In this week’s “Animal Island,” (Pet Page) there was an article asking about hand-raising baby rabbits whose nests have been disturbed by lawn maintenance.
I have raised many litters of tiny bunnies that were plowed up in the field or destroyed by the lawn mower. I use a formula of canned milk and water in equal parts, then add several drops of puppy or kitty vitamins and the yolk of a soft-boiled egg. I find the smallest dolly bottle I can find, as an eyedropper seems to blob it out too fast for the little guys to manage. I have raised several litters, and the only ones I have lost were the ones who were injured so badly they couldn’t recover. I feed them every two or three hours for the first few days (and nights) until they are old enough to go onto solid food.
I kept them until they were about 4 or 5 months old, and then released them back to the wild. It takes patience and time, but it is fun and can be done.
I hope others who have been successful with the “bunny raising” will write so more of these little victims can be saved because everyone thinks it is not possible.
Marion Childs
Madison
Opinion
May 5, 2012 Letters to the editor: Marion Childs
On unfortunate baby bunnies
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