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How to care for a wild rabbit depends on the species. You have to figure out the species before you do anything else.
If we're talking about cottontail species: a 4-week old rabbit is basically no longer a baby. When professional rehabbers take care of wild abandoned baby cottontails, 4-5 weeks is when they release them back into the wild. If you find a 4-week old cottontail, just leave it alone, it doesn't need feeding. If you want a pet, there are plenty of domestic rabbits in animal shelters or from breeders. Wild animals are not pets.
Even if the rabbit is less than 4-weeks, you should leave it alone. You shouldn't feed wild baby rabbits, for a few reasons.
Let nature run its course. Not every baby rabbit is meant to survive: that's why rabbits have so many babies.
Wild cottontails are some of the most difficult animals to hand-rear, even for professionals. If you bring that rabbit home, you are probably only prolonging its suffering.
Baby rabbits drink rabbit milk, and you don't have any of that. Cow milk will kill the baby rabbit. Human baby formula will kill the baby rabbit. Professional wildlife rehabilitators use special formulas, depending on the rabbit's species -- but even then, the baby rabbits often don't survive. Their care is extremely complicated: it's not just about feeding milk.
People often think they've found abandoned baby rabbits when they haven't. Mother rabbits don't stay with their babies: mostly, they leave their babies alone, coming back only once or twice a day to feed them. The idea is, the less time they spend at the nest, the lower chance a predator might find the nest and eat the babies. So, people come across a nest, think the babies are abandoned, bring them home, and the mother comes back to an empty nest; and then, usually, the babies all die. Your best bet is to just leave the babies where they are.
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If you are positive the rabbits are orphaned babies, and you desperately want to help, contact a local authority to help you. This could be a wildlife rehabber, a rabbit rescue group, an animal shelter, an SPCA, or the municipal government.
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What does a wild rabbit feed on?
It feeds on whatever it can find
What to feed wild baba rabbits?
Wild baby rabbits can eat rabbit pellets, hay and carrots when they are two weeks old. Before that you should hand feed them.
What are things you can feed a wild baby rabbit if you can't get to the store?
grass and i think small carrots maybe
What do you feed a wild baby rabbit that is not weened?
I'd say soft food, or grain. Like oats
Can a mother rabbit feed a wild rabbit if their own babies are already 6 weeks and will they Hurry you need an answer?
your question is worded weird did u mean a mother rabbit feed a baby that is not hers if that was it then no it will not useually in less it is early on in its life and the same age as her babies
How many times a day do you feed a snake?
In the wild most snakes do not eat all that often, so to semi-duplicate their wild environment a feeding once a week will suffice. If you feed reptiles too often they grow too fast for their skeletons to keep up. This tends to make their bones weak. What kind of snake are you feeding ?
How often do you feed a wild baby mouse?
it depends what type of mouse it is
How can you help the wild bunny in your yard survive the winter?
Put out feed to it. Proper rabbit food, not any old leftovers
How often do sugar gliders eat yogurt?
As often as you feed it to them. They don't eat yogurt in the wild.
How can you tell when a wild rabbit is ready to give birth?
It is really hard to tell. If she makes a nest then she is prob. having babies. But stay away from them please, unless you absolutely know the mom died. They don't come to feed their babies often and they wouldn't feed them around you anyway.
Why would a wild rabbit sit under my outside deck for a week just sitting?
It is probably a female. And it is about to have babies
What will happen to a rabbit if eats molded dry feed stuck to the side of the feeding goal?
Rabbits who eat dry moldy feed at the very least will get diarrhea and a very bad tummy ache. Most likely it will kill them. If a rabbit is left to it's own devises in the wild they WILL NOT eat moldy feed. But if penned in a cage with moldy feed the rabbit is most likely to eat it out of boredom if nothing else.
