What to feed wild baby bunnies?

Start introducing them to timothy and oat hay, pellets and water (always add fresh greens for wild ones). 3-6 weeks: 13-15 cc/ml each feeding (two feedings–again, may be LESS depending on size of rabbit! A cottontail/brush bunny will take so much less!! Half this at most.) read more

Very young wild baby bunnies with eyes closed and ears back rarely survive in captivity, even given the most expert human care; and so it is very important to determine whether they really need help. Try to assess whether the infants seem warm and healthy or cold, thin, and dehydrated. read more

Any wild rabbit should have constant access to hay, water and fresh greens of the type it would be able to eat in the wild. Even very young rabbits will nibble on greens and hay. At first, baby rabbits that have been left alone will likely be dehydrated. Feed Gatorade Lite rather than Pedialyte for the first few feedings. 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