What are ways to feed wild rabbits in winter?

Tips. Add a brush pile or more shrubs to your yard to increase shelter areas for rabbits. Leave your lawn slightly longer and allow dandelions and some weeds to grow during warm weather for rabbits to snack on. Rabbits also eat clover and wild strawberries. read more

Wild rabbits eat mostly grass and similar plants during the summer, and can switch to tree bark during the winter if they have to. I’d put out some Timothy hay and maybe small amounts of rabbit pellets (the kind with seeds). Also make sure they have fresh water that won’t freeze solid. read more

Place small branches and twigs from fall pruning on the ground in your yard for rabbits to eat during the winter. Rabbits consume twigs, branches, young trees, and shrub buds in the winter. Instruct children not to feed the rabbits or run at the rabbits, which will frighten the rabbits and cause them to run away. read more

To feed a wild rabbit in your yard, choose a wooded or shrubby area where a rabbit will feel safe and scatter plenty of grass and hay there. You can supplement the grass and hay with a small amount of pelleted rabbit food from a pet store, but avoid feeding wild rabbits too much, since pellets are very nutritionally dense. read more