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QUESTION: there was a adult rabbit in my yard three days ago right after she left i found four babys in my yard not to far from there nest two i found two of them dead and the other two have moved a little around the yard i have not seen the mother again i know not to touch them but i do not know what i can do to help them are they ok alone
ANSWER: Linda, are they wild rabbits ?  Do they have all their fur ?  Are they eating the grass?  Is it wet where you are ?

If they do not have a good coat of fur and it is wet where you are they will die.  If so  you better pick them up and take to a wild animal shelter.

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QUESTION: there are no shelter for wild aninal here that i know of they are black in color and i do not think it is fur and it rain a lot today here i think they may be trying to eat the grass they are moveing a little around the yard

Answer
If they are getting wet Linda they will die.  Pick them up, dry them off, put them in a box with warm rags or hay and feed them fresh cut grass with a small bowl of water  in a corner of the box.  If they are to small to eat the grass you can try giving them very warm milk mixed with 25% real cream in a doll bottle twice a day.  It is very hard to raise kits by hand so do not feel bad if they do not make it.