Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I am a wildlife rehabilitator---specialty is baby bunnies. :)

GOOD ADVICE, JENX! If the bunny is the size of the palm of your hand, he/she is already on its own now.

They are ready to go after only 14 days! It seems like they are too small to be alone, but they are foraging for food as they were shown. They will eat grasses, hay, bunny pellets, and lots of fresh water now. Apples are good too, diced up finely, as are bananas. You might want to feed him today, but I would recommend that you release him back into the wild as soon as possible to avoid imprinting. Pick a place that's rural, with plenty of brush cover and perhaps a creek nearby. What you want to do by this is give him the best chance possible for survival, and of course, the best place is out of suburbia and away from your doggie!

I have worked for a wildlife center in the Kansas City area on my day off as an emergency rehabilitator for nearly 5 years, and three of those years were spent as a rabbit rehabilitator in my home. Believe it or not, we see close to 1400 rabbits per year in our facility, the bulk of those being during the months of April thru August. A mother rabbit can safely gestate a litter every 28 days--AAGH! No wonder they are so prolific.

Hope this helps, and tell the baby bunny that I love him/her!

Jen

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