I found an abandoned rabbit that's a few days old in my yard. Can I do anything for it?

[rug]

[matcom]

1. salt, pepper and a little parsley

:shrug:

[rug]

5. Zwyiec has a better recipe.

[Zywiec]

2. How about this?

RABBIT STEW
1 three pound rabbit
6 small onions, chopped
1 bay leaf
½ cup chopped celery
2 tsp. salt
2 cups diced carrots
3 raw potatoes, cut up
3 tbs. flour
1 tbs. chopped parsley

Clean rabbit and soak in salted water. Drain, disjoint it in pieces for serving and place in a large kettle with onions, bay leaf, celery and salt. Cover with cold water and cook slowly until tender, about two hours. Add chopped carrots and potatoes and continue cooking until these vegetables are done. Smooth flour with a little cold water and add slowly. When thickened, add chopped parsley and serve.

[rug]

6. Three pounds? I doubt it weighs an ounce.

[datasuspect]

3. soak it in milk

add potatoes, celery, carrots, and make some stew.

[rug]

8. Sometimes I think half the Lounge should enroll in nursing school.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. Or nursery school.

[rucky]

4. Is it a bunny or a rabbit?

If it's a bunny, take it to the Humane Society.

If it's a rabbit, take it to the Audobon. (not the German Freeway)

[rug]

10. It's eyes are still closed so I guess it's a bunny.

I'm calling a vet.

[Pool Hall Ace]

7. Wasn't there another DUer who took in an abandoned rabbit?

Sorry I can't help you, I know nothing about buns. But it seems to me another DUer took in an abandoned rabbit. I just can't remember who.

[rug]

11. If you remember the name please pm me.

[tool_of_the_people]

9. Send it to Frito-Lay

Might make a good mouse substitute.

[rug]

13. I wasn't sure it was a bunny and not something else until i checked the internets.

I think it's a cottontail under one week old.

[matcom]

14. ...

:rofl:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Go here right now...

http://www.rescuedrabbits.org

On the right hand side of the page is a "Help! I've found a bunny!" section -- there you wil find a 911 paper on what to do, and a way to find a rehaber in your area.

[rug]

17. WTG! On my way.

[rug]

20. Thanks! Found a rescuer in Stroudsburg, PA. Bunny's on its way.

The kids are bawling.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

27. Very cool!

That's my sister's site -- glad it came in handy for you and the bun. :hi:

[rug]

28. Thanke her for me.

:hi:

[skygazer]

16. This happened to another DUer just recently

And the advice was to leave it there because the mother will probably return for it. I can't remember who it was but there were links to sites about this and they said that mother rabbits sometimes do leave their babies and return for them later. So unless you know for sure it was abandoned, I'd make sure any pets of yours can't get to it and just keep discreetly checking it.

[rug]

22. It was out of its nest so we left it out with some chinchilla bedding.

No mother but we found a rescuer.

[seemunkee]

18. If its not threatened leave it.

Momma bunny left it there and will come back.

[rug]

25. Oh this momma's a DUer's nightmare.

Time for human intervention.

[RebelOne]

19. Call a wildlife rehabber. They are knowledgeable.

[rug]

26. You're not kidding. The woman sounds like she has a bunny ER down there.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

29. She probably does!

If she's anything like my sister, she can have 20-40 little bouncing bunnies of various ages at a time, all needing round the clock hand feeding or medicating. She has an entire room off her house that is nothing but a mass of brown and white fuzz. ;) Baby bunnies are AWFULLY cute, aren't they???

[rug]

30. Yeah but it stumped me as to what it was.

Looks just like a tiny hippopotamus.

[marzipanni]

45. It IS a pygmy hipppopotamus! Do you have a river near your house?!1!1!

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5312608,00.jpg

(You weren't kidding...they do look similar! :wow:)

[rug]

50. Wow! Thanks for the contrast.

I am right next to the Delaware River but still . . . .

At least now I have proof I'm not crazy.

[begin_within]

21. I thought it said, "I found an abandoned rabbi that's a few days old in my yard."

[datasuspect]

23. "so i says, velcom to brooklyn"

[begin_within]

24. Wait.... nice lady!!! Wait!!!

[Wcross]

31. PUT IT BACK!!! It is not abandoned!

Rabbits leave their young alone, the young have no scent that attracts predators. The adults tend to stay away from the young to avoid their scent drawing predators to the nest.

http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/wbb.shtml

[rug]

35. He wasn't in a nest, he was in the middle of the lawn.

I left him out overnight with some bedding. No mother. He's now in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania for better or worse,

[Wcross]

41. I misunderstood. (sorry)

It's great you found somewhere for him. You are a good person, many people wouldn't bother even trying.

[HamdenRice]

32. Raise him as a Muslim !

There is ... one thing ... you can do ... to stay out of hell. Find an orphan bunny rabbit ... who is a Muslim ... (cough). One whose parents were killed (cough) ... in the riots. Raise that bunny rabbit ... until he is full grown. But you must raise him as a ... Muslim!





Adapted from the movie, Ghandi.

[rug]

36. No, if he lives I'll call him Easter.

[jobycom]

40. Brilliant.

:thumbsup:

[otherlander]

47. Did Ghandi ever actually say that?

Or does it just sound cool?

[HamdenRice]

49. It's a scene from the movie, Ghandi

It takes place during one of Ghandi's last fasts, after India gained independence and there was violent rioting between Hindus and Muslims. A Muslim man comes to Ghandi and claims to be going insane with guilt because he killed a Muslim child in retaliation for the murder of his own child, and because he feels that Ghandi's imminent death from starvation will also be on his head. So Ghandi says there is a way out for him ... adopt a Muslim child, etc.

I doubt that the scene actually happened. There was a lot of literary invention in the movie in the spirit of what actually happened or may have happened.

I don't have any evidence this scene was based on something that actually happened, but if anyone does it would be interesting!

[bmbmd]

33. Be careful!

That rabbit's got a mean streak a mile wide.

[rug]

37. He's barely an inch wide.

[Marrah_G]

34. Kitten formula

That is what animal rescue suggested when my cat brought me a baby wild rabbit. We fed him out of a tiny bottle and let him go maybe a month later. He hopped happily off into the woods. I hope he made it!

I bought the kitten formula, bottle, and a little tiny cage at pet smart or petco and it wasn't very expensive.

[rug]

38. At the pet store yesterday they suggested yogurt.

Well, he's with someone now who knows what she's doing.

[Rabrrrrrr]

39. You can let it live or not live as nature intended.

Either momma will come it, a hawk will come get it, or it will make it on its own.

By the time you do anything for it, momma rabbit will likely have had another litter, anyway, so it's not like there's a shortage of rabbits.

Something will eat it, or it will grow up and then something will eat it.

[rug]

43. Calvinist.

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. I like to think of myself as an Ayn Randian.

Or whatever we're called.

:rofl:

[triguy46]

42. Keep it away from your cats.

My cats LOVE baby rabbit.

[Scout]

46. don't give it cow's milk!

give it kitten formula to feed it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

48. Well, you could buy a car for it

And a three-bedroom home in the Peekskills.

:shrug:

[messiah2012]

51. Rabbit stew comin' right up! n/t