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what to do with baby rabbits?

slightlyhuman

slightlyhuman

Lifer
The terminex man was about spray around our house and right before he started working on it he found 3 baby rabbits under a lot of grass right beside the house(path of the stuff he is spraying)

My mom put them in an empty aquarium until I get home but I am a little confused on what to do with them. I do not need them as pets but I don't want them to die. I can't put them back in their home because the spray will more than likely harm them. She said they are about 4 inches in length.


suggestions?
 
whew, i thought i might get flamed, but if rbloedow says "dinner?" , then my comment isn't so bad
 
Call your local Humane Society or SPCA or animal shelter. Or just heartlessly kill and/or eat them, feed your cats, etc.
 
Why do you care if they die?

They would have died anyway had you not taken them in, now you're stuck either caring for them or offing them yourself.

You might try a local humane society (maybe pet stores, though that'd be a real stretch) though they'll probably laugh at you.

Rabbits are a pest, you don't want to let them go.

I moved to Canonsburg, PA last summer there are wild rabbits all over the damn place. If it wouldn't piss off the locals I'd take my 12 gauge out & thin the population a little.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: DP
idea #1 is pending but i was just thinking of putting them in field. i'm assuming they could live on their own?
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where is the mama bunny? did the spray guy scare it away?
 
Originally posted by: DP
idea #1 is pending but i was just thinking of putting them in field. i'm assuming they could live on their own?
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I'd just let them ago. They must have been doing ok before you found them. If they cannot survive on their own, they shouldn't make it.
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Why do you care if they die?

They would have died anyway had you not taken them in, now you're stuck either caring for them or offing them yourself.

You might try a local humane society (maybe pet stores, though that'd be a real stretch) though they'll probably laugh at you.

Viper GTS
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honsetly, i don't care what happens to them. i'm sure the story would be turned around on me had i posted "i just watched 3 baby rabbits die when i could have done something about it"

 
BTW , that is TOTAL BS that anything they would be spraying in a residential home could harm a bunny. total BS, y'all should have left them in their bunny nest, the mama bunny probably was just out shoppping and would have come home to make some mac'n'cheese for the baby bunnies if y'all had let them be
 
here are a couple suggestions:

http://www.bowhunting.net/susieq/rabbit.html

the last one seems pretty good (and it requires 3 of them):

Grippers Rabbit Pie
3 young rabbits
1 medium onion
5 rashers of un smoked bacon
2 cloves of garlic
fresh herbs (rough chop parsley, thyme, chives, to taste)
small glass of dry sherry
frozen short crust pastry (unless you can make your own better)!
seasoning
1/2 pint double cream
Clean and skin bunnies as usual,(you can reserve kidneys as garnish). Place in tray, whole and cover with bacon. Cook in moderate oven for about 15 mins.
Meanwhile sweat sliced onions and crushed garlic in a pan until soft. Add sherry and reduce. When rabbits cooked, tear off as much meat as possible and add to pan with the bacon, choopped.Throw in herbs, add a little water if neccesary and cream. Roll out defrosted pastry about 1/4 inch thick and eggwash. Place rabbit mix in suitable pie dish and top with pastry. Cook in moderate oven until pastry golden.
Pan fry kidneys in a little butter and serve as garnish.

Serves four generously.

 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
One question: Are they small enough to be flushable?
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I remember my dad disposing of baby mice that way.

Snip the back of the neck with a pair of scissors, & then flush them.

Quick & painless.

Viper GTS
 
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