Sunday, August 2, 2009
Found Baby Rabbit, w/ back legs paralized. How do i take care of it? Cant just leave it 4 mother nature. Help!
Answers:
Take it to the vet. If the rabbit can't be saved the vet will humanely put it out of it's misery. That is so sad.
Call a wildlife rehabilitationist in your area (the shelter or a vet should have the number of one) and let them handle it. They are trained for handling wildlife.
that's great that you saved this rabbit because there is no way that it would be able to survive in nature. You need to take it to the vet and have it checked out of diseases first and the vet would be able to tell you more on how to care for it.sorry I couldn't help more,good luck.
call a vetrenarian
CALL THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE...THEY WILL TAKE HIM IN
That happened to me to! find the number of a rehabilitator for wildlife SOON so they can give it a shot. If it doesn't get that shot within 2 hours it will die
ummm wow,
call your vet and ask them what they think. its legs mite just be hurt and not paralized if thats how it is then the rabbit needs to go to the vet real soon...make sure it dosnt have rabies or fles or ticks
be carefull is the best thing
and good job finding it and haveing the hart to try to help it =]
you can make it a lil buggy from wheels for its back end but is best to check and see if it is in any pain in which case u should euthanize it
Definitely call a nature reserve, (get the number from a local vet). They know exactly how to house it, feed it, what kind of nutrients it needs at different stages in it's life. They will have all the supplies it needs to take care of this precious little life and you may even find some new friends there and form a bond that could last a lifetime whereby you might even find pleasure in doing some volunteer work.
I think this little rabbit has come into your life not only to help itself, but to help you. You sound like you have a kind, loving heart and it would be wonderful for you to share it with more animals.
id send it to the vet! or wildlife rehabitation.
i wuldnt keep it, unless ur a qualified vetenarian.
1. keep it warm
2 feed it what ever the vet recommends or they can eat regular Purina rabbit food at 10 days.
3. have vet check it out -most likely will recommend euthanizing the animal as it can not survive in the wild
4. put in wire cage not wood or plastic as the rabbit will try to chew his way out
5. add bedding, water bottle and food
6. Pray.
Post on craigslist.org -- I did that when the neighbor kids were playing with a baby squirrel. I had 2 dozen responses in 30 minutes and found a great re-habber! I searched many different areas-- craigslist was by far the best. (pet section)
Wild rabbits cannot survive in captivity. Most die from heart attacks at a very young age. The only thing you can attempt to do is find a wild life rehabilitate. Your efforts of hand feeding it will be in vain.
Call your local animal shelter immediatly!!! Do NOT handle the rabbit in any way! if you do its chances for survival are extremely slim. So call and absulutly DONT DONT DONT touch it!!
Don't worry about touching it. Someone is going to have to touch it to check it out.
It could have been attacked by something and had damage done to it's spine or the legs themselves. You might not nessecarily see any bite marks.
If you want to fork out the money for vet bills, then call the vets but you will have to keep it, it won't be able to be returned to the wild. If you don't think you want to spend the money or keep the rabbit, call your local animal shelter.
Please call animal control they will take it to the shelter and get it looked at and find a home when it is old enough. Good luck!
If it's a wild baby bunny, you have 2 options. You could call a wildlife rehabilitator, or you could leave it alone and let nature take its course.
If it is a domestic rabbit that got out, take it to a vet.
This bunny most likely has a serious disease that will eventually kill it. For some reason, many orphan bunnies have this problem, and there is no cure. As the disease progresses, it will affect it's front legs, then it wil lose it's appetite, and it might have seizures. This disease only affects wild rabbits, so any pet rabbits you have are safe. You should take the bunny to a wildlife center or other similar place to be humanely euthanized.
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I also have recently found out that my bunny has dug a deep hole and my dog has found one . He had died sadly cause of his two hind legs. We don't know what happened. Now we only have two bunnies. Our bunny is a Netherland dwarf rabbit and we feel bad so we let her go roam in our back yard. So the bunnies are half wild half pure bred. One bunnie is fine, the other is sadly like the one that had died. He's fine and still moving. They are about 3weeks old. So I thought maybe this was a little helpful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteDog paralyzed 2 of the 3 surviving bunnies .they are doing well, spunky and active but need regular washing and care .going to wrap their legs, still manually help bathroom and change cage regularly
ReplyDeletethat wilds die quickly is nonsense .