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#706512 - 05/04/08 06:50 PM RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	i need some help i saw a cottontail while hunting yesterday so i shot it i went over to bag my game and walked back to the truck and stumbled across 7 baby cottontails in a hole in the ground im postitive this is there ,mother i think they will die if i do nothing HELP PLEASE _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#706547 - 05/04/08 07:05 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
BlakeTheTrapper BlakeTheTrapper trapper Registered: 02/10/07 Posts: 4373 Loc: bethany,missouri,,,still a pup	just make a pen for them.feed them vegitables.are there eyes open???we've been seeing alot of lil guys lately _________________________ Spring/Summer Mice-2 **On the outdoor channel at july 3rd my cousin will be huntin turkeys.It's a new show.**
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#706551 - 05/04/08 07:06 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
fishdaddy fishdaddy trapper Registered: 01/03/07 Posts: 2494 Loc: southern W.Va.	put them in the freezer for bait take the whole nest fur and all.. is it still rabbit season there? _________________________ Proud member of the bucket of guts since 2004. Fishguts is my hero..
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#706553 - 05/04/08 07:07 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: BlakeTheTrapper]
hartzog69 hartzog69 trapper Registered: 01/21/08 Posts: 2276 Loc: Ashe county, NC	wyatt, when is rabbit season there? PM SENT _________________________ TRAPPING is my anti-drug http://cajunbill.proboards92.com/index.cgi
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#706558 - 05/04/08 07:12 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: hartzog69]
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	there is no season here...thre eyes are open and they are moving out pretty well id say maybe a week or two _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#706560 - 05/04/08 07:16 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	o yeh if u put em in a pen on the ground make sure u have teh pens wire into the ground a lil ways, we had a pet rabbit in a pen on teh ground when i was little and the rascal dug under and got away...lol, id suggest a pen with a wire bottom if u havent already planned on that, just a thing to think about _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#706561 - 05/04/08 07:16 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
BlakeTheTrapper BlakeTheTrapper trapper Registered: 02/10/07 Posts: 4373 Loc: bethany,missouri,,,still a pup	hmmmm...make a box and put hay and the next and stuff in the box and put a pen around it _________________________ Spring/Summer Mice-2 **On the outdoor channel at july 3rd my cousin will be huntin turkeys.It's a new show.**
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#706568 - 05/04/08 07:17 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: BlakeTheTrapper]
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	do i feed em warm milk or what _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#706575 - 05/04/08 07:19 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	if there real little u may have to bottle feed em _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#706583 - 05/04/08 07:23 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: redneck_cowboy]
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	there like the size of a small cell phone _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#706585 - 05/04/08 07:24 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
hartzog69 hartzog69 trapper Registered: 01/21/08 Posts: 2276 Loc: Ashe county, NC	why dont kansas have a season on rabbits?? i think they should atleast have one about the time to have little ones Edited by hartzog69 (05/04/08 07:27 PM) _________________________ TRAPPING is my anti-drug http://cajunbill.proboards92.com/index.cgi
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#706593 - 05/04/08 07:28 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	Idk wyatt, i dont knwo much about rasing baby wild rabbits, but id guess u should maybe bottle feed, if ya dont get the answer ur looking for here try google or yahoo _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#706597 - 05/04/08 07:29 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: hartzog69]
trap_crazy trap_crazy trapper Registered: 10/14/07 Posts: 1140 Loc: MAINE	keep em inside when they are that young with no mother for warmth.in a cage with a large box with either hay or sawdust for bedding. as for food . use luke marm milk in a bottle. use a small kitten bottle form walmart. get some rabbit food or simply use veggies and when they start eating it cut back on the milk a little everyfeeding till they are fully off it. not so sure how well tehy will survive in the wild after being in captivity. _________________________ "once you get a little beaver you never stop thinkin about it" Proud memeber of the NTA and MTA
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#706606 - 05/04/08 07:32 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: trap_crazy]
trap_crazy trap_crazy trapper Registered: 10/14/07 Posts: 1140 Loc: MAINE	yup there open yera round in kanssas _________________________ "once you get a little beaver you never stop thinkin about it" Proud memeber of the NTA and MTA
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#706609 - 05/04/08 07:32 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: hartzog69]
fishdaddy fishdaddy trapper Registered: 01/03/07 Posts: 2494 Loc: southern W.Va.	open season on them means you can hunt them all year long.so it looks leagle to me. _________________________ Proud member of the bucket of guts since 2004. Fishguts is my hero..
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#706617 - 05/04/08 07:37 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: fishdaddy]
BlakeTheTrapper BlakeTheTrapper trapper Registered: 02/10/07 Posts: 4373 Loc: bethany,missouri,,,still a pup	bottle feed them then _________________________ Spring/Summer Mice-2 **On the outdoor channel at july 3rd my cousin will be huntin turkeys.It's a new show.**
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#706625 - 05/04/08 07:39 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: fishdaddy]
trapper al trapper al trapper Registered: 01/21/08 Posts: 465 Loc: carter county tenn	they always seemed to went into shock and die on me,but then again that was after the neighbors cat got ahold of them _________________________ aint life grand
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#706697 - 05/04/08 08:12 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: trapper al]
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	i knew it was legal is why i did it so i thought nothign of it _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#706703 - 05/04/08 08:13 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	im just curiouse what are u doing with the rabbits u kill??? bait for trapping or eating urself?? they are full of ticks and fleas this time of year here i think _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#706734 - 05/04/08 08:23 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: redneck_cowboy]
bobcat boy bobcat boy trapper Registered: 12/24/06 Posts: 79 Loc: kansas	we raised 2 one year by using getting a bottle with a small nipple and using warmed up goats milk.
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#706757 - 05/04/08 08:30 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: bobcat boy]
Possumslayer Possumslayer trapper Registered: 11/02/07 Posts: 905 Loc: South Central Nebraska	I have raised a few like that when I was younger. I fed them warm milk mixed with an egg. Can also use kitten milk replacer found at the veternarians office. They also have bottles made for kittens you can use. when they get a little older I weened them off the milk by soaking a peice of bread in the milk and helping them find it. If I remember right we had to get a wet paper towel and wipe their rear ends every couple hours to help them poop. (that may have been kittens), but we had to do that with something to get them to poop. You will be able to tell, if they don't poop or if they start looking bound up wipe their rear ends with a warm wet paper towel. When they get older start feeding them clover flowers, lettuce, and other soft greens. Out of 4 we tried to raise we ended up saving 2. when they were about the size of a softball we turned them loose. _________________________ Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita
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#706774 - 05/04/08 08:41 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: Possumslayer]
ILtrapperboy92 ILtrapperboy92 trapper Registered: 01/16/08 Posts: 142 Loc: Northern IL	You have to rub there stomachs and rear end to get them to poop!
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#707047 - 05/04/08 11:34 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: ILtrapperboy92]
Trapper Luke Trapper Luke trapper Registered: 01/01/08 Posts: 239 Loc: Utah	Found one last year eyes was open and was moving around brang it home never bottle fed it just gave its some greens and water got to where it should have been able to take care of its self and let it go.
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#707124 - 05/05/08 06:46 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: Trapper Luke]
TexA TexA trapper Registered: 12/24/06 Posts: 2079 Loc: Estherville, IA	Confining ANY wild animal here is ILLEGAL and surely not in-favor of the animals well being. Leave Wild Animals in the Wild..... _________________________ TexA Member Iowa Trappers Association National Trappers Association
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#707144 - 05/05/08 07:36 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: TexA]
k9. k9. trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 3192 Loc: Brooklyn, Iowa 45 years old st...	Leave wild animals wild is right. Leave them alone. _________________________ 2008 One coon One skunk
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#707180 - 05/05/08 08:23 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: k9.]
Possumslayer Possumslayer trapper Registered: 11/02/07 Posts: 905 Loc: South Central Nebraska	I agree to leave wild animals alone. BUT the rabbits I raised would have died anyway. One that I raised was back when I was about 8 years old. A friend of my dads was out clearing trees from the edge of a field. He had cut a bunch of dead half hallow trees down. When he shut the chainsaw off he heard something squeeling. Looking through the trees he found a family of coons. The mother was killed when the tree fell, and 2 babies were still alive too young to care for themselves. While out there looking at the baby coons in his truck and watching the dozer push the trees up into a pile I found a rabbit nest that the dozer ran over. 2 were still alive, the rest were dead and the mother was dead. No way they would live, so being a child I wanted to save the rabbits. The friend raised the coons until they got old enough to cause problems. Then he let them go out on their own. The next bunch of rabbits I raised were found in another field when our neighbor ran over the nest while disking. Killed most of the babies and the dog jumped out and got the mother. Don't go out intentionaly looking for baby animals to raise as pets. Most of the time they don't live long once they are messed with. _________________________ Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita
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#707253 - 05/05/08 09:57 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: Possumslayer]
JD Rogge JD Rogge trapper Registered: 12/27/06 Posts: 105 Loc: Cherokee Iowa	Thats why you don't hunt rabbits in the spring, use you're head.
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#707257 - 05/05/08 10:07 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: JD Rogge]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	a few years back when i didnt know any better i found a rabbits nest whiel my uncle was cutting hay, and the lil rabbits was in teh nest to so i picked one up and played with it and then put it back in the nest thing, i came back the next day and the rabbits were gone, teh momma coulda moved em, or something coulda killed em, i have no idea _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#707283 - 05/05/08 10:45 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: redneck_cowboy]
mink2 mink2 trapper Registered: 04/30/07 Posts: 1513 Loc: kentucky	make sure you clean there cage when they get older they can get realy sick otherwise. i raised rabbits for several months and had my fair share of them. _________________________ as a martian I pick lime green for my country men. even thou we come from a red planet. odd isn't it? o well
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#707424 - 05/05/08 01:36 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: JD Rogge]
wyattpev13 wyattpev13 trapper Registered: 03/16/08 Posts: 328 Loc: wamego kansas	Originally Posted By: JD Rogge Thats why you don't hunt rabbits in the spring, use you're head. its legal don't tell me to use my head i know my laws to answer ur question redneck i skinned it and ate the meat and i kept the bones and will use them for bait this next year _________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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#707470 - 05/05/08 02:09 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
coondawg coondawg trapper Registered: 02/07/08 Posts: 577 Loc: SE Ohio...24 yrs old	Dont let anyone tell you what to do. If its legal, do what you want. You asked how to raise them, not if its ethical to do so. So far Ive seen the legality as well as your morals questioned.If youre not going to answer the question,why post? Personally I would use them for bait but im not patient enough to try and raise them either...lol Good luck with the bunnies! _________________________ http://furfinsfeathers.proboards41.com/index.cgi ......come check us out!
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#707476 - 05/05/08 02:15 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
cody16 cody16 trapper Registered: 11/18/07 Posts: 622 Loc: southern maryland	wyattpev13 i think what ur doin is great tryin to save some baby bunnys iam don the same thing right nowand let me say something to some of the people on here.FORGET THE LAWS!!!!!!!!i know besides just being trappers most of us hunt we are sportsmen and want to c our childern and grandchilder hunt and enjoy nature and the only way to keep nature around is if we take care of it.and i dont mean cudle it feed it and love it we do it every day by fighting polution and trying to stop large housing developments but wen we find orphaned animals wether we made them orphaned or not they need a home and need to be cared for and let go to help ensure that there will be more rabits or what ever animal ur raising if we always followed the laws we would be letting animals suffer and die but atleast there are some people out there breaking the laws and at leaset trying to give the animals a chance to live and wyattpev13 thank you thank you for trying to make a difference. _________________________ JUST A MAN DOIN WUT I CAN WITH WHAT I GOT MY SEASON IS OVER!!!!:(
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#707567 - 05/05/08 03:43 PM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: wyattpev13]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	Originally Posted By: wyattpev13 to answer ur question redneck i skinned it and ate the meat and i kept the bones and will use them for bait this next year Ok just makin sure it didnt go to waste _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#708352 - 05/06/08 12:51 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: redneck_cowboy]
JD Rogge JD Rogge trapper Registered: 12/27/06 Posts: 105 Loc: Cherokee Iowa	Cody brings up a good point, conservation for the future. A good way to start is by not shooting rabbits in the spring when everyone knows that they have young, therefore insuring future generations of rabbits to be hunted. The moral of the story is just because its legal doesn't mean its a smart thing to do. Now you have created the problem of dealing with the baby rabbits, which will probably die despite you're efforts. It all boils down to......USE YOU'RE HEAD!! Edited by JD Rogge (05/06/08 01:08 AM)
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#708354 - 05/06/08 12:58 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: JD Rogge]
coondawg coondawg trapper Registered: 02/07/08 Posts: 577 Loc: SE Ohio...24 yrs old	So is it stupid to kill groundhogs in the spring when they have young in the den? What about beaver trapping in the spring in states that allow it? They usually have kits in them during the spring trapping season. If there is an open season, I would assume that it is because they are overpopulated and need thinned out. I may be wrong though. _________________________ http://furfinsfeathers.proboards41.com/index.cgi ......come check us out!
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#708360 - 05/06/08 01:11 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: coondawg]
JD Rogge JD Rogge trapper Registered: 12/27/06 Posts: 105 Loc: Cherokee Iowa	Dig out the groundhogs and the beavers, we'll raise them up with the rabbits and start the trapperman petting zoo.
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#708460 - 05/06/08 07:47 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: JD Rogge]
k9. k9. trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 3192 Loc: Brooklyn, Iowa 45 years old st...	The antis love to accuse us of killing mother animals leaving the baby animals orphaned to die. For years groups like NTA have pointed out that we do not fur trap during times when animals have dependant babies in the den. NTA has probably spent a lot of money doing so. I'm sure they thank you for this whole thread. JD Rogge is right on the money. Those of you experiencing baby animal mania that seems to be prevalant on here, use your head, leave them alone. _________________________ 2008 One coon One skunk
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#708475 - 05/06/08 08:01 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: k9.]
coonhuntingkid coonhuntingkid trapper Registered: 04/05/08 Posts: 590 Loc: lima ohio (NW)	i think it is fine and if they have a season in the spring that means they want you to shoot the parents so you can kill more of the animals just by killing one and in the places where the rabbit pop. is not as big as it is in kansas they dont let you hunt them then so they babies grow, and every year there are tons of baby deer killed still inside there mothers, and rabbit season here ended feb 29 tons of rabbits are already pregnant by then and if you shoot one you kill the babies too, and besides rabbits are one of the fastest breeding animals in the world _________________________ rednecks and hillbillys gotta lov'em GOT MUD? GOT REDNECk? GOT HILLBILLY? well if ya dont, your missing out and some more GOT GUNS? GOT TRAPS?
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#708495 - 05/06/08 08:23 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: coonhuntingkid]
k9. k9. trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 3192 Loc: Brooklyn, Iowa 45 years old st...	OK, then using that logic, why are we worried about saving the babies? _________________________ 2008 One coon One skunk
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#708497 - 05/06/08 08:30 AM Re: RAISING BABY COTTONTAILS [Re: k9.]
coonhuntingkid coonhuntingkid trapper Registered: 04/05/08 Posts: 590 Loc: lima ohio (NW)	i guess i kinda did put myself in a whole lol\ but i mean everybody has raised a baby wild animal, its something tons of people do, and i dont think theres nothing wrong with that, i even saw taht you raised mink, why save the mink? _________________________ rednecks and hillbillys gotta lov'em GOT MUD? GOT REDNECk? GOT HILLBILLY? well if ya dont, your missing out and some more GOT GUNS? GOT TRAPS?
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