My Funny Picture

Theres this little hole in the ground that these babies are living in. are thy baby rats? [pic/vid included]?

1. what kind of animal are they 2. its getting pretty cold, i live in chicago, i mean can they survive the night again? the 3 in the nest survived yesterday but i found 1 dead outside the nest this morning =[ 3. what can i do to help them? 4. can i feed them anything? -btw i already added some dry grass i used to use for my bunny to their nest -pics: http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh241/snoopdoggirl8/SDC11411.jpg http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh241/snoopdoggirl8/SDC11410.jpg http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh241/snoopdoggirl8/SDC11409.jpg and a vid of them moving: http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh241/snoopdoggirl8/?action=view&current=SDC11412.mp4

Public Comments

1. they look like baby rabbits to me. mama rabbits spend a lot of time away from the nest, she will lay over the hole to feed them, dont touch them, if she smells human she will likely abandon them. just leave them as they are and they will be fine, they look plenty strong in the video from what ya can see,
2. Do they have long-ish ears? They are most likely rabbit babies. Keep a close eye on them and if a mom comes then you have no need to worry about them. They can probably survive if the nest is lined with fur, hay, dry grass, stuff like that. If the mom doesnt come, take them in and keep them in a box that they can't climb out of. Get a hot water bottle and change it every hour or get a heating pad turned on low. Get kitten formula milk mix and try to feed them that. The baby rabbit that i found (abandoned) had no problem with the kitten milk. Hope I helped!
3. you can feed them pretty much anything like dried cereal or bits of meat im not sure if there rats rats would of ran away. and maybe take them to a rescue center like the RSPCA or something hope i helped :)
4. My mom once found a pair of pink baby rabbits, so maybe that's it. Cute.
5. Yes, they're baby rabbits, the mother only feeds them once or twice a day, in the early early morning and at night, they will be fine on their own, mama rabbit knows what she's doing, don't touch or bother them.
6. They are rabbit kits and are very young Do NOT under any circumstances touch them. Even if the mother doesn't come back they do not do very well in captivity. We have raised over 100 kits from wild to domestic bred and the wild rabbits only live around 30% of the time while domestic rabbits live around 80% of the time. We work with several organizations including 3 rescues and 2 wild life sanctuaries. We have raise kittens, puppies, raccons, rabbits, and several other species (only to the point of weaning except in the case of domestic animals)
7. Those are baby rabbits (kits). Just leave them alone. The mom will come to the whole about 2 times aday to feed them and help keep them warm. Most people think that the babies have been abandoned but this is the way rabbits survive. If the mom is constantly going back to the whole, then she will most likely catch the predators attention. I know its hard to leave them a lone, but its for the best. You do not want to scare the mom away, so just let them be.