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04/03/2025
Baby bunny season is here….see below for important info from WildCare
Meet patient #25-900, eastern cottontail. This little one was brought to WildCare Oklahoma after being attacked by a dog. The result – bilateral femur fractures. The stress of fixing such a complex situation would have been more than this cottontail would have been able to bear, so she was humanely euthanized by our veterinarian to prevent further suffering.
If you have a cottontail nest in your yard AND dogs, please protect the nest by putting a push mower over it allowing enough space for mom to enter and exit to care for her kits. You can also put a weighted plastic tub with a small section cut out over the nest, too.
Finding a nest without mom is normal – she feeds her babies at dusk and dawn and spends the day away from the nest to draw predators away from her offspring. If you care about the babies, leave them there. Then keep your dogs, cats, and kids away from the area. Baby cottontails are only in the nest for a couple of weeks. Give them a little space and a little time, and they will be hopping on their way.
Photo credit: Dr. Mattie Yates, WildCareOklahoma
