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Hole about 3' deep and put into it as much of the original material as you can recover, including the mother's fur. Nests can be moved to a safer place up to 10' away from the original site and can be reconstructed if necessary. I/My Dog/My Cat Destroyed a Rabbit Nest! What Do I Do? By removing themįrom the nest you are greatly reducing their chances of survival. You come across a nest of bunnies in the wild and the mother is no where to be seen, please DO NOT disturb them.this is normal. Time that you hear them crying (baby bunnies should be quiet most of the day.if they are crying constantly then they are not getting fed).

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Not be sunken in), the pinkness of their skin and activity level (they should not be blue in color or sluggish in movement) and the amount of You can pick up the babies and see if they are feeding by checking the size of their stomachs (should Do not forceĪ mother rabbit to sit in the nest box. They build a nest with fur and grasses which helps to keep the babies warm in between feedings. Mother rabbits do not 'sit' on the babies to keep them The milk is very rich and the babies 'fill up' to capacity within minutes. They will be in the nest or nest box early in the morning and then again Rabbit mothers nurse their babies for approximately 5 minutes a day. You can also protect the nest with a wicker laundryīasket with a hole cut in it for the mother to enter. The nest, you can put a wheelbarrow over it, so that the mother can get to it but the dog cannot. If you find a nest that has been disturbed, do all you can to restore and protect it rather than bring the infants inside. Rabbits 'hide their nests in plain view,' often putting them in the open, for example in the middle of the lawn, as well as in brush piles and long I/My Dog/My Cat Found a Rabbit Nest! What Do I Do? The best thing you can do is to contact a wildlife Week, and the care that people attempt to provide can be illegal, unnecessary,Īnd potentially harmful. The reality is fewer than 10% of orphaned rabbits survive a Often they wish to 'rehabilitate' them with some adviceįrom others. Many people mean well when they contact House Rabbit Society after discovering an 'abandonded'

The Bunny is Domestic and Really Orphaned - How do I care for it?.

The Bunny is Wild and Really Orphaned - How do I care for it?.

Is there anything I can do to avoid orphaning baby bunnies?.

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I/My Dog/My Cat Destroyed a Rabbit Nest! What Do I Do?.

I/My Dog/My Cat Found a Rabbit Nest! What Do I Do?.

Links to national lists of wildlife rehabilitators can also be found in the FAQ below. To find a licensed rehabber, please contact the DNR, a local exotics vet, or the Purdue University wildlife information page, which also has more information about cottontail rabbits.

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In Indiana, rehabilitating wildlife requires a license from the DNR. So if you find a nest of baby rabbits, think twice before doing anything that requires that you touch the baby rabbits or disturb the nest. The way that a mother rabbit cares for the babies limits her time in the nest, which further makes it less likely a predator will find the In plain sight' as often the predators that they naturally fear would be too timid to enter those areas. sometimes even right in the MIDDLE of an open yard. Wild rabbits often make their nests in areas that boggle our minds.

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