Babe's in the wild
Jun 24, 2013 22:48:56 #
Today I mowed the yard with the mower set at 3 inches. This will give a little (no pun intended to the wabbits) perspective to the baby rabbits out in the middle of our back yard and no sight of their mother. I hope she comes back and gets them hidden as I found 2 others while mowing that something had already killed them. We have a few stray cats, hawks and owls in the area. I don't think the hawk or owl would leave their food behind as a cat will. Nature sure has a funny way of showing us the mean part of nature.
This is a 4 inch pine sone next to the baby rabbits, so small and vulnerable.
One of the babies came and cuddle against my arm when I laid in the grass for this shot. Shortly the other one followed and did the same.
Jun 24, 2013 23:11:22 #
Jun 24, 2013 23:25:02 #
Thank you photluv, I hope so too. They are too small to be out alone.
photoluv wrote:
awe so cute... hope momma comes back for them
Jun 25, 2013 08:21:00 #
Jun 25, 2013 08:29:19 #
Jun 25, 2013 09:45:10 #
I'm afraid they'd have been in my house cuddled in a soft, warm blanket by now!
Jun 25, 2013 09:49:57 #
Hope the bunnies survive. Here in the Little Egg Harbor area of NJ become food for the coyotes, fax and harks. We have a few on the edge of our property that hide but do manage to eat our plants.
Jun 25, 2013 09:52:10 #
GregoryD wrote:
Today I mowed the yard with the mower set at 3 inc... (show quote)
From a wildlife rescue fact sheet:
1. Mother rabbits only nurse their babies for approximately 5 minutes twice a day.
2. The mothers return to the nest once or twice a day in the evening or at night letting the babies appear abandoned and orphaned.
3. Rabbits will still care for their babies even if they have been touched by human hands.
4. If you find a nest that has been destroyed, you can move it or rebuild it to a safer area within 10 feet of it's original location. Try to lay twigs around the nest so that you can see if the mother is returning.
5. If you know for certain that the mother has been killed or the babies are in need of urgent help, contact a wildlife rehabilitator immediately.
6. Baby rabbits are very cute and it is natural to want to handle them. However, they are very easily stressed by handling and noise. Any undue stress can cause them to have heart failure. They are wild animals. Individuals raising orphaned babies must not treat them as pets.
7. There is a 90% mortality rate with orphaned baby rabbits in human care.
Hopefully your mama rabbit returned to feed them last night & perhaps reworked the nest a bit.
Jun 25, 2013 11:28:54 #
Thank you ncshutterbug, I am glad I didn't flatten them also. Even when they grow up and eat the flowers we've planted I think they are cute then too.
ncshutterbug wrote:
How adorable! So glad you didn't flatten them!
Jun 25, 2013 11:29:36 #
Jun 25, 2013 11:31:58 #
It was very tempting to do just that Linda but there are so many adult rabbits around it is hard to know if one of them is the parent to these. Don't think the thought didn't cross my mind.
Linda From Maine wrote:
I'm afraid they'd have been in my house cuddled in a soft, warm blanket by now!
Jun 25, 2013 11:39:14 #
We have the same predators here in the ST. Paul area but the rabbits seem to thrive and we all know how bunnies are busy. This is off a web site: Rabbits are able to get pregnant again right after giving birth to a litter. So they can basically have one litter a month or once every 21-25 days. And they have litters that are from 4-12 bunnies.
nani wrote:
Hope the bunnies survive. Here in the Little Egg Harbor area of NJ become food for the coyotes, fax and harks. We have a few on the edge of our property that hide but do manage to eat our plants.
Jun 25, 2013 11:41:49 #
Thank you for this information and yes they must have gone back to the nest as they are back this morning safe and sound and just as cute as yesterday.
GeezerGal wrote:
From a wildlife rescue fact sheet: br br br 1. M... (show quote)
One of the babes snug as a bug by a rock by our burning bush plant.
Making a break for the cover of the burning bush plant.
Safe from the eviel camera lens, almost.
Jun 25, 2013 11:56:10 #
There are cute and their coloring is beautiful. Nice shots, Gregory. Glad you didn't clip their ears with the mower. ;-)
Jun 25, 2013 12:06:47 #
Thank you pohtog8, they are glad the mower didn't trim them also. They are back out again today and enjoying a beautiful sunny day today.
Photog8 wrote:
There are cute and their coloring is beautiful. Nice shots, Gregory. Glad you didn't clip their ears with the mower. ;-)
Do you see your reflection in the lens that guy has! I heard him whisper in that in the other bunnies ear. Ok not really.
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