Yes, you can be infected as well. The best way to protect yourself from it is to wear plastic gloves, long pants, long-sleeved shirt, and something to tie your hair back if you have long hair. Also you should wear an apron.
If a mother rabbit feels there is danger for her babies, she kills them. :(
Do it yourself!
Handling cottontail rabbit poop can pose potential risks due to the presence of harmful bacteria and parasites. These can cause infections or diseases if proper hygiene practices are not followed, such as wearing gloves and washing hands thoroughly after contact. It is important to be cautious when handling rabbit poop to avoid any potential health hazards.
Yes, rabbit poop can contain parasites such as coccidia and pinworms. It is important to practice good hygiene when handling rabbit feces to prevent the spread of parasites.
It just wants to protect it.
Dutch rabbits don't protect themselves. Dutch rabbits are domesticated animals, and when animals are domesticated they lose some of their independence and they become dependent on humans to take care of them and keep them safe. As a pet rabbit's owner or companion, it's your job to protect your rabbit. See the related question below about how to take care of a rabbit for more info.
If the rabbit is not moving, breathing, or showing any signs of life, it is most likely dead. You should contact a veterinarian or an animal control center for assistance. It's important to be cautious when handling animals in distress to prevent any potential harm to yourself.
Tularemia can spread by handling or eating insufficently cooked rabbit meat, handling an infected carcass, or coming in contact with fluids from an infected deerfly, horsefly, tick, or mosquitoe.
If you sweep out the rabbit's hutch every day or two, and give it a good scrubbing out every month or two, you shouldn't have a problem with spiders. If the hutch is located near a bush or other area that's already infested with rabbits, move it.
they r keeping the rabbit away from the other animals so the other animals don't eat the rabbit
the rabbit don't have anything but speed to get away, when you corner it, it will try to bite you. but overall it just runs away.
I would suggest you buy a "built it" kit from a pet store and mantle it yourself.