Baby rabbit on the road

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Driving to the forest to walk the mutts and i saw a baby rabbit crawling across the road, so had to stop and pick it up. Poor thing has a big gash on the shoulder and a mark on the bum, and was clearly lifted by a buzzard. I got out and walked to it and it turned and ran towards me   brought it home and have put it in a cat carrier in a santa hat with some food and water, if its even old enough to have that. Called the wildlife centre but its closed now!

Don't think it will survive but keep fingers crossed for the little mite.

Bless him! I think the question's been answered - he's staying right there with you!

Eleanor wrote:Bless him! :lol:I think the question's been answered - he's staying right there with you!

It looks like he's made that decision doesn't it   

Hopefully the vet would be understanding that you didn't just go out and pick up a rabbit, you found an injured baby and have been doing a great job caring for him

Bunny very unwell. On it's way out.

Oh No!!!!!!!

I found some more injuries when I washed him before. Maybe just too many to cope with

Sometimes with these 'rescues' they're dehydrated and their blood thicker and sluggish and as soon as they're rehydrated any internal injuries start having affect as the blood thins out again.

Poor, poor baby!

Maybe just thought he was on the mend. But then again i know this is what happens, they look great then BOOM.

Oh no Hayley  

Breathing getting shallow and very unresponsive. Just wish it would be quick

Bunny perked up a little with a heat pad. Took 6cc milk (wiskas. won't drink the kitten formula!)

  Oh Hayley, I'm so sorry! I know this might not be of much comfort to you, but you really have done such an amazing job and you've made the poor little guy very comfortable. Honestly, you should be so proud of yourself.

Fingers crossed that he pulls through!

Edit: That's great that he's perked up! I wouldn't even worry about trying to stay detached or anything - do whatever feels right to you.

Fingers crossed - you've done a great job, let's hope he rallies!

Bunny - don't give up now!

  s to you both and all fingers crossed.

Can't figure the formula out at all how does anyone understand this.

1 part powder (g) to 3.5 parts water (ml) one scoop is 2.5g and 12 scoops to 105ml water makes 130ml of milk

I need 10ml!

Bloody hell, can't they make it a bit simpler!

Is there any way you can make it in bulk, and then refrigerate/freeze it in ice cube trays? You could halve the amounts easily enough to create 65ml or even quarter them for 32.5ml, but I'm not sure about any less than that!

Im lucky i have a friend who is a scientist!!! She broke it down for me, so 2.5g to 9ml water would make me just over 10ml of formula. But really do they need that to be so complicated lol

If he perks up more, i wonder is there anything i can do to check for brain damage? I dont know if he had seizures or just was too warm on the heat pad was stretching out full but stiff as a board...then another time was just wrigling and kicking non stop and drooping to the one side no matter what side i put him on. Now sitting normal.

Just did a quick search on Google Hayley. Have you seen this and does it help at all?

http://www.mybunny.org/info/caring-for-newborn-baby-rabbits/

Hayley wrote:Im lucky i have a friend who is a scientist!!! She broke it down for me, so 2.5g to 9ml water would make me just over 10ml of formula. But really do they need that to be so complicated lol

D'oh! I read it as 1 scoop, instead of 12 scoops! Thought it looked weird!

Hayley wrote:If he perks up more, i wonder is there anything i can do to check for brain damage? I dont know if he had seizures or just was too warm on the heat pad was stretching out full but stiff as a board...then another time was just wrigling and kicking non stop and drooping to the one side no matter what side i put him on. Now sitting normal.

You can check for sight and sound, to judge how aware of his surroundings he is. The heat may have triggered the symptoms you described, but he should be fine, considering he's back to normal now.

So glad he picked up again Hayley, he's got you on a rollercoaster there . How is he this morning?

Bloody things gonna give me an anxiety attack lol have a newfound respect for mothers.

He's good this morning, woke me up scuttling about. Has drank the milk I left in his bowl and just had 5cc from the bottle. Sleeping now on my knee.

He seems to be able to put the left ear up but not the right. But when I got him I thought his right ear was a bit funny anyway cause of the injury to the shoulder

Wow, he's a little roller coaster ride, isn't he? Glad he's feeling better!

Could be that his little ear just isn't read to pop up yet, but it's possible that he suffered some damage to the cartilage. It shouldn't hold him back at all though!

Have started weighing him now. He was 138g last night after a feed and 139g this morin before a feed (141g after)

Hope you all don't mind me using this as a blog

That's good! At least you know that he's not losing weight any more!

Go right ahead! I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of progress he makes