Hello!
I found a rabbit in my front yard back in February (Albuquerque, NM). At first I entertained notions of rescuing it, but have a cat and know next to zilch about how to capture a rabbit much less care for it. I live in the city and it's just an average urban neighborhood.
Like I said, that was back in February and it can get pretty cold here in the evenings. I have no idea how long it's been living outdoors, but it's now April, and somehow it's survived this whole time. Also, I haven't seen any Lost Rabbit Posters.
I'm assuming it's a domestic rabbit. I've seen wild rabbits and this one is black, has short ears and a white chest.
Then I forgot all about it until 3 nights ago when I "sensed" something staring at me. I noticed a shape of something just 10' from me, and I moved towards it thinking it was a cat. It jumped into the shadow of a tree and I went inside to get a flashlight because it's shape seemed odd for a cat.
It was that RABBIT again!
I don't ever see it during the day. I only see it at night sort of hiding amongst some weeds I haven't removed. It's poor shelter and a poor hiding place, but that's where it seems to hang out at night. However, I did notice it's droppings during the day.
So, I've just left out some red leaf lettuce, some baby carrots, and tonight I put out very little bits of apples. I did a cursory online search as to what and what not to feed it...but I'm not sure what else to really do for it.
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I'm interested to see what kind of suggestions will be posted regarding what to do with it. I'm happy to keep feeding it what I've been feeding it -- but am concerned if it's sufficient enough. And I'm wondering if it's only a matter of time before 1 of the cats injures/kills it, or something else happens to it.
Thanks for reading.
F.
I found a rabbit in my front yard back in February (Albuquerque, NM). At first I entertained notions of rescuing it, but have a cat and know next to zilch about how to capture a rabbit much less care for it. I live in the city and it's just an average urban neighborhood.
Like I said, that was back in February and it can get pretty cold here in the evenings. I have no idea how long it's been living outdoors, but it's now April, and somehow it's survived this whole time. Also, I haven't seen any Lost Rabbit Posters.
I'm assuming it's a domestic rabbit. I've seen wild rabbits and this one is black, has short ears and a white chest.
Then I forgot all about it until 3 nights ago when I "sensed" something staring at me. I noticed a shape of something just 10' from me, and I moved towards it thinking it was a cat. It jumped into the shadow of a tree and I went inside to get a flashlight because it's shape seemed odd for a cat.
It was that RABBIT again!
I don't ever see it during the day. I only see it at night sort of hiding amongst some weeds I haven't removed. It's poor shelter and a poor hiding place, but that's where it seems to hang out at night. However, I did notice it's droppings during the day.
So, I've just left out some red leaf lettuce, some baby carrots, and tonight I put out very little bits of apples. I did a cursory online search as to what and what not to feed it...but I'm not sure what else to really do for it.
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I'm interested to see what kind of suggestions will be posted regarding what to do with it. I'm happy to keep feeding it what I've been feeding it -- but am concerned if it's sufficient enough. And I'm wondering if it's only a matter of time before 1 of the cats injures/kills it, or something else happens to it.
Thanks for reading.
F.