2006-08-30 11:58:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
She probably will, but dont take that chance. Leave them bunnies alone.
2006-08-30 14:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT touch or let anyone else...baby can be hurt, become disoriented and separated from mama in her and its fear of people, etc.. BUT LISTEN, if you already did, the 'mom won't take it back now that it smells of human' thing is a BIG MYTH. Leave baby alone where it was first spotted or where mama is if you're SURE that's her and stay totally out of sight, if mama is around sooner or later she'll re-unite with baby. It is okay to keep an eye on it to make sure that it does have that reunion with mom, but again, it is a total myth that the mom won't take it if a human has touched it or if it smells of humans. People think the same things about baby birds/deer/raccoons/feral kittens/ etc., and it just is SO NOT true. I went to a seminar at a state park given by a wildlife rehabilitator and first found this out...also the game warden said the same thing.
There are actual wildlife rehabilitators that frequent this board, maybe they'd wanna throw in their two cents as well.
2006-08-30 12:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by Peachy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With wild animals anytime you see a baby lying somewhere by itself you should just leave it alone. The mother will usually just be off hunting for food etc. Sometimes when they come back and smell a foreign smell on the baby they will abandon it as they see it as a danger now. This would apply to some domestic animals as well. If you're concerned it is an abandoned baby in the wild, just go back and check on it later, and if it's still there then it was probably abandoned.
2006-08-30 12:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peachy is absolutely correct. The touching of wild animals, in most cases, is a myth. With wild animals, their instinct to care for their young far supersedes the scent of humans. I have known cases where a nest of rabbits was disturbed by dogs and the mother has come back.
Mother rabbits generally are within watchful distance of the nest, but not close enough to draw attention to it. She'll come during the dark and early morning hours and nurse for a few minutes and then leave again.
The best way to be absolutely sure she is coming back to care for them is to place two small sticks over the nest of rabbits in the shape of an "X". Check on it the next morning, it will have been moved if she came back.
If she did not, it is best to contact a wildlife rehabilitate who has the proper knowledge to raise and release them as wild rabbits are much harder to care for them domestic ones. They stress out easily.
I've included a link with national listings of wildlife rehabilitators; hopefully one is close to you.
www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.htm
2006-08-30 19:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by ctwitch24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Even when you are raising rabbits, you have to leave the bunnies alone for a while, or their mother doesn't recognise them as hers.
2006-09-03 11:32:39 · answer #5 · answered by Delora Gloria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than likely it will not if you want to touch it then do this:
shake your hand in its little box
then just pet it
im not kidding thats what you have to do cause the smell of the litter box will make it smell like them instead of human smells.
2006-08-31 08:34:05 · answer #6 · answered by Bean 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not usuly. the mother smells your sent and kills or goes away from the baby.
2006-08-30 16:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by kathy froggylady40 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋