Why did your rabbit leave its baby in the rain to die?

Answer 1

Normally if a rabbit abandones her own baby it means that the baby isn't well and the mother doesn't think it'll survive. it's all to do with natural instinct and how the animal thinks as if it were in the wild, a mother will leave the runt of the litter to die if she thinks that it will keep the rest of her litter alive or for example if she knows she only has enough milk for 8 babies but had a litter of 10 she will discard the 2 smallest and weakest of the litter to give the other 8 a chance at survival, it really is a case of survival of the fittest and more often than not mum knows best. sorry but if your rabbit is the babies mum it more than likely means the baby is not well and probably wont survive.

if you feel different you could try hand rearing it but i would get the opinion of a professional first and see what they think.

sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

hope this helps

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Also, mother rabbits do not spend a lot of time near their young. The babies are born essentially without a scent, so they are difficult for predators to find. The mother is much easier for predators to find. So she nurses her young but otherwise keeps her distance to reduce the possibility of predators finding them.