Bless your heart for trying, but you got the wrong advice. Too late for this poor bunny, but you should have contacted a wildlife rehabilitation expert for instructions on what to do. Contrary to comments, this baby mountain cottontail (this is the name of the species _Sylvilagus nuttallii_ ) was far too young to be out on its own because it was less than 2 weeks old. It needed its mother's milk and will die without it. The only way to keep it alive is to give it an adequate substitute based on kitten milk replacer (KMR) and probiotics plus bit of of organic cream free of any additives or gums. The way the poor thing dug into the wood shavings means that it was trying to climb back into its nest. I am sorry to say. If you ever find like this again, try finding its nest, and if the nest is intact with siblings, put it back. Older babies out of the nest don't freeze up like that and will run around -- those are OK because they don't need the nest anymore and know how to find their mom.
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