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re: Any yall keep Rabbits? Eastern Cottontails?

Posted on 4/30/23 at 10:57 pm to
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64658 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 10:57 pm to
Say it.
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7030 posts
Posted on 4/30/23 at 11:03 pm to
feed it to the chickens
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21706 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:22 am to
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Hard as I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to get a baby wild rabbit to make it. Best of luck to you.


They usually seem fine for a while, then just unexpectedly fall over dead while you're looking at them.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
39243 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 11:05 am to
yes one day they are alive and well and the next day drop dead. My dog used to sniff out the dens all the time requiring a baby rabbit rescue mission
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64658 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 11:46 am to
Welp, yall were right. It dropped dead overnight.


Happy Monday yall!
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7030 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:36 pm to
poor little guy. Im just glad I never had to say

quote:

"How bout them frickin' dawgs"
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
39243 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:20 pm to
at least he got to taste a strawberry before he died, which would not have happened had you not taken him home
Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1232 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:55 pm to
Good on you for trying.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6865 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 4:21 pm to
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Good on you for trying.


A little black spot on my phone made me read this as “frying”. Which I thought was a fitting thing to do.

OP, came here late to say I know a dozen or so folks that have tried to keep a wild cottontail (including my kids on 2 different occasions) and am not sure if any were successful.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56710 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 4:30 pm to
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It's EXTREMELY hard to keep a wild rabbit alive.
the ones I find have pellets in em. I try to make em better by stomping their head w my boot heel
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
39243 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:51 pm to
well aren’t you a badass
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
19674 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 9:18 pm to
How old you think it was? I wonder if its something similar to calves and their need for colostrum.
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17910 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 6:18 pm to
Find another one opposite sex breed them I’ll buy everyone of them
Posted by LordRisen
Member since Jun 2024
1 post
Posted on 6/20/24 at 5:00 am to
I remember when I first brought home my bunny, there were similar uncertainties. It took time to figure out the best diet and living conditions.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4574 posts
Posted on 6/20/24 at 7:33 am to
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Also shitting everywhere.


That’s what rabbits do. There is a reason why rabbit cages are raised and have a mesh flooring.
Posted by Thewingnut323
Baton rouge
Member since Oct 2018
65 posts
Posted on 6/20/24 at 9:43 am to
you have a retarded worm farm too???
Posted by LSUTigahss
Member since Feb 2021
843 posts
Posted on 6/20/24 at 8:28 pm to
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See where this is going? Don't even get me started on the new worm farm. And I've got a cage of crickets in the garage eating potatoes faster than a fat bastard at Sonic

But I bet she make dat money baw
Posted by Cycledude
Member since Jul 2018
1751 posts
Posted on 6/20/24 at 11:31 pm to
I had a female wild cottontail that I bought from a guy who raised them to train Beagles. It was a better pet than the domestic rabbit I had before. It was very tame and gentle. Would let you hold it as long as you wanted. I’m pretty sure an owl got it one night unfortunately.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18905 posts
Posted on 6/21/24 at 11:18 pm to
quote:

I remember when I first brought home my bunny, there were similar uncertainties. It took time to figure out the best diet and living conditions.


First post bump of an old thread.

Is this some AI shite or something? To what purpose? Or is it just a rabbit lover driven to create an account to make this first post?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
55499 posts
Posted on 6/22/24 at 4:01 pm to
quote:

I had a female wild cottontail that I bought from a guy who raised them to train Beagles. It was a better pet than the domestic rabbit I had before. It was very tame and gentle. Would let you hold it as long as you wanted. I’m pretty sure an owl got it one night unfortunately.

We raised rabbits for years when I was growing up. We'd also occasionally trap wild rabbits. We decided to keep one buck that we trapped. It lived for several years, and was one of the best buck rabbits we ever had. It crossed with a California White resulted in some good eating rabbit.
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