Small Wild Rabbit

mickeyboymel

Our cat caught a small wild rabbit this evening, and as he did not seem too intrested in killing and eating it, the sister insisted on rescuing it and now we have it in a box in the kitchen!

What can we do with it? Its quite small and well able to run around, but the poor thing is in shock.

If we were to take it back down the field, which is full of rabbits, would it intigerate back into its own family or starve to death?

Will it live and grow happily as a pet?

Will it eat greens etc same as a normal pet rabbit?

I really do not know what to do, hope this does not sound cruel, but I was happy to leave it with the cat, but now at the same time, I do not want to see it suffer any further.

Falkorre

a wild rabbit is not a pet.
take it back to where it was, and release it, it will re-integrate fine.

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koneko

If it seems okay and isn't in shock, and seems to be moving/eating then just bring it back to where you found it (is there a field nearby there?). Wild rabbits don't make very good pets, and it wouldn't be very happy at all.

mickeyboymel

Yeah it seems fine this morning, will let it go but I dont know where the cat got it from.......there is a field behind the house with lots of rabbits in it so some of them might adopt it!!

Thanks for the help!

dudara

I used to have a wild rabbit as a pet when I was younger. My father found it as a cub(?) on the road, it's mother had been killed, so he bought it home. We kept him indoors for a while but he ate through everything, electrical wires, my mothers geranium plants, net curtains, he was a one-rabbit destructive force. On the plus side he was immensely intelligent and cute.

Eventually we created a run for him outside in the garden and he live there for years before passing away.

We used to give him plenty of greens/vegetables from the garden, bread in milk occasionally and he really had a soft spot for Taytos.

Nala

Wild rabbits generally don't settle though.
Afaik a baby rabbit is called a kitten.

mickeyboymel

We finally got him setteled enough to eat some lettuce and stuff and when he was fully recovered we took him down the field and off he went down a hole...........so no harm done!!

Thanks for the replies.