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Hoppy Hearts SC

Domestic rabbit care education and classes
Rabbit rescue and adoption Welcome to Hoppy Hearts SC! We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization in South Carolina.
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Our mission is to improve the lives of domestic rabbits and our community by means of education about house rabbits and their proper care, by rescuing and adopting out abandoned rabbits, and providing rabbit therapy visits to assisted living facilities and other community organizations. We provide a Basics of Bunny Care Bunny 101 class and a Bunny Health Bunny 102 class, both in person and online.

These classes are for anyone interested in learning about bunnies and their care. We are happy to have anyone in the class who currently has companion bunnies, as well as potential future adopters (from any rescue) or those just interested in learning more. We also are happy to give these classes to shelter and rescue groups. We are working on additional class offerings, including Bonding Bunnies. We also work to rescue and adopt out homeless bunnies. To help with this, we are building a network of foster homes throughout the state of South Carolina to help us rescue more bunnies. Our goal with this foster home network is that rabbits rescued by Hoppy Hearts can be placed into a home environment while waiting for their forever homes, rather than in a more stressful shelter environment. We are available to help with bonding and bunny behavior issues also. Hoppy Hearts SC also can provide animal assisted interactions with some of our bunnies to assisted living facilities and other community organizations. Contact us here or at [email protected] to find out more.

11/16/2024

Was looking over texts, emails and calls we have received this year and counted well over 100 contacts either looking to surrender their bunnies or who had found a dumped bunny and were looking for a rescue to take. Keep in mind we are a smaller rescue and going on just our second year in existence. We are under no illusions and know that we (and other rescues) do not hear a thing about most bunnies who are no longer wanted or are dumped. And we know many rescues deal with more requests. It hurts to imagine just how many unwanted rabbits there are based on this very small sample size. And the truth is rabbit rescues are full and unable to take in many of the rabbits about which they are contacted. Education about rabbit care is so necessary as is reducing opportunities for impulse buying these sensitive animals without knowing what they require. Rabbit dumping has truly reached epidemic levels and rescues always seem to operate in crisis mode. Rabbits are not disposable or easy low maintenance pets. Please do your research before adding a bunny to your family. If you then decide a rabbit is the right pet for you, please adopt and help give formerly abandoned rabbits a new lease on life.

11/16/2024

Believe it or not Thanksgiving is coming up fast and then comes Christmas. Why not get your shopping done early (or treat yourself) while helping neglected and abandoned bunnies?

Our Christmas shirts/sweatshirts will be available only until December 10 at https://www.sweetlilygraphics.com/product-page/hoppy-hearts-sc-fundraiser-shirts

And our calendar featuring our calendar contest winners is available at https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/category/all-products

We run solely on donations and volunteers - no paid employees. All proceeds from the sale of these items goes directly to the care of HHSC rescue bunnies.

11/15/2024

Happy Friday! 😂❤️🐇

11/14/2024

It is NEVER okay to house your bunny on wire floors! Wire floors are uncomfortable and also cause lots of other issues. They do not provide sufficient support to rabbit joints (this can also be an issue with hard floors). Bunnies can get teeth and toenails caught in wire flooring. Wire floors are also one of the leading causes of a condition in rabbits called sore hocks. This is very painful and can be difficult to treat.

Rabbits need soft flooring to be comfortable and remain healthy. This means things like nonslip cotton rugs so bunnies can move around comfortably and naturally. Read more about sore hocks at https://rabbit.org/health/treating-sore-hocks

11/12/2024

This is Wilbur. Wilbur is a great example of one of the things that your monetary donations are used toward. Wilbur was left at a vet office by his owner. He was skin and bones with grossly overgrown front teeth. He was living in a small pet store cage and was not being given any hay or toys. He also had p**p matted around his bottom and urine scald. Wilbur was taken in by a high volume rescue, but with his issues needing more personal attention, he was transferred to us. Wilbur has had his front teeth removed by the vet so now he can eat well. Since bunny front teeth are mainly used for pulling vegetation out of the ground, Wilbur can still eat all of the things a rabbit with intact front teeth can! We also treated his urine scald and found out he has mild arthritis through imaging at the vet. This is being treated with a pain reliever. The next step is to find out why Wilbur is still having p**py butt and why, despite having a great appetite and eating well, he still is not gaining weight. He also has some bloodwork that will need rechecking to hopefully help pinpoint the cause of his issues so we can help him recover.

Wilbur’s medical foster is very much enjoying his company in the meantime. Wilbur has an incredible personality. Despite what he has been through, he loves interacting with people, doing zoomies, and exploring. And boy is he cute! ☺️

Wilbur and rabbits like him are the reason for our fundraising activities! There are so many ways you can help right now. Donations are always appreciated. In addition Sweet Lily Graphics is printing Christmas shirts/sweatshirts until December 10 with all profits going to us. You can order here: https://www.sweetlilygraphics.com/product-page/hoppy-hearts-sc-fundraiser-shirts

We also have our 2025 calendar now available featuring winners of our photo contest here: https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/category/all-products

All funds donated go directly to the rabbits. We have no paid employees.

11/11/2024

Wishing all of our veterans a Happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you for your service. ❤️☺️

11/10/2024

It's finally here! Our 2025 Hoppy Hearts SC Calendar arrived here from the printer on Friday. This calendar features winners of our 2025 GoGoPhotoContest fundraiser. There is even a collage featuring all entries! Calendars require a $20 donation for pickup or a $25 donation for shipping. You can contact us to order or order online here: https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/category/all-products

Thank you to Jamie Furillo for the design work she did on this calendar. We have to say it turned out great!

11/09/2024

Happy news! Willie (now Moody) has been officially adopted by his foster family. He very quickly bonded to former Hoppy Hearts SC bunny Mabel and they are so happy together! Bonded pairs are awesome and so sweet to watch. 🥰. Congratulations to the new bunny couple and their family! ❤️🐇

Want a bonded pair but don’t want to go through the bonding process? We have a beautiful bonded pair for adoption right now! We will be posting more about them soon or feel free to ask us about them.

11/08/2024

Don’t forget to hop on over to Sweet Lily Graphics, LLC https://www.sweetlilygraphics.com/product-page/hoppy-hearts-sc-fundraiser-shirtsand order our Christmas holiday fundraiser shirt! You can get this in many different styles and colors in sizes from Small to 3XL. All profits will be donated to Hoppy Hearts SC to help care for our rescue bunnies. We have zero paid employees so you can be sure all proceeds go directly to the rabbits. These are available to order only until December 10 so hurry and don’t miss out! ❤️🐇🐰

11/08/2024

The struggle is real! Happy Friday! 😂❤️🐰

11/07/2024

Athena is now up to date on RHDV vaccinations (yearly booster needed) and has healed nicely from her spay. As you can see, she is very eager to socialize! Head on over to our website and apply for Athena or any of our available bunnies. We also badly need fosters! https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/adopt

11/05/2024

We are so excited to announce a new holiday fundraiser for Hoppy Hearts SC! Sweet Lily Graphics, LLC contacted us offering to create a limited edition holiday season shirt/sweatshirt design to raise funds for our rescue! The design is shown on this post. We love it! 😍 This is a limited edition shirt as mentioned and will be available from now until December 10, 2024. Sweet Lily Graphics, LLC is donating 100% of profits to Hoppy Hearts SC.

This shirt is available as short sleeve, long sleeve, crewneck sweatshirt, and hoodie in many different colors and price range of $22 to $32 depending on style. Sizes Small to 3XL available. Shipping is directly from Sweet Lily Graphics. Purchases can be made at this link: https://www.sweetlilygraphics.com/product-page/hoppy-hearts-sc-fundraiser-shirts

Take a look at the other great items available in the shop too! And we thank Sweet Lily Graphics for offering to do this in support of our rescue! ❤️🥰🐇

11/03/2024

Annabelle and Mirabel got some cuddles and grooming yesterday. Annabelle (first two pictures) and Mirabel (third picture) have been with us the longest of any of our rescues. They have been here almost two years. These girls were seized by animal control from a terrible hoarding situation. Both girls were extremely shy and traumatized. But what a difference a safe place and consistent love and care makes! Annabelle is pictured here with our volunteer and was truly enjoying her grooming session. Both girls will take treats from our hand and allow petting now. When they came in they were terrified if someone walked into the room. Ideally, we hope one day these ladies can find a wonderful home with an understanding human to love them and maybe even a husbun! If not, they can count on a place for life with us. We never give up on any rabbits here. ❤️

11/02/2024

Get those final bids in! Auction ends tomorrow at 11:59:59 PM! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1123224088605128

11/01/2024

This sweet bunny was found running in traffic at a local Walmart. It took the finder 30 minutes to rescue her. The rabbit had been shaven and fending for herself. Her fur is growing back and she is a beautiful bunny with blue eyes.

We are full with no available fosters. The current family (also the finder)is kindly keeping her for us until we can find a foster but foster will be needed soon! She loves snuggling and watching tv with her current hoomin. Please consider fostering. Apply on our website at https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/adopt. The application can be found by clicking the Apply Now button.

11/01/2024

Happy Friday! 😂❤️🐰

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween!

10/30/2024

Every once in a while when bonding bunnies one is lucky enough to have love at first sight! This means the two rabbits either immediately bond or it takes only days versus the weeks or months it can take for some. It appears Mabel and Willie are well on their way to being bonded or are pretty close to it after just meeting on Saturday. 🥰. We are not ready to declare it yet. We will give it a bit longer just to be sure and safe but things are looking good! 😌

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Chapin, SC
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http://www.hoppyheartssc.org/

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Videos

Waylon and Willie's foster let us know that both boys are doing great after neuter. This video of them taking their post surgery pain medication shows just how sweet and cooperative these boys are. 🥰❤️

HHSC Adoptable Bunnies

This is Benjamin. You can read more about Benjamin's back story under our adoptable rabbits album. As you can see, Benjamin can definitely be a very sweet bunny. However, he would do best with an experienced rabbit person. He is extremely smart and would do best with a mostly free roam home or one where he can have a whole room a lot of the time. He is a complicated little guy but we know with the right person he will thrive. His foster who sent this video loves him and enjoys his big personality! ❤️. Feel free to ask us more about Benjamin or our other bunnies! We operate through donations and volunteers only with no paid employees. All funds go to rescue and care of rabbits and education. Please consider helping our bunnies in one of the following ways: Donate on our website at https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/donate PayPal: www.PayPal.me/hoppyheartssc Venmo: @HoppyHeartsSC Shop for the bunnies from our Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/19Q0IWMI0797A/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_2 Shop for the bunnies from our Chewy Wish List: https://www.chewy.com/g/hoppy-hearts-sc_b113169275#wish-list Purchase your supplies from this link at Small Pet Select and they donate a portion of the sale to us: https://bit.ly/3Pk80KR You can also use this discount code at Small Pet Select and a portion of the sale is donated to us: RES-HHR Leave a review on our page Share and comment on our posts and invite your friends to like and follow our page. Join our online auction group (or donate auction items) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1123224088605128 Apply to foster or adopt: https://form.jotform.com/230096007721044

It has been too hot to feel like doing much of anything lately. As Billie demonstrates in the video, our bunnies at Hoppy Hearts SC are able to enjoy air conditioning. We feel this is how all domestic bunnies should live - inside as a member of the family with AC in summer and heat in winter. Heat is one of many reasons rabbits should not be kept in hutches outside or in other outside enclosures. Did you know bunnies cannot sweat? They are very susceptible to heat stroke once the temperature hits 80 degrees and over. Obviously, it is much too hot in the southern United States to keep bunnies outside. Even inside bunnies can be at risk if, for example, your home air conditioning breaks down or you lose electricity. Know the signs of heat stroke in bunnies, including panting, lethargy, disorientation, seizures, salivation, weakness, or unusually red or pale mucus membranes around the nose and eyes. Ears will feel hot. Heat stroke requires an emergency visit to the vet but you should know first aid to keep your rabbit stable until you can get him to the vet. Following are some resources explaining rabbit heat stroke and heat stroke first aid: https://www.best4bunny.com/heatstroke-rabbits-symptoms-treatment/ https://rabbit.org/care/warm-weather-concerns/ https://smallpetselect.com/what-are-the-symptoms-of-heatstroke-in-rabbits/

Items Needed for August Fundraising Auction!

Fall will be here before you know it! Hoppy Hearts SC's next fundraising auction August 17 through August 25 will feature a Fall theme. We are looking for donations of items with a Fall theme to use in our auction. Whether you are a crafter who enjoys making things or you have stuff you just no longer use, we need you! Please contact us here or at [email protected] to donate. We would like to have all donations for this auction in our possession no later than August 16, 2024. Also, if you would like to check out our periodic fundraising auctions, please join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1123224088605128 and invite your friends and family! ❤️🐇

Friday night dinner date! It went well except Billie ate most of the food 😂. Psi did eat some also (before video started) but he is obviously such a gentleman that he lets his date eat her fill first and Billie was not about to be a shrinking violet! 😉❤️

Watch our adoptable bunnies, Waylon and Willie, playing with their forage boxes! Forage boxes are a great enrichment activity for bunnies and they are also easy to make. All you need is a cardboard box, plastic box, or similar; some material for them to dig; and something for them to forage for. The digging material can be shredded paper, pieces of cardboard, ball pit balls, etc. If you don't mind the mess, you can use bagged organic soil from a garden center with NO fertilizer or other additives. With RHDV and the potential for other contaminants, we do not recommend digging soil, etc. from outside in your yard! Hide some pellets, healthy treats, herb forage mix, or toys for them to dig for. Learn more about forage boxes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ZCZIoCLIQ

Our adoptable bunny, Benjamin, is showing off his binky in this video! Bunnies have the reputation of being quiet animals but they actually communicate in many ways through body language and some sounds. When a rabbit binkies, that is a communication of pure joy and happiness! 🥰. Read more about why bunnies binky here: https://bunnylady.com/bunny-binkies/

This is Boone! He is our first post Easter dumped bunny that we posted about earlier this week. He has really started to settle in with his foster and is quickly getting over any fear he first had! Foster reports he is excellent with his litter box (remarkable considering this is likely the first time he has seen one and is not yet neutered). So far he is enjoying pets and sitting by his foster on the couch munching his daily pellets from her hand one by one from her hand. 😂. Boone is a gorgeous bunny with half blue and half brown eyes. This is called sectoral heterochromia and can be seen most commonly in Dutch rabbits (There are no health effects associated with it). Boone had a wellness checkup and his first RHDV at the vet today. The vet thinks he is most likely under a year old. Next will be his second RHDV shot in 3 weeks and then neuter. If you would like to donate towards Boone's expenses as well as to our other rescue and sanctuary rabbits currently in care, you may do so by: Donating via our website (one time or recurring): https://www.hoppyheartssc.org/donate PayPal: www.PayPal.me/hoppyheartssc Venmo: @HoppyHeartsSC GiveLively: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/hoppy-hearts-sc

Meet Griff! Griff is a 10 plus year old male bunny. He is extremely sweet. Griff has lived his life at an assisted living community providing cheer to the residents. He was much loved and had been there longer than some of the employees! Griff has what we believe is arthritis in his rear legs, so Hoppy Hearts SC offered to give him his retirement home. After his quarantine period, he will have the company of other bunnies and focused care for his arthritis and any other possible issues that arise in his sunset years. This sweet bunny has brought a lot of people happiness and we are honored to care for him. ❤️🐇 Griff will have a vet visit tomorrow morning and we will update you after that!