My cat star just cought a baby rabbit!!!! it is so little! it is SO cute. luckily she didnt kill it and i saw it in time and took it away from her, it doesnt seem to be hurt. she didnt bite it, she was just playing ith it.
what should i do? should i just let it go, its mother it probably somewhere near by in my field/garden.

I think u should try putting the baby rabbit back where you found it but keep an eye on it for a while until its mother finds it, dont leave it alone, just stay away from it so if the mother sees it then she can approach, and if she does show up then wait until ur sure she wont reject it, beczuse i`m not sure if rabbits reject or accept their babies if they had a funny smeel on them "human scent", and if she doesnt show up, then i think u should take care of it if u think u have enough experience with rabbits

Glad you saved her!

Yep, just put her back and watch from a distance for a while. If the mother doesn't return in 24 hours your going to have to raise her.

Have you handled her alot? If so it's too bad because your scent will be on her strong.

If you do end having to take care of her you might want to contact a wildlife rehabilitation center. Rabbits are very social and need their litter mates or other rabbits for company.

i havent tuched her/him at all. i picked her/him up in a blanket just to take her/him away from the cat and put him/her in a box. i think she may be old enough to be off on his/her own, although i dont have much experence with rabbits. she is running around fine. should i just put him/her outside, i think i will, but i am going ot put all the cats inside!

i just let it go. it hopped off into the tall grass. i hope it will be OK. mabey it is old enough and was on its own, i dont know. i dont have much experence with rabbits.

mpp00133,
Good catch and thinking on not handling the bunny with your hands, the blanket was a good choice.. I am not much with the rabbits either but I know that the little cotton tails around here are only about 3-4 inches tall and they are on their own already.. They already have found the holes in my garden fence and feasting on the peas and such..

well its probably on its own then. it looked like it was sure of itself when it took off into the grass. at least this time i cought star in time. last time all i found was feet,ears, and some bones, and rabbit fur all over the place, including around stars mouth!

He was lucky then, I think that once a cat gets a taste of fresh meat from a kill that it would not matter weather it was just fed or even full that it will try for the kill.. Good thing you found him in time...

it is just their instinct to hunt. thats why we dont have mice. i always find dead mice around the house and moles, birds.

if i catch them atacking somthing usualy i save it as long as it if saveable.i have saved mice, snakes squirals and one bird. And you dont even need to train them to do it, they just follow their instincts.

hopefully we wont see that rabbit again. we have a garden too so thats why we always have those little "helpers" that like to "test" the food when were not looking.

Just a question, why don't you get one of those cat collars with a bell for the cat so it can't really succeed in catching and eating these animals? It's enough just the smell of cat urine to keep mice away from your house. (I've had lots of outdoor cats, and just having them around has kept the mice away). Then you don't have to find bones and fur or save them from your cat. And as long as your cat gets cat food (which I am pretty sure it does) it doesn't need to live off of what it kills.

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my mom thinks its "torture" to make a cat wear a collar.

My cats don't care if I put a collar on them, it's like they're saying 'Right when I'm out of your sight it'll be off in a snap..mahahahahaaa!!'. Okay so with out the evil laugh but that's pretty much it.

You'll probably be suprised to hear this, but that little bunny doesn't even need it's mother any more. He's most likely already weaned and on his own. When bunnies leave the nest, they still look like "babies". Unlike most other animals who leave mama's care when they are almost fully grown. That's why it's confusing. You don't need to worry about releasing it back to it's mother. If you're worried about the cat getting it again, just go to an empty field or hill where you've seen other rabbits hopping around and release him there.