One of my cats caught a baby wild rabbit, and after rescuing it, we placed it in a box with a heating pad. I've been using a pen tube to feed it condensed milk and goat's milk. What else do I need to do to ensure it grows up healthy and strong?
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You need to help the baby bunnie pee & poop. Take a soft cloth, wet it and gently rub the tummy of the rabbit. That should help to make the bunnie go. Do that several times a day until the bunnie starts to go on its own. If it lives a couple of days, you will be lucky. Good luck!
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I raised some wild rabbits whose nest we had accidentally destroyed while clearing our garden. I went to our vet and got milk replacement that is formulated for them and kept them in a cardboard box. There were 3 in all. I fed them with an eyedropper and then they started lapping it out of my hand so I put their milk in a bowl and they drank it like kittens. I used an old towel to keep them warm. When they got bigger, I filled their box with grass from outside for bedding and when I came back to check on them, they had eaten it all! I also gave them lettuce and carrots when they had teeth. It was sad releasing them but they lived around my yard for years. Good luck. +2
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First off, that's the wrong milk for it. You need to get some KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer) and a syringe from a pet store. It's milk that is very close to rabbit milk. Then you need to keep it very warm, they like it 75-85F. Here's a website that will help you with a good feeding schedule and ideas on what to do to keep it healthy and growing. You will need to estimate how old it is. If it is naked or doesn't have it's eyes open, then it's under 10 days old. http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/orphan.html
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;( i rescued my Thumpur... he is in my pocket :3
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I agree with the above answer except you need to start at the belly with the warm cotton ball and go past its genitals. Do not overfeed the bunny cause the milk can get into its lungs very easily and it can aspirate and die. It is VERY hard to keep a little bunny alive. But Good Luck
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I have raised 10 and one time I had six . I have saved them from the snakes on my property. I feed them evaporated milk with a cc surringe. They open their eye at 10 days old. I use a small bird cage till so big then a rabbit cage. I think they are easy to care and clean for. I feed twice aday till they start to eat good and put a heating pad under one hafl of the cage till they open there eyes. I tried the dried hay and they never eat it they want the fresh grass or clover I pick or alfalfa I pick and put in the fridge in a plastic bag. I feed pellets, bird seed carrots, wild fruits , raddishes, lettuce, granola bars , graham crackers, even pop corn they even learned to asso. the microwave bell with the popcorn. Never feed lettuce or cabage to one under 5 months old. I like to wait till the weather is good and they are pretty big to turn them loose. I feed all the wild life on our place I try to give them what they get in the wodds here plus what we feed them even the horse feed from my horses.
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