Baby Wild Rabbits' Nest

My cat Sylvester discovered a nest of baby rabbits under my back porch. I heard a squeek and saw him pawing at something and thought it was a mouse...until I crawled under the next day and found this nest. Luckily, my cat was full on cat food and wasn't craving the taste of a rabbit so he was mostly curious about them. They were all ok. There are 4 clips I edited together. I took these clips over a 1.5 week period. Then, they left the nest. Of course, I didn't touch them or move them. I thought they were abandoned and was going to rescue them until I read the facts on wild rabbits and how the mother doesn't sit on the nest. She only comes back once in the dead of night nurse them to avoid attracting predators. I would see the mom come back and watch me from my neighbor's yard. This is the first rabbit nest I ever came across. They were just adorable! About a week after leaving the nest, I saw one in my flower garden hanging out and one running down my neigbor's sidewalk. There's a ton of rabbits in my neighborhood. I'm sure they're all grown now and are the ones I see nightly in my yard.
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[75capriceconvertible]

Awww THAT'S CUTE!!! I came across a fawn at the farm last summer, same thing: the mother is not always there, and they say to not touch them. People often think a fawn is abandoned; it's just the mother is not there at the moment... so I just observed and sure enough she came back. I hope the bunnies are all ok!!!

[rovan26]

@75capriceconvertible I actually filmed this back in June and just got around to posting it. I had to squeeze under my porch on my stomach to see them. That's probably why I had so much trouble getting a real good shot. It was very hard to resist petting them, but I did! I hope they're ok too. I live on a very busy street and luckily haven't seen any dead rabbits in the road. Fingers crossed!

[EmilysRabbitry]

you can put carrots lettuce and a small bowl of water under there for the mommy

[75capriceconvertible]

@rovan26 Yeah it's lucky they did not wander out in the street, but, I think their timid nature would prevent them from doing that, with the noise and such. I would have had a hard time not petting them too! They are so beautiful! My building here is on the river bank, I face the street but the other side is the river, and there are rabbits all over the place, it's just great!