What to Do if Your Rabbit Isn’t Feeding Her Babies?<\/a> to find out the next steps to take (this article deals with tame rabbits, but the length of time the kittens can go without eating is the same).<\/p>\n\n\n\nNot Knowing Where the Nest Is<\/h4>\n\n\n\n If you have a suspicion that there is a nest in your yard but you don’t know where it is, then it is a good idea to refrain from a couple of yardwork chores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avoid mowing the lawn <\/strong>because sometimes mothers put their nests camouflaged into the grass. Also, avoid raking or moving too much through flowerbeds and gardens.<\/strong> Take care of what needs to be done, but just be cautious not to disrupt a nest.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKnowing Where the Nest Is<\/h4>\n\n\n\n If you know where a nest is, then your job has just become significantly easier. You know exactly where the nest is and so you can keep away from it without any problem, but you can also do some things to better protect it from outside forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have any pets, make sure that they don’t know where the nest is,<\/strong> especially if they are outside often. If at all possible, move them inside and keep them there often, supervising them when they are outside. Keep them busy from exploring the yard and chancing on the baby rabbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIf your pet does know where the nest is then you must keep them from getting to it.<\/strong> Maybe put up a gate that the mother can slip through that your animal can’t get through. That way it keeps your pet from the nest but still allows the mother access to her kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDuring heavy rainfall or even a hailstorm, the baby rabbits can be in danger of drowning or injury. An easy way to combat this is to place something over the top of the nest while the rain or hail is falling.<\/strong> This will protect the nest from being filled with water and will save the rabbits from death.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Rabbits are very specific about the location of their nests and will be picky if one is moved. Moving a nest should be avoided but can be done with particular care.<\/strong> A mother may not accept this movement, but hopefully, she will if you keep her material with the babies. Moving a nest should only be done in the most delicate situations and only if necessary. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild rabbits dig burrows and nests to live in and have a safe place to keep out of danger. They can make these nests in many locations that seem convenient<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3036,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions\/3036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbitinformer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}