Emergency Prep · Wildlife
Wild Rabbits & Hares
Protecting Fragile Prey from Stress Death
You can rescue a wild rabbit perfectly and still kill it with your voice. 10 modules on stress-induced heart failure, the absolute silence rule in the car, the cat bite you can't see, why carrots are fatal, the too-tame rabbit with tularemia, cardboard only (wire cages break faces), concussed rabbits by the road, cutting them out of soccer nets, gloves and tick checks, and why every minute before the hand-off counts.
About this course
A wild rabbit can die of fear in your hands, and most of the ways people 'help' add fear. This course strips help down to what actually keeps a rabbit alive until the rehabber has it. You'll learn how capture myopathy stops a rabbit's heart, why your voice in the car sounds like a predator and the radio has to go off, why a cat or dog that 'barely touched it' means antibiotics within hours, why a carrot or a strawberry causes fatal gut stasis, why an unusually tame, sluggish rabbit may have tularemia and must not be touched bare-handed, why wire cages shatter faces and only cardboard or opaque totes will do, how to get a concussed rabbit off the roadside before the crows do, how to cut one out of a soccer net without pulling, how to protect yourself from rabbit ticks, and why a wild rabbit in amateur care is a clock that's always running.
What you'll learn
- Capture myopathy: how fear and lactic acid stop a rabbit's heart
- The absolute silence rule for transport, and why your voice is a predator
- Hidden cat and dog punctures, sepsis, and the no-food rule (carrots kill)
- Tularemia: the too-tame rabbit you never handle bare-handed
- Cardboard only: why wire cages break faces, and roadside concussion recovery
- Cutting rabbits out of nets and fencing, tick hygiene, and the fast hand-off
Who this is for
Anyone whose cat or dog brought home a rabbit, drivers who found one circling by the road, people with soccer nets or garden fencing, gardeners, and rescue volunteers who want to stop losing rabbits in the car.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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Pass the quiz and earn a shareable certificate of completion.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons