Most Wild rabbits live for less than one year. Rabbit’s can live almost anywhere they are able to dig burrows. Their natural habitats include woods, meadows, forests, farmland, grassland, moorlands, salt marshes, embankments, sand dunes and cliffs.

Wild rabbits can be found in woods, forests, meadows, grasslands, deserts, tundra and wetlands. Wild rabbits create their own homes by tunneling into the ground. These tunnel systems are called warrens and include rooms for nesting and sleeping.

Habitats – Rabbits live in a variety of environments, including deserts, swamps, marshes, forests, grasslands, and prairies. Most rabbits don’t dig tunnels or burrows, but they will borrow a burrow abandoned by another animal. They will use these burrows to escape bad weather or an enemy in hot pursuit.

Wild rabbits are also known to survive in the wild by turning underground burrows into their homes. Unlike a few wild rabbits that make their nests in open fields, most rabbits spend their lives in underground burrows. Other wild rabbits also live on high grounds.

In the wild, bunnies sleep in burrows or deeply nested areas. Provide your pet with a safe, secure place to doze. Your best bet for bedding is either hay or straw, both of which he can eat.

It’s a myth that a mother rabbit (and many other wildlife mamas) will reject their babies if they have a human scent on them. Just cover the nest and don’t touch the babies again; handling the little ones can cause injury and stress.

The Real Reason Mom Is Away will return to care for the babies after they have been handled. First, she only feeds her babies once per day. Second, baby bunnies don’t have much of a scent to predators. However, the mother rabbit does have a scent.

A mother rabbit will usually return to a disturbed nest. Her priority will be to protect her babies. The only reason a mother would not return is fear. If you return to a nest too often, she may see you.

Rabbit mothers nurse their babies for approximately 5 minutes a day. They will be in the nest or nest box early in the morning and then again in the evening. The milk is very rich and the babies “fill up” to capacity within minutes.

The nest is destroyed. If it is absolutely necessary, you can move the nest up to ten feet away. To do this, dig a shallow hole about as deep and wide as the original burrow. Gently pick up the rabbits and transfer them to the new nest. If possible, surround the nest with a bunny accessible fence to keep your dog away.

The best thing you can do is put the bunny right back where you found him, in the general area, as the mom will only come back at night to call and find him. Leave the area. If injured, please contact a wildlife rehabber or rabbit vet immediately! You can search Google for your state/country and wildlife rehabber.

Nests are found in shallow depressions on the ground [cottontails do not burrow]; nests are covered with soft grasses and are lined with tufts of the mother rabbit’s fur. The average litter size for rabbits is five, though mothers may give birth to as few as one and as many as 12!

A rabbit’s lifespan is influenced by breed, living conditions and healthcare but the average lifespan is likely to be around 8 to 9 years. It can be helpful to think of one year in a rabbit’s life as ten years in a human’s life, so an 8 year old rabbit could be thought of as approximately 80 years old in human terms.

The best time to consider buying a rabbit is when they have reached 8 weeks of age. At this stage a rabbit will have been fully weaned from their mother’s milk and just starting to eat solids. You should never buy a rabbit under this age.

The whole bonding process can take as little as one day or up to several months – it all depends on your rabbits. Usually, it’s a few weeks before your bunnies will be living happily together but it is well worth the wait.