TheSheepGirl
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Chances are that he will die eventually. Nutritional problems and starvation can take a long time to kill a rabbit, especially a wild rabbit. You may be killing him, but slowly and painfully, without even knowing it.
Despite your worries and your insistance that he is doing well, he will be much better off in the wild where he belongs. He will make a burrow and find food just fine. Even in the cold weather.
Sooner or later he will probably die just as they all do unless you return him to the wild.
There is no arguing this fact. The survival rate for wild rabbits is nearly zero. Rabbit pellets and hay just don't sit well with them. If experts with years of experience can't get them to live, then the chances are slim for you and your newly captured cottontail.
Despite your worries and your insistance that he is doing well, he will be much better off in the wild where he belongs. He will make a burrow and find food just fine. Even in the cold weather.
Sooner or later he will probably die just as they all do unless you return him to the wild.
There is no arguing this fact. The survival rate for wild rabbits is nearly zero. Rabbit pellets and hay just don't sit well with them. If experts with years of experience can't get them to live, then the chances are slim for you and your newly captured cottontail.