The American Beagler Forum

I found 5 baby wild rabbits today.Is there any way to cage them and keep them and raise them.Thasnk

I have never had any luck trying to raise wild cottontails in a cage, I have had them at all different ages but no luck. Maybe in a small enclosure on the ground so it seems to them to be wild, I have not tried that, I ended up buying some Missouri cottontails, and they are doing great.

Still got'm?

Years ago I mowed yards in the summer as a kid. I found a nest full of little rabbits.... as a kid I figured I need to pick them up (don't know why). So I got them home and mom and dad explained I didn't need to keep them. So I just turned them loose in a empty lot next to our house. That was 10 year ago, that neighborhood is still over run with rabbits to this day....

Turn them loose where there's good cover and you'll have plenty of rabbits running around to catch and train with, ecspecially in town where there's not as many predators.

dk

I still got them and plan on turning them lose tomorrow in a woods that is thick and cant be hunted.Just a place to run dogs.Thanks

Depends on how young they are.

The biggest obstacle is not feeding but rather keeping their body temperature up. Most animals, and I'm pretty sure rabbits, cannot retain their body temp as youngsters. They rely on mother and siblings to keep it up.

That is one reason wet springs mean bad things for turkey and rabbit populations.

Actually a wild doe will only visit the nest once to twice a day and that is generally at night. They do this to keep scent down so preditors want find the nest.