40 South News reader, Maureen Wheat, contributed these photos with comments Monday morning.
“A newly born baby rabbit was found in the circle drive grass. Several households were involved (Matt) in cutting the grass, so no one would run over the wee baby, and water and cheese was provided (Karen, Michael and Daniel). It doesn’t take a village to raise a GOOD person; it takes good consciences and good parenting.”
Wheat said the rabbit would be taken to the APA if its mother hadn’t returned by dusk.
Please, please, please take all the rabbits you want from my garden. They have destroyed some of my plants and I’ve had to give up on growing legumes, for example. My kale is almost all gone. They eat my sweet potato plants so I had no sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving last year. I’m tired of the rabbits.
Sorry to hear that Gary. My nephews put a wire fence around their garden to keep rabbits out, and it worked. For me, instead of a green thumb, I have bubonic plague thumb. I’m glad to have anything grow in my garden–so the rabbits are extra life.
“A newly born baby rabbit was found in the circle drive grass. Several households were involved in saving him. (Matt) in cutting the grass, so no one would mow over the wee baby. Water and cheese was provided (Karen, Michael and Daniel). At the close of the day, the baby was gone–but the Mom and Pop were nibbling my garden. It doesn’t take a village to raise a GOOD person; it takes good consciences and good parenting. Pic of those who made this work and how tiny the baby really is.”
FYI, “A healthy mother rabbit will visit the nest only for a short time each night. While mother rabbit is most likely close by, she will rarely make herself visible. Place two pieces of string or yarn over the nest in an “X”. Check the following morning to see if the mother has displaced the string. If the string is still in place, it does not necessarily mean the babies are abandoned. Contact the Wildlife Rescue Center for information on determining if the babies are being cared for.”
The APA doesn’t deal with wild animals. You can contact the Bistate Wildlife Hotline (http://www.wildlifehotline.com), Wildlife Rescue Center (http://www.mowildlife.org), or Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic (http://wild-life-rehab.com).
Here is some more information specific to rabbits: http://www.mowildlife.org/found_animal_rabbit.html
Thank you K. we did not know that. fortunately the parents came back later in the day, because I went looking. The Mom and Dad were in my garden nibbling–so I believe all is well. 🙂 Thanks to Doug Miner for giving Michael and Daniel Doebber some well deserved face-time!! love, maureen