how do i feed wild baby bunnies?

Answer 1

It greatly depends on their age. If they are still "pinkies" or bunnies without any hair, you can purchase some milk replacer from a veterinarians office and try to feed them through an eye dropper. The best way to feed them would be tube feeding with a 3.5 catheter tube ( also can be purchased at a vet clinic ). This method causes the least amount of stress on the bunnies.

Bunnies in the wild are only with their mother until they are 15 days old. Even though they look as if they need care, they are actually old enough to be on their own. One way to tell if they are old enough is their size. Bunnies are big enough when they are about the size of a medium human fist.

The best option for your bunnies is to place them in a box, with ventilation, set the box in a quiet room with a heating pad set on low under the box. Next, call your local wildlife sanctuary or vet's office to find a local rehabber who is experienced with orphaned bunnies. They can die very easily from digestion problems and stress.

If you chose to keep them until they are big enough for release, take your time, don't hold them too much and keep them in a very quiet room where they are not disturbed. Good luck!

Answer 2

Ok...DO NOT FEED THEM MILK. I would use a dropper and feed them water and put small bits of grass or carrots in there with them. What most people don't know is that the mama rabbit lets them run all around during the day, and at night she comes back and rounds them up. The best thing you can do is to put the bunnies back outside. I know they are so darn cute and you'll worry yourself silly after you put them back outside, but trust me....the mama WILL come back for them. Also, little baby bunnies don't have a good survival rate when they are hand fed. The only thing you can do to make sure they live, is to put them back outside. Sorry :(

Answer 3

Wild baby animals are always better off being left where you found them. If possible, take them back to the exact place you picked them up. If it's been less than 24 hours, mom will almost certainly find them and take them back again.
Baby rabbits raised by humans have less than a 10% chance of survival on average. There is very little you can do to increase this. The younger they are, the less likely they will be to survive.
If you can't return them to their nest for whatever reason, try to find a wildlife rehabilitation center or a vet that will take them. That is their best chance for survival outside of mom's care.
Failing all that, a good care guide can be found at:
http://www.rabbit.org/care/orphan.html
Please, do everything you can to get these babies back to mom or to a professional. I've attempted to raise many baby rabbits, often picked up by people with good intentions and taken from the wild unnecessarily. Most of them, despite my best efforts and good training, have died. It's a heartbreaking experience, and usually totally unnecessary in the first place.

Answer 4

You can feed them kitten milk replacer or goats milk. Use an eye dropper or syringe to feed very small amounts, and make sure it doesn't go into their noses. Do not feed cows milk, and they are still too young to eat solid foods. Edit - Baby bunnies should not have green vegetable so young, it is bad for their digestive systems, even if their eyes were open and they were able to eat carrots and lettuce, it would not be healthy for them. You should wipe the cuts with warm water to clean them, but it will not affect what they eat.

Answer 5

Are their eyes open? if so, then they are probably already weaned and don't need your help keeping them alive... just feed them regular rabbit peleted feed (do not get this from walmart) which can be purchased at a feed supply store... if their eyes are not open, take two egg yolks, a teaspoon of bonemeal (get this in the gardening section) and two teaspoons of karo syrup and feed it to the baby bunnies (called "kittens") every couple of hours throuh an eye dropper...

Answer 6

Is ma rabbit still alive out there somewhere? Then let them go mom will find them. If ma rabbit is dead then you should take them to the pet hospital or the SPCA. If you don't know how to take care of them, ( and it's quite obvious you can't )they'll end up in the pet cemetery. So if you realy care about the health of those little critters do the right thing.

Answer 7

You can go to a pet store and buy formula and the little nursing bottles but 99% of the time they will die anyway...I'd put them back where I found them and see if they are still there tomorrow..Their Mom may still be around!

Answer 8

Hii have a lot of pages from an rabbit care organazation
it tells what to feed how to keep them E.T.C.
IF u would like me to email u the pages i can.

Answer 9

It is important to simulate the natural habitat as much as poss. therefore you should throw carrots and cabbage leaves into their enclosure and let them hunt for the food themselves.

Answer 10

if they are wild, leavethem alone. If they require assistance, alert animal control in your area.