Saved a baby bunny from my cat's mouth: Advice thread - General

As the title says: I literally pulled him from the mouth of my cat. Well, as all stories have reasons behind them, I cannot currently take him to a wildlife rescue area or vet as it is currently... THE WEEKEND. Yes. All places are closed. (and 30 miles from me) I've named him Goobie, so no need for name suggestions, but I do have a couple of questions because I know Facepunch has (sometimes) expertise in the weirdest areas. I've googled it a lot already BUT I still have some inquiries. Main questions I have: Is this guy old enough to not need formula and the dropper? If he is old enough to eat real food, what do you recommend? If he is not, then I already have the cat formula and dropper, what's the easiest way to feed him? What about water? Warmth? Etc. Help me out fellas [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Sk6XjMP.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NfEKUGH.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nandYrk.jpg[/IMG]

keep it forever

I want you to love it

Is it injured at all from the run-in with your cat?

No, nothing visible at least. Which is a miracle because my cat has killed MANY things and quickly. I've tried saving birds and other small animals from my cat before but my cat usually ends up snapping them in half before I get the cat to release it. He's good right now.

Holy cow, by judging the bunny from the photo, it isn't 4 months old so that can be very risky for the bunny life. I'd suggest to take him/her to the vet ASAP. One day I purchased two rabbits from the local pet store, one died because he was too young, like that. I'd suggest to give to the bunny some hay, not cat food. And for the water, use the sink one. If the bunny doesn't eat, that is bad news and take it to the local veterinary for aid.

[QUOTE=KillerKo4565;45910383]Holy cow, by judging the bunny from the photo, it isn't 4 months old so that can be very risky for the bunny life. I'd suggest to take him/her to the vet ASAP. One day I purchased two rabbits from the local pet store, one died because he was too young, like that. I'd suggest to give to the bunny some hay, not cat food. And for the water, use the sink one. If the bunny doesn't eat, that is bad news and take it to the local veterinary for aid.[/QUOTE] Gotcha man. Will definitely look for hay. But like I said, I can't take it to a vet because it's the weekend. [editline]6th September 2014[/editline] What's the best way to give him water though?

i suggest you feed it to your cat, he caught it he should get to eat it

[QUOTE=waylander;45910658]i suggest you feed it to your cat, he caught it he should get to eat it[/QUOTE] cats gettin fed dude theres no need for live sacrifice

[QUOTE=Chubbles;45910416]What's the best way to give him water though?[/QUOTE] Try with a bowl/dish and make it proportioned with the bunny size, it may drown if its overfilled.

[QUOTE=Chubbles;45910416]Gotcha man. Will definitely look for hay. But like I said, I can't take it to a vet because it's the weekend. [editline]6th September 2014[/editline] What's the best way to give him water though?[/QUOTE] i dunno about baby rabbits but rabbits eat nearly any vegetable or fruit matter, I'd recommend googling what to feed very young ones though, for water, just fill a small dish or something with a little bit of water, as long as it can get to the water it'll figure out how to drink. I'd say take it to a vet and ask for advice. you should prolly keep it, rabbits aren't too high maintenance and they're decent pets, in the wild it'll prolly just get eaten by a fox or a cat anyway.

I know when a baby bunny got in the house I bought a few plants from the store. Not sure if he ate any, but he didn't die in here.

I'm mainly worried because he doesn't seem to want to move much. I know about the whole "bunnies die easily from stress thing," but he's not dead yet from any stress, but even when I move him around a little, he doesn't seem to want to move at all. He basically lets me do whatever to him, but I know he is aware, because he opens his eyes when I touch him, but he'll basically just flop in any direction... I'm stressed from this. I just want him to be okay.

[QUOTE=Chubbles;45910890]I'm mainly worried because he doesn't seem to want to move much. I know about the whole "bunnies die easily from stress thing," but he's not dead yet from any stress, but even when I move him around a little, he doesn't seem to want to move at all. He basically lets me do whatever to him, but I know he is aware, because he opens his eyes when I touch him, but he'll basically just flop in any direction... I'm stressed from this. I just want him to be okay.[/QUOTE] He went from the jaws of a predator to the hands of some giant being that is 20x it's size. It's probably scared out of it's fucking mind. And it's a wild rabbit.

[QUOTE=Chubbles;45910890]I'm mainly worried because he doesn't seem to want to move much. I know about the whole "bunnies die easily from stress thing," but he's not dead yet from any stress, but even when I move him around a little, he doesn't seem to want to move at all. He basically lets me do whatever to him, but I know he is aware, because he opens his eyes when I touch him, but he'll basically just flop in any direction... I'm stressed from this. I just want him to be okay.[/QUOTE] Shit man, my old bunny did the same thing [sp]and it died :([/sp]. Keep him to a warmer zone, with hay, fruit and water. Don't push/move him, unless you are moving him to a veterinary. It may be shocked because he lost his mother in the first place and it was about to get eaten by a cat. Keep controlling him.

[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;45911010]He went from the jaws of a predator to the hands of some giant being that is 20x it's size. It's probably scared out of it's fucking mind. And it's a wild rabbit.[/QUOTE] It's how our bunny acted. I wouldn't worry, but maybe leave the bunny alone in a safe place the cat can't get to the poor thing?

Make sure the food is placed so it can poop and eat. I had a rabbit and it ate and pooped at the same time.

Feed the cat's heart to the rabbit so it can absorb its essence.

[video=youtube;moSFlvxnbgk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk[/video] seriously though, a baby squirel somehow crawled in through [B]THE GOD DAMN OPEN DOOR[/B](issues here) to my appartment building and got in the wall and somehow made its way into the space under my sink, i got it into a box and let it go somewhere else

Just don't do the same mistake like this family once did. [video=youtube;W4HlVQ2s_Bk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4HlVQ2s_Bk[/video]

I recommend not keeping him for more than two days tops. My mom found a wild bunny once and decided that we should keep it. We had it for a day in a dog kennel and the next night we went out to buy it a cage and some food. Once we came back it was as stiff a log. Don't make a similar mistake.

Don't worry man. I'm not planning on it. I would if it was a smart idea, but it's just simply smarter to take it to a rehab place.

[QUOTE=Chubbles;45910229]I've named him Goobie, so no need for name suggestions[/QUOTE] It sounds like you need name suggestions

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/rabbit][b]Christmas is coming up[/b][/url]

What is its current political ideology?

Dude, I hope the bunny lives so you can get it to a vet :( The baby bird I rescued died before I could get it to a vet.

Have you tried reading it any Marx yet?

Maybe leave a copy of Mao's book by it.

Das Kapital is a required read for any growing pet

Don't do what the bolshevik scum above me are suggesting! Read it a little bit of Mein Kampf, feed it Gestap Os and play it Horst Wessel Lied every night! Convert that bunny to National Socialism and release it into the world to annihilate the untermenschen hare scum! Also, you seriously need to take it to the vet. Your cat could have crushed something inside of it and it could be bleeding internally.