How can you tell if their wild or been dumped?

[Guest]

Now we had a female rabbit escape a house near us who then has for years lived wild (no one has ever caught her despite many tries)

Now every year we have babies who look domestic but have actually been born wild. They was small babies a few weeks ago.

Now I'm thinking way these two played together they could well not be part of the litters that the pet mum produced.

Question is how would we know as we've not seen solid black ones before?

This isn't the escaped mum as she has ear tears this one hasn't.

[Sarah]

Girlll that bunny has fierce eyeliner. No way it’s wild . Has to be domestic .

[Louise]

What area r u roughly as ppl from all over r on this group I am uk so they would be able to mate but in some places wild n domestic can’t most wild I see r brown or black but I have seen white one once but that was escaped one n not caught

[Hannah]

The white one is definitely a domestic bunny. Solid black would indicate the same too.

[Jo Richardson]

What country are you in ? Pets crossed with European wild rabbits will be agouti coloured because its a dominant colour . But with enough inbreeding they will eventually produce different colours.

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[Jaqueline]

Definitely domestic bunnies unfortunately.…

[Bryony]

What ever happened to them they look happy and content..

[Donna]

Wild and feral are 2 different things.

Wild rabbits almost always are agouti brown, have very thin, almost transparent ears, sharp angular heads, and lean muscular bodies.

Domestic ferals are pet buns that have learned to survive, but will only live a fraction of their life span.

They can be any color.

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[Amanda]

Escaped domestic rabbits that survive in the wild or born in the wild domestic rabbits are not considered wild rabbits anyways. They're Feral.

[Emarie]

Definitely domestic. Markings like those are only found in domestic rabbits.

[Donna]

Are you in England? There are places where pet rabbits were released years ago and the offspring have gone on to create a whole patchwork of different colours.

The domestic rabbit and the wild European rabbit are the exact same species.

This year so far I have spotted black, opal, otter and white individual rabbits in wild colonies.

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[Heather]

The bunny in the first pic (white with black fur around the eyes) looks a like a Blanc De Hotot. Definately, from a domestic rabbit. The Hotot's started out being used for magicians in the 'rabbit in the hat trick'.

However, the question has not been truly answered if the rabbit(s) are wild. This would be up for debate. I would think, any type of rabbit which has white fur would stand out to predators and not last very long. But you don't know if it's The Offspring of a couple of domestic rabbits who have been living outdoors.

My advice is to contact your local Rabbit House closest to you and ask them for their input on what to do in this situation.

I know in California there are several nonprofits who go out and try to catch domestic rabbits, get vet care for them, and rehome them if they're able to be rehomed. So even if the rabbit house can't give you help, they would be able to give you resources. Because, if something's not done soon you're going to end up with an infestation of rabbits because the females will be getting pregnant many times during a year, with that cycle continuing on.

[Clare]

If you’re in the UK we do have wild black bunnies, however the white and black one isn’t wild for sure and looks like an escaped pet

[Ria]

I’m in the U.K. we have ginger bunnies & the mum escaped in our local area about 3 years ago & local rescues said to leave them as they have a family & theres a lot of them.