Day #3 and the bunnies are still there. There may be four or there may be five. When I move the grass/hair to take a peak, they start to sort of "popcorn" around -- which is awfully cute, but makes me nervous! And I'm certainly not moving them around to count.Also making me nervous is the fact that I'm not sure that Mom came last night. Up until now, I could tell. I put two light twigs crossed over the grass to see if they were disturbed, but they were not. It is possible, although unlikely, that she could have gotten to them without moving the twigs. Sadly, I don't think so.
So now what???? I did wake up to POURING RAIN around 4:30 a.m. Could that have dissuaded her? And will the little ones be okay until tonight?? Finally, what if she doesn't come back? Arrrgggghhhhhhh.
I took two more pictures. I think the bunnies actually grow every day. They look
more like bunnies than they did yesterday. That's my pointer finger in
the second shot for a size reference.
Mojo has given up on going
near the puppy pen. I know he's biding his time. Waiting for his MOM
to have a senior moment. Or for the little ones to hop out on their
own ... hmmmm ... friends or snacks?
My bunny just had babies 4 days ago.. I don't know how to take care of them but I try to research as much as I can. She had 4 kits but only one lived. He is still alive this day and I watch him and his mother. His mother is still young so she doesn't know much about him. Me and my mother try to teach her to what he is and to this day she is starting to feed him and care for him, so she has done good so far but we still aren't sure if the kit will live.
Don't touch them, and whatever you do don't move them. The mother is usually never around the babies to try to keep predators that would normal be after her, away from her babies. Wild rabbits don't nest like birds do. The best thing to do is to leave them alone.
I once came across a nest such as that last year. But it had been ruined by a professional landscape company. W/o going into too much detail..lets just say there were only 2 live bunnies out of the 6. The works just left them there with no shelter and 4 dead and not exactly as a whole piece. So i took them to the wild life centre. Only remove them if you KNOW that there is a danger for them.
Oh my! They are soooo adorable! I would love to adopt a baby rabbit again since my ex took mine with him =(
don't worry too much. If they are growing, then they are eating, which means mommy isn't too far away.
Call the wildlife sanctuary nearest to you. The babies could be rescued and cared for until able to be returned to the wild.