Rabbits

Eastern Cottontail rabbits reproduce throughout the spring and summer, typically starting in mid-March and nesting through mid-September. Nests are found in shallow depressions on the ground [cottontails do not burrow]; nests are covered with soft grasses and are lined with tufts of the mother rabbit’s fur. The average litter size for rabbits is five, though mothers may give birth to as few as one and as many as 12! Since young rabbits grow up quite quickly, “doe” rabbits may have three or four litters in a season. Mother rabbits are very secretive, so they don't draw attention to their nest; it is very rare that you will see a mother rabbit coming and going. The doe feeds her young only twice a day -- at dusk and dawn. 

Young rabbits disperse from the nest at 15-20 days old. By three weeks of age, they are on their own in the wild, though are still very small -- they're only about the size of a softball! Rabbits have the best chance of survival when they are cared for by their mothers.

Courtesy: The Wildlife Center of Virginia

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