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stray or wild?

B

bunnylove

Wise Old Thumper
how can you tell the difference, i would be quite afraid that i would not be able to tell the difference and just assume it was wild, as i did about 2 years ago, when i was in wales and they was a bunny with her young kits living under a tree..

other than lops, how would you know?

thanks
 
Wild bunnies tend to be smaller than domestic bunnies and nearly always agouti - looks light brown in summer, they have white underneath their tail, which when they run flashes a warning to other bunnies causing them to run.

I think the best indicator would be when you approach them, even the tamest wild rabbit will run when you get too close (unless ill with myxi) most strays will recognise humans and be more likely to let you approach.

I think from a distance colour would be the main thing as it isn't advantageous for wild bunnies to stick out from the crowd so different mutated colours tend to be the first picked off by predators. If you see an adult rabbit that isn't normal brown colour it is probably a stray.

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Caz
 
well thanks caz, the bunny with her kits were definitly agouti, i dont recall seeing her have a white tail though, but they did look as though they lived under the tree, people must have thought i was nuts, i watched them for about a hour even just waiting to catch a glimps..its one think see adult wild rabbits but its another seeing her with her young. glorious!!!!!!!!
 
I had to collect some freight from a storage centre near Heathrow last year (about a month after vans tried to ram-raid it but the police had been tipped off and got them - it was in the news).

Anyway there were loads of rabbit warrens there and I was so intent on watching all the young rabbits and their parents running around I nearly missed the fact my number had come up to collect my freight :oops: !

I also had the chance to do rabbit behaviour for my final year degree project but unfortunatley recent building works had disturbed the warren I was supposed to study so I did voles instead!

Caz
 
yer they looked excactly like the first picture. hows zeux?, we are all quite worried about him.

eve x
 
He is going to the vets tonight to start the new antibiotics so this week is going to be critical.

Thanks for your concern :)

Caz
 
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