m.e.
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This isn't from me, I'm posting this here for someone else:
We found a tiny baby bunny in our window well this morning. He was upto his neck in cold water and was freezing when we rescued him. We tookhim to the vet to find out how to care for him and they gave usinstructions for feeding him and told us to just make sure he is warmand that the next 24 hours are critical for him because baby bunniesare pretty fragile. We've been trying to feed him and to keep it quietbecause he seems stressed, but he isn't interested in eating and heseems really afraid of us.
Has anyone taken care of a baby bunny before? Any tips for me? He isthe sweetest little thing and I just want to help him! My girls reallylike him, too!
And here's what I told her:
here are some more thoughts...
Did the vet tell you how old the bunny was? If his eyes are open,chances are, he's weaned. So I would try tempting the bunny with someparsely or lettuce, or even some oats (the instant kind is fine).
If possible, your vet or a local pet/feed store will carry a productcalled Nutri-Cal. This will help boost his metabolism and give him moreof an appetite. Just put a pea-sized dollop on his front paw so he canlick it off.
And I know you already are, but I just want to stress that you makesure that it's in a quiet area with minimal disruptions; stress cankill rabbits.
And her response:
The eyes are open. We went to two clinics because one wouldn't let usactually talk to the vet. At the first clinic, the lady at the frontdesk told us that she thought the bunny was about 10 days old.
If you want to ask for me, that would be great. I don't have enough time right now, but might be able to later.
I was reading a few things earlier and I'm worried that we shouldn't bekeeping the bunny. I know he fell into our window well, but maybe heisn't orphaned? Would his mom still take care of him now that we havehandled him? We don't want to keep him for ourselves - we just want todo the best thing for him.
I have put some green bean leaves from our garden in his box.
We found a tiny baby bunny in our window well this morning. He was upto his neck in cold water and was freezing when we rescued him. We tookhim to the vet to find out how to care for him and they gave usinstructions for feeding him and told us to just make sure he is warmand that the next 24 hours are critical for him because baby bunniesare pretty fragile. We've been trying to feed him and to keep it quietbecause he seems stressed, but he isn't interested in eating and heseems really afraid of us.
Has anyone taken care of a baby bunny before? Any tips for me? He isthe sweetest little thing and I just want to help him! My girls reallylike him, too!
And here's what I told her:
here are some more thoughts...
Did the vet tell you how old the bunny was? If his eyes are open,chances are, he's weaned. So I would try tempting the bunny with someparsely or lettuce, or even some oats (the instant kind is fine).
If possible, your vet or a local pet/feed store will carry a productcalled Nutri-Cal. This will help boost his metabolism and give him moreof an appetite. Just put a pea-sized dollop on his front paw so he canlick it off.
And I know you already are, but I just want to stress that you makesure that it's in a quiet area with minimal disruptions; stress cankill rabbits.
And her response:
The eyes are open. We went to two clinics because one wouldn't let usactually talk to the vet. At the first clinic, the lady at the frontdesk told us that she thought the bunny was about 10 days old.
If you want to ask for me, that would be great. I don't have enough time right now, but might be able to later.
I was reading a few things earlier and I'm worried that we shouldn't bekeeping the bunny. I know he fell into our window well, but maybe heisn't orphaned? Would his mom still take care of him now that we havehandled him? We don't want to keep him for ourselves - we just want todo the best thing for him.
I have put some green bean leaves from our garden in his box.