I have released my injured baby bunny and he keeps coming back. What do I feed him?

Question

So, I live out in Arizona... rural. We have rabbits all around. Cotton tails and Jack rabbits. My female cat brought my kids a baby cotton. She was holding it by the scruff. she injured it's paw. It looked to me to be a couple weeks old. It was small but it's eyes were open. I couldn't find the nest anywhere. I put it in a box with bedding and then took it out at dusk, to see if it would run away. It didn't leave my side. I waited until it's leg was healed about two days later, only giving it goat's milk once a day and water and rabbit pellets. I tried letting it go both dusk and dawn. The bunny keeps coming back. it was gone 24 hrs once and came right back to the front door. It always seems like it's not doing good when it comes back, and when we take it in and feed it and give it water and safety, it purks up and is lively again. If it weren't for my female cat and this bunny's size, I would just let it live in the yard and feed it. Until it is big I will keep it safe

Answer 1

i think hes used to you nurturing him. Just keep on feeding him what you are. You're doing a great and kind job.

Answer 2

I believe that this bunny will eventually cut the apron strings and strike out on it own.  Until then provide it with milk soaked rabbit pellets, grated carrots, grated cabbage, applesauce and green beans.

Answer 3

Hmm, sounds tough, we found 5 baby bunnies, in a pile of our horse manure, and the moma came back every day and fed them, they finally left the nest.

But it sounds to me like you either take care of it, let it dye in the wild, or bring it to a shelter, I would choose choice A{I'm a bunny luvver, so what can you expect?}

Okay try soaking dry pellets in warm kitten milk, or powdered milk.

Try to feed him some chopped up banana, carrots, celerary, SMALL ammount of lettuce, to much will give him stomache problems.

and be sure to keep water available, if he seems to get worse, I would take him to a shelter, if you intend on keeping him, bring him to a vet, and get him checked up.

In most cases, Cottontail rabbits that were born wild, don't usually make good pets, but I'm sure theres rare exceptions. This may be one, and you may have made a friend for life. =)

Answer 4

Good luck with raising your bunny I hope all goes well.

I think you are a good person to take on the responsibility.