RE: Taming A Wild Bunny?
June 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2017 at 8:23 pm by Autumnlicious.)
Rabbits are infamous for dying from anxiety or terror. Wild Rabbits easily will have significantly more stress hormones pulsing through their body than a domesticate rabbit. I would think those two statements means "it's a hopping pile of stress".
The act of taming such a critter incurs risk of death to the organism from stress. Even a domesticated one would have to be handled gently.
Another incident that comes to mind was a video wherein a baby bunny was released by some family in Texas - it took a few hops and a hawk got it. Obviously the child and mother (humans) were overtly upset, although the father started laughing from the sheer absurdity of the matter.
You're playing with fire. Continue leaving food out for it if you'd like, but don't try approaching it (thus consuming its attention from actual predators).
Rabbits are... fragile.
The act of taming such a critter incurs risk of death to the organism from stress. Even a domesticated one would have to be handled gently.
Another incident that comes to mind was a video wherein a baby bunny was released by some family in Texas - it took a few hops and a hawk got it. Obviously the child and mother (humans) were overtly upset, although the father started laughing from the sheer absurdity of the matter.
You're playing with fire. Continue leaving food out for it if you'd like, but don't try approaching it (thus consuming its attention from actual predators).
Rabbits are... fragile.
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