We are taking care of a young cotton tail that my mother's dog caught when it was about 2 1/2 weeks old. Anyway, recently we aquired 4 ( now 2wk 1day old) domestic bunnies that were orphened last saturday when their mother died. A friend of ours asked to help care for 4 of the 8 survivors ( saddly his 4 died friday). Well my husband had let our cotton tail out to allow her some exercise away from her cage. My daughter and I had finished feeding the babies when I decided to introduce our cottontail to the babies (VERY CONTROLED SITUATION BTW). Not only did she surprise me she went one step furthor by actually standing on my chest to guard OVER the babies in my lap. She licked them, sniffed them and even tried to clean them. Well she did this again today only this time, she actually nudged them back INTO the box that we are using for their bed. Is this Normal for a Wild rabbit? Most domestic Doe's kill young not their own.
SERIOUS,HONEST,KNOWLEDGABLE ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE.
2006-06-11
16:38:22
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