When can wild rabbits eat fruit?

Question

ok 1st we got them becase my cousins dog found them so we had to pick them up and save them from the dog and one it hurt because the dog got a hold of it (thats why we had to get a hold of them)so to late on putting them becase the mother would reject them.there eyes r open thay just started to hop and there peeing and going # 2 normaly.and thay can fit in the palm of a i would say 8 year old hand .i have had them for more than a week (me and my cousin take turn whatching them)so thay r good to go.thay eat grass, drink kitten milk and i might feed them some flowers soon.but i want to know when i can feed them fruit.we paln on letting them go when thay r older and right now thay r to small.oh,and thay r not eating rabbit pellits yet thay seem to have no intrest in them and seem to think you can pee on them.but yah at what age can you feed them friut.(my friend esimated them at 4 min to 6 max weeks of age)

Answer 1

Wild rabbits don't eat fruit.  Where would they find that in the  wild?  They might find a few berry bushes when they're older but they'll eat the leaves, not so much the fruit.  Don't give them any fruit and don't give them any lettuce.

Don't be anxious to give them anything that humans might find appealing.  Keep it boring.  Give the milk, keep offering the grass from your yard and plenty of timothy, oat, or orchard grass hay.  That will aid in their weaning.  Set out a shallow dish of water for them in a week and scatter a few rabbit pellets in their cage in or a shallow dish.  

Don't give fruit at all.  You don't want to mess up their digestive system especially at this critical age.  Keep it simple and keep up with what you're doing.

Answer 2

Just leave a little piece of fruit on the lawn, and let them find it themselves... At any time. It isn't really good to give them fruit cuz wild rabbits don't usually eat fruit O.o You can call a nearby shelter thingy so they can take in the rabbit. But if you don't, remember not to feed it too much fruit... And don't play with them too much either. Lol they'll get used to you, and hop into ur lawn when you free them

Its good to hear they're healthy

Hope this helps

Answer 3

i have had a wild rabbit for 6 years now and you can feed it fruit when its about 6 weeks old. the fruits that bunnies and my bunny  love are bananas and grapes. usually veggies are better like celery, cilantro, parsley, carrots, and corn. or long pieces of grass from outside.

Answer 4

no fruit....   maybe..  and i mean maybe....   a smallllllllll  piece of apple...   go to market and buy dandelion greens...   no iceberg lettuce.     don't feed stuff from your lawn...   pesticides.    you can feed them clover flowers and leaves, get some timothy hay for their digestion