Hi everyone,  Important notice to all our friends who love cottontail babies and all wildlife:    Babies that you find alone in your hard do not need rescuing unless they are injured.  Simply because they are are by themselves when you find them does not mean that they are ultimatly “alone.”  Often times mom Cottontail will only check in on her nest once or twice a day and often it will be in the dead of night.  

Infact, as we approach mid-April, baby animal season is kicking into full swing. It’s all hands on deck at NEWC as we are preparing and caring for all sorts of  young critters, but the most common by far are Eastern Cottontail rabbits. We recieve them in droves this time of year and they generally have one of two problems. Either they have been attacked by the family pet or they have been “orphaned.”  People often bring in whole nests of babie rabbits that are believed to be abandoned and are presumed to be in need of care. They find them while mowing the lawns or gardening and when they dont see the mother they automatically assume that the animals are in trouble, but this is not always the case.

     Our guidelines are:

  1.  If a baby’s eyes are open they already are on their own, no matter how small they may seem.

                                2. If a nest of rabbits is uncovered but otherwise intact, leave it alone.  Mom will come back.  She is much better at being mom than we are.