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We have a wild rabbit that keeps digging holes in the front yard and having babies in the exact same spot. I fill in the hole when the babies leave. It is in an wide open area next to the the side walk not a safe area. The last litter of babies were born last week. It has been raining here since early morning. I noticed this afternoon that the hole had flooded. There were lying in 3 separate places on the top of the grass in the open. I covered them with grass to hide them and put an umbrella up to protect them from the rain. I called the wildlife place it was before 4 pm but it went to voice mail. I called an emergency hot line and was told that I did the right thing. That I should try and get the water out of the hole and put them back and wait to see if the mom comes. I scooped the water out but the ground is so saturated even thought the umbrella was covering the hole the water pours back. I left them out of the hole. I watched them and for the mom. She never came. It is still raining. It is 67 degrees not really cold but the babies bodies were cold and the grass is puddling and they were lying in standing water. I put them in a box lined with hay. They are on a heat pad on low in the bathroom. 2 of them do not look good. Lying on their back/side. I called the hot line back which turns out is 6 hours from here. She gave me the # of a vet specializing in cotton tails closer to me. This women was of no help. She acted like I had the wrong # and finally said she was a vet but only specialized in hawks. Later admitted she use to specialize in rabbits but no more and it was like pulling teeth to get her to tell me anything except don't feed them formula. She finally gave me a number to call in the morning and said if I can get them there in the morning that place will help. They are closed now. The bunnies are in the bathroom in a box lined with hay on the heat pad. The one that looked like it was dying on it's back has snuggled up in a ball in the hay. The 3 of them has nestled into the hay and look a lot better. Before they were very cold feeling and 2 were on their back/side with their feet up and twitching. Does anyone have any advice? Is there something else that I can or should do for them?
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We have a wild rabbit that keeps digging holes in the front yard and having babies in the exact same spot. I fill in the hole when the babies leave. It is in an wide open area next to the the side walk not a safe area. The last litter of babies were born last week. It has been raining here since early morning. I noticed this afternoon that the hole had flooded. There were lying in 3 separate places on the top of the grass in the open. I covered them with grass to hide them and put an umbrella up to protect them from the rain. I called the wildlife place it was before 4 pm but it went to voice mail. I called an emergency hot line and was told that I did the right thing. That I should try and get the water out of the hole and put them back and wait to see if the mom comes. I scooped the water out but the ground is so saturated even thought the umbrella was covering the hole the water pours back. I left them out of the hole. I watched them and for the mom. She never came. It is still raining. It is 67 degrees not really cold but the babies bodies were cold and the grass is puddling and they were lying in standing water. I put them in a box lined with hay. They are on a heat pad on low in the bathroom. 2 of them do not look good. Lying on their back/side. I called the hot line back which turns out is 6 hours from here. She gave me the # of a vet specializing in cotton tails closer to me. This women was of no help. She acted like I had the wrong # and finally said she was a vet but only specialized in hawks. Later admitted she use to specialize in rabbits but no more and it was like pulling teeth to get her to tell me anything except don't feed them formula. She finally gave me a number to call in the morning and said if I can get them there in the morning that place will help. They are closed now. The bunnies are in the bathroom in a box lined with hay on the heat pad. The one that looked like it was dying on it's back has snuggled up in a ball in the hay. The 3 of them has nestled into the hay and look a lot better. Before they were very cold feeling and 2 were on their back/side with their feet up and twitching. Does anyone have any advice? Is there something else that I can or should do for them?
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