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someone in my village has found a litter - they've all gone to the bridge

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Candiflare

Mama Doe
She was digging up her allotment and found them in a hole. She says they can't go back because she wants to put her potatoes in there :roll: she currently has them in a box. They look old enough (from what she's posted on facebook) to be eating hay for themselves.

She says she wants to keep them for a bit then release them again. Is this wise? I have advised her against it, but I'm not really sure what to do...
 
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:shock:Woah!! That is amazing, thank God she didnt stab them while digging.

They were there first though, yet again, humans mess up the animal world.

How is she going to keep them? Not in a box??

They are wild buns? They need different things, she cant try to domesticate them and then just let them go when she has had enough. :shock:
 
Shouldn't she just let them go so mum can find them. She should move them. I think. :shock:
 
Candiflare said:
She was digging up her allotment and found them in a hole. She says they can't go back because she wants to put her potatoes in there :roll: she currently has them in a box. They look old enough (from what she's posted on facebook) to be eating hay for themselves.

She says she wants to keep them for a bit then release them again. Is this wise? I have advised her against it, but I'm not really sure what to do...
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Wild animals belong in the wild. Our aim is to ALWAYS release wild animals back to where they came from and not imprint them. Wild animals tend to have all the wild instincts of a wild animal. We try to handle wild animals as little as possible and keep human contact to as little as possible. WIld rabbits tend to grow a lot slower than domesticated ones and are a lot leaner so they may be further advanced than you think. I keep them in captivity for quite a few weeks and then do a soft release whereby I carry on feeding them and they are free to go or come back to the food source as they please. ie cage them at the release site and then open a door/hatch so they are free to go as they please but with food and water readily available in the cage.
 
Saw this on my old school friends facebook couldn't believe it :shock: She said she will keep them for a while then release them. :roll:
 
hurricanhoney said:
Saw this on my old school friends facebook couldn't believe it :shock: She said she will keep them for a while then release them. :roll:
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:roll:

I have emailed her and tried to give her some advice but she said she would ask her children what they thought :roll::roll::roll:
 
how long have they been away from the allotment? can you put them back nearby? that's not a 'you must put them back', just wondering if it is a possibility....
 
Get them. Give them hay and water. Pick lots of grass for them. Ring a wildlife rescue for advice. :wave:
 
As suggested, can you contact a wildlife specialist for advice? Maybe they would take them and release them safely.
 
I don't know how far this would be for you, but Vale Wildlife Rescue at Beckford near Cheltenham/Evesham would most probably be able to help.

Best of luck. x
 
thanks guys. While I'm trying to contact wildlife places, can you guess how old they are and what they should be eating from these pics? Shall I syringe them critical care and water?

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