Baby Bunnies: Tips, Tricks and Myths

Thanks so much Tammy for such a comprehensive explanation and education on this subject!!! 😊😊😊

Thank you very much! Very helpful video!

Thank you for the important information, i all wondered where rabbits hid their babies and now i know. Good video. 👍

This was fantastic!!! Thank you

Thunderstorms came through this evening but hopefully my(i know state of nj) baby bunnys are ok, I check on them1 time a day making sure their bellies are full. the Mom comes 2 x a day I ran out of time to put up my 10x 10 canope. so I used the wheelbarrow and a storage container on the other side. anchored a 3 foot x 5 foot plywood covering its about 24 " above them . I just dont want these guys to drown. i am in constant contact with a rehabber as these guys are full to capacity.

fantastic information, thank you very much

very informative video..thank u

Excellent report..

Great tips 👏🏻 thanks for sharing

This was so helpful

That was very helpful!!

Thankyou for this helpful video. I have a bunny nest I found when cutting back plants in my garden and the babies are so tiny. I've seen mama come by during the early evenings, but we've had some much rain yesterday that the gardens were flooded and now I worry the babies have drowned. At first light, I will check on them.

We bought our house 4 years ago and I have been hoping for a nest ever since. Today is the day I’ve been waiting for! Found some babies in the backyard and want to make sure they’re protected from predators. Currently have them covered with a basket until later, but want to know if there’s any way to protect them from nocturnal predators?

I currently have a nest in my backyard. They should be 3 weeks this coming week. Mama bun comes at weird times though. I saw her this morning around 815am and she has not been back all day. I work from home so I check them often. I checked around 9pm and the grass was not put back on them, so I sure hope she comes some time this evening :(

Looking for some advice. We had a mama rabbit make a nest for her babies in our raise garden. It’s around 2 feet high and the jump that the babies would have to make to get out is a good 6-8 inches. We have a dog so I’m trying to keep her away from the area as much as possible. They are starting to explore a bit within the garden bed. We are going away this weekend with our dog… could I take this opportunity to take them out of the bed so they can explore and leave the nest without my dog going after them? (I was thinking maybe I could recreate their nest on the ground outside of my garden bed?)

I know they mean well but as a cottontail rehabber some of these methods suggested are unreliable. I've seen finders use the cornstarch/flour method and it obstruct the air passage of the babies to their death. Any animal could put it's print in the flour and it be mistaken for moms print. Also, I've seen the string method used and it be completely out of place next day but it was another animal that had moved it because the tummies of the babies were not full of moms milk. Otherwise, objects over the nest generally move so slightly no one can tell if mom returned or not. Objects can additionally obstruct the baby from feeding. Please, rehabilitators use helpful photos of babies with full or sunken in tummies so you and the finder can determine if intervention is needed. It is the only sure way to know if mom is coming back by checking the tummies. Rehabbers are taking in numerous babies each year because they are not looking at the tummy to see if they are fed. It can take one to two days to determine if fed. Tummies are best checked after a recent feeding. Please learn to do the job correctly to save more lives.

I just noticed a cotton tail beginning to make a nest in our backyard, in a not so remote part either. There are a ton of squirrels and birds etc that explore the yard on a daily basis. Can this become a problem for the babies?

Thanks. I been really upset because my dog got into a nest by the house and killed 2 out of 5 baby's i left pick up the 2 dead ones and left the other 3 and figured the mother would be back at dark and it called for rain the night. So sad to go out the next morning and to see one more missing and 2 others dead as if they got cold and wet. Im so confused and angry. They still had there eyes closed and didn't think I could bottle feed them as they was really young still. I thought for sure mom was going be back ?

I just found a nest yesterday but thee is only 2 babies, looks about 1- 2 weeks old, near my deck. I thought there would be more? should I look for more?

today at 2 the mom game back and was eating some of her fur from the nest, is that normal? she also sits outside all day and watches her nest.