to us.

[434Teresa]

yes they can...my neighbors have 6 right now that they have had for about 4 weeks now...coyotes got their mom