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We get many calls and emails from kind folks who have rescued baby cottontails. Please note, many baby cottontails appear to be abandoned, but in fact their mother is nearby. The mother rabbit only visits the nest once or twice a day, and stays well away the rest of the time so as to not attract predators. Baby cottontails leave the nest at a very young age--younger than domestic rabbits. If you have any doubts, call a licensed rehabilitator. Do not try to feed the babies any formula, you can do more damage than good with the wrong foods. Check out www.wildliferescueleague.org/rescue.htm for some tips on deciding when to rescue and what to do until you can get the animal to a rehabber.
Maryland
VirginiaMaryland Department of Natural Resources
www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/rehab.aspChesapeake Wildlife Sanctuary for rehabilitation and release.
Bowie, MD
www.chesapeakewildlife.org
Hotline: 301-390-7011Frisky's Wildlife and Primate Sanctuary and Rescue
10790 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock, MD 21163
www.friskys.org
(410) 418-8899 Fax (410) 418-5402Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary
Gaithersburg, MD
www.scwc.org
301-926-WILDWild Life Rescue, Inc.
Hampstead, MD
www.wildliferescueinc.org
443-507-0950
N. VA Wildlife Rescue League
Falls Church VA
www.wildliferescueleague.org
Hotline: (703) 440-0800
Washington DC: All of the above accept wildlife from Washington,
DC
Delaware
Tri-State Bird Rescue and ResearchYou can also call your local shelter. The shelter will contact the nearest wildlife rehabilitator or organization.
Newark, DE
www.tristatebird.org
302 737 9543
If you are near Baltimore, you can take injured cottontails to Falls Road Animal Hospital (24 hour) 825-9100. They will treat them and if they survive, turn them over to a licensed rehabilitator.
Some interesting articles:
Contain your Cat! Free-roaming domestic cats in the United States annually kill hundreds of millions of birds and three times as much small wildlife including cottontails. Please read the information on this web site to prevent injury to wild rabbits. www.wildliferescueleague.org/cats.html
Domestic rabbit vs cottontail? Make the proper identification:www.wildliferescueleague.org/report/cotton.htm
