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Date Posted: 08:39:36 08/16/02 Fri
Author: Wendy Anderson
Subject: Wild baby bunny with no use of back legs

We've had a nest of wild baby bunny's in our backyard for about 2 weeks. I took care to leave them alone except to put a pen around them when I let my dogs out. I check on them daily and it is apparent that the mother rabbit has been taking care of them and feeding them. The babies are about as big as a tennis ball. As of this week - out of the 3 only one remains in the nest now.

The one remaining baby has no use of his back legs. He seems to drag himself around with them hanging limply behind him like frog legs. He does seem to be in any pain and actually seems very healthy. The mother seems to be still taking care of him. My concern is what will happen to him as he gets older? Without use of his back legs he really has no chance of surviving in the wild.

I plan to contact a local wild animal rehabilitator in the next week. For now I am just letting the mother rabbit take care of him. Would it be best for this baby to have him euthanized? Or would it be possible to make a place in our yard for him that he can live safely and we can assist in feeding/sheltering him? At what age does the mother rabbit stop caring for her babies?

I know that wild rabbits are wild and should not be kept as pets. I'm not looking for a pet bunny but would like to help this guy have a happy life if possible.

Wendy Anderson
Grayslake, IL
congok9@yahoo.com

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