Rabbit Life Cycle: Stages From Newborn Kit to Adult (With Diagram)
Follow a rabbit from a blind, hairless newborn kit to a young rabbit and a fast-breeding adult in just a few months.
Rabbits are not rodents but lagomorphs, a group that also includes hares and pikas. Their teeth never stop growing, so wild rabbits spend much of the day nibbling grasses, clover and leafy plants, switching to bark and twigs when winter is lean. Our guide to what wild rabbits eat explains how their diet changes with the seasons and how rabbits even re-eat soft droppings to get every bit of nutrition.
Follow a rabbit from a blind, hairless newborn kit to a young rabbit and a fast-breeding adult in just a few months.
Quick answer: Wild rabbits mainly eat grasses and leafy plants, and in winter they eat bark, twigs, and buds. They also nibble clover, dandelions, and garden vegetables, and they re-eat special soft droppings called cecotropes to get more nutrients. Have you ever seen rabbits peacefully grazing on grass in a field? They look so pretty,…