My family & I were in our backyard and we came across this hole, well whatever was under the fuzz covering the hole was moving so I ofcourse was curious if it were a snake, mole, rat, whatever it was I wanted to see what it was so I used a stick and slowly moved the fuzz out of the way so the head of whatever it was could come up alittle, It was a baby bunny well, about seven of them! and who knows how many more there was further down in the nest.
They are about six weeks old, no fur on their tails, tiny ears.
But I did not touch them once or move them in any way but I took footage for you guys to check out for yourself to get an idea, The rabbits kept burrowing down further because of the light and they still had their eyes closed so they definately are not very far along!
Some information about Rabbits I can tell you is they are small mammals, family Leporidae and at this age they reingest their own pellets, A mother rabbit is called a Doe, males are Bucks and babies like these are called Kits or Kittens.
Alot of people think at this age when they don't see a mother around it is up to them to take in these "abandoned" animals and take care of them, very rarely do they survive when you take them out of the care of their mother, their mothers are not going to be by them every second so they are not abandoned but they are waiting for their mother to return. I always grew up by the rule that you do not touch a "baby" animal because your scent will stay on them and the mother will refuse them. Alot of people say this is not true but do you really want to take the chance?
This is the footage I took today, I hope you all enjoy and more updates will come soon!
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