Why does my wild rabbit loves me so much? but willl not eat its food?

Question

i just got the baby rabbit from the wild,. the mom was dead by the rabbit but luckly this one isnt and i am afraid to let it be by itself for a while. so please tell me how i can get her to eat her food.

Answer 1

it is a baby rabbit, it might be to young to eat solid foods. try formula for baby rabbits.

Answer 2

Try taking her outside to a grassy area and letting her feed herself naturally.

It's an instinct thing, so she should know how to feed.

Answer 3

did u try lettuce & carrats? or even the lil pelletfood- my aun use all thos plus cellery & put the water bottle that conects to the cage. try that. also go to the vet & gert it vascinated.

curious how u manage to get it/ i saw a smal one into my garage but my mom told me not to touch it. i wanned it loll

Answer 4

because its a rabbit from the backyard it may be happy you came to the rescue but still un sure and a rabbit can tell if a human touced its food

Answer 5

take it outside and let it eat the grass by itself, its wild, it won't eat normal rabbit food.

you should let it go. it's a wild rabbit for a reason. if you want one as a pet, get a domesticated rabbit.

a few years ago my friend caught a wild bunny, it was also orphaned but loved everyone and seemed very social. a month later it died, the vet said it was because it was a wild rabbit and it was couped up in a cage. so don't expect this guy to live very long if you are going to keep him!

Answer 6

If it is under 2 weeks, go to the petstore and buy the milk that has a lot of protein in it for baby rabbits, if they dont have it get the kitten formula. Heat that up for it and give it too him/her through a sirige.

If he/she is older then that, then get grass and carrots and put them in a blender (no liquid) so they can eat that and put it infront of him/her.

If she doesnt eat at all, then just wait, she/he may still be in shock of the whole situation. It will eat eventually. For while your waiting for it to eat, make sure it has plenty && plenty of water next to its mouth, if it doesnt drink niether, then slighty dip is mouth into the water so it gets alittle (every 30 mins)

Good Luck!! Hope I helped!

=)

P.S.-

if you keep it, name him Thumper!

Answer 7

You need to find a grassy area and let it go!!!!  The rabbit will die.  It is wild., if it has all it's fur and the eyes are open, it can be left on it's own.

Answer 8

You SHOULDN'T be caring for it.

A licensed wildlife rehab center can care for it. There the bunny will get all proper medication and food it will need, and then can be released into the wild like it is suppose to be.

Answer 9

if her ears are upright and errect then she is old enough to not need you and to be alone in the wild

Answer 10

She may  be too young to eat solid food. I would try to use a rabbit formula in a bottle and see if she will take to that. Also, since she is a wild rabbit, try fresh foods as this might be what she is used to if she is into eating solids. Rabbit pellets are not going to look like food to her.

Answer 11

Let her out side in the grass. if you don't want her to go outside then take a shovel and dig up grass from an edge of your yard where no one will notice it and bring it inside for the rabbit.

If you let it go it will probably die out in the wilderness because it dosen't have anyone to teach her how to servive out side.

she probably thinks your her mom (This is a common error in the mind of the animal).

Good luck.

Answer 12

If it's a baby you need to use an eyedropper with warm milk in it. Then just try to stick in the her/his mouth and gently squeeze. He/she will get the taste after a while. if this does not work bring grass in from outside and lay him/her in it and watch to see if he/she eats. Good luck!

Answer 13

maybe she's too young to eat on her own... you can try kmr kittten milk replacement twice a day, you should really get in touch with a wildlife rehabilitator.

Answer 14

LET HER GO!  You've asked this twice already.  If you keep it, it will DIE within a few days or weeks 90% of the time +.  If it seems gentle or allows you to touch it, that's because it is in shock and terrified!  Wild rabbits have an instinctual fear of humans.  They will not eat much of the time in captivity, and even if you do get it to eat, it will more than likely die anyway, they go into shock from stress and have heart attacks.  If you have a cat or dog, the smell of a predator alone can send a wild animal into shock.  

If she has all her fur and her eyes are open, she can survive in the wild a lot better than with you.  It's best to release it in a rural area away from humans and dogs and cats.  If you think it is too young to survive on its own, it needs to go to a rehabilitator that can legally keep it and has experience in handling wild animals in a way that minimizes stress on them.  You are probably killing it by keeping it- imagine how you will feel when it passes away and you know that it would have likely survived if you just let it go.  Read here for more details: http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/orpha...

Answer 15

It probably won`t eat,it`ll die.

I`v tried it before several times and they always died.

Answer 16

i'm sure you are trying.  Wild animals can be very hard to raise, my family has always been rescuing baby birds.  First you need to figure out how old it is, and what its mother would be feeding it at that age.  it may still be drinking milk, if so you can buy some kind of formula and use a bottle, which you should hold next to a soft pillow or something that she has been around, because it would smell like her, and make her feel safe.  if she is older then you need to let her figure out how to eat vegetation that she finds herself.

Answer 17

Try giving it grass or they sell special formula for really young rabbits.