so I planted a baby willow oak on april 9th, and she was growing pretty nicely. she had started to grow a few leaves, and i was really happy with her. but last sunday I checked on her and the top 1/4 inch was clean off, leaves and all. my mom said it was probably a rabbit, but I think it was the weedwhacking team being cruel. my mom refuses to cancel the weedwhacking treatment, despite the fact that they never whack any weeds.
either way, she (my baby) now has a tomato fence around her and is surrounded by petunias.
will she recover? how can i help her recover faster?