The Western Mass Rabbit Rescue is a domestic rabbit rescue, shelter, and foster network based in Western Mass.
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We are just in love with Assam’s velvety coat! This shy but sweet girl is spayed, vaccinated, and ready to find her forever home.
If you have space in your heart and home for a real life velveteen rabbit, email us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an application!
Barnaby had his annual physical today and passed with flying colors! Handsome Barnaby has so much personality and the veterinary staff all agreed that he’s a real catch! He has wonderful litterbox skills, enjoys pets, and loves to run around and explore. This boy needs SPACE!
Bunnies should have annual physicals with an exotics veterinarian. With the proper care, a house rabbit can live on average 8–12 years!
Announcing our next RHDV2 clinic!
When: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 and 29, 5–6pm
Where: WMRR Shelter, 332 Pleasant St Northampton
COST: $50/dose
If your rabbit has not been vaccinated previously, you will need to sign up for BOTH clinic days, as the vaccine is a two-part series three weeks apart.
If this is an annual booster, you need only sign up for ONE of the dates.
If you sign up, please realize you are committing to a dose in a vial—last minute cancellations and no-shows wastes doses and makes us sad!
Email us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com to sign up. Protect your bunnies! Even if they don’t go outside, you do.
Our hearts have joined the Thousand.
Winnie was with our rescue for only 19 days. When he came to us, we were told he had conjunctivitis. Except he never saw a vet, and his previous owner treated him with over the counter ointment meant for dogs and cats. He didn’t have conjunctivitis but he did have a face full of goop he likely ingested and made him sicker.
When he came in to the rescue we had him seen by a vet immediately, only to discover that he had a severely infected tooth, Stage 2 kidney failure, and likely testicular cancer. Winnie had been severely neglected for years, and he suffered. His previous owner lied about his age, lied about him seeing a vet, and tried to surrender him to a pet shop *twice* before we were able to take him in. But we are so glad we did.
In the 19 days Winnie was with us, he finally got to experience love. He got to express joy, and he got to be spoiled. In the 19 days Winnie was with us, he stole our hearts. In the 19 days Winnie was with us, we hoped we could give him more time if we kept him on fluids and managed his pain.
But he was in too much pain. It wasn’t fair to prolong it, so we made the impossible decision to gently end his suffering. We are heartbroken. His foster papa is bereft.
Binky free, Winnie.
Orville, now Sgt. Pepper, has been doing GREAT in his new home! His family says he loves chewing on toys, willow sticks, and cardboard, and he keeps himself busy by foraging in his snuffle mat—probably his favorite activity!
This active boy loves doing zoomies at night. He runs through and hops over the various cat tunnels spread around his room, and finishes with a binky flourish. His family says, “He seriously couldn’t be cuter. Now that I’ve started to earn his trust, he’s been nudging me for treats, eating up pets and even licking my skin!”
“He’s just such a gentleman. I’m so grateful for your rescue and the work you do, and me and this bun are so happy to have found each other!”
Chai found her forever home yesterday afternoon! We are so happy for this sweet little miss and her new humans. Congratulations!
Our new little friend has a name: Chocolate Pudding! He is as silky and sweet as chocolate pudding, and we are just smitten with the little sweetheart.
Chocolate Pudding will not be available for adoption until he is vaccinated and old enough to be neutered.
This photo of Astrea digging under her hay was just too cute not to share! She is such a silly and sweet girl. And she is available for adoption!
If you have space in your heart and home for a dainty little lady who just wants love, then Astrea is your girl! Contact us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an application!
WHO is this adorable creature and WHY does she look exactly like a sea bunny?
It’s Blintz, and she’s finally ready to be released from her medical hold! This poor girl had a rough start, with uneven teeth, constant GI issues, and high anxiety. Now, her teeth are looking great (she still needs to visit the vet every four months for a quick awake filing). She loves cuddles and is happiest when she’s in someone’s arms. She is a needy girl, and we recommend she be adopted by an experienced bunny family.
Email us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an adoption application.
We had the most unique experience this weekend! We got a message that a white rabbit that had been spotted in someone’s yard had been captured and could we take him. Though we are closed for intakes, we made an exception for an abandoned domestic rabbit.
Or WAS he?
When our little buddy arrived, he seemed thinner and more angular than a domestic rabbit. His all-white fur confounded us—was he a rare leucistic cottontail? We immediately began contacting wildlife rehabbers and posted on a message board. At first, we received mixed answers, but the consensus among wildlife rehabbers was wild.
Since we were concerned about his docile temperament, we brought our friend to Cummington Wildlife, Inc. for a pre-release assessment. It didn’t take them long to see this young rabbit was wild and wanting to be free. He recognized and ate natural foods. He ran and hid whenever humans approached the prerelease cage. Most importantly, he spent the majority of time trying to escape the cage and hop off to freedom. He was clearly stressing in captivity.
There were people recommending the rabbit be placed in captivity because it was white. The white fur does make this rabbit a more visible target for predators in the summer. In the winter, this rabbit would have the advantage blending into the snow.
The leucistic rabbit is beautiful. He also deserves a life of freedom and to be the wild creature nature intended. This rabbit had predator awareness and would not have been happy in captivity with humans recognized as predators. It simply would have been selfish on our part to give this rabbit a limited existence.
Little dude was released in an area full of thickets and clover. It was also an area away from humans. When he was released, he zoomed out of the carrier and into the thicket like a white blur.
Be safe, white beauty. Live the life you were meant to live.
Missy’s (née Puck) new human also sent us an update on their new family member! “Missy is doing great. She’s become very photogenic. She is picky with treats but loves the papaya ones we found. I have noticed she likes to sit on my lap and nibble at my shirt which is cute.”
We have certainly noticed that bunnies like to nibble shirts! It’s their way of customizing your wardrobe. 🤣 We are so pleased to hear Missy is doing so well.
Mabon is living the fine life in her forever home! Her family says that she’s the best girl and they are so grateful to have her. 🥰
We have sad news. We got Winnie’s blood panel back and the prognosis is poor. He’s at at a stage 2/4 kidney disease, and while our vet can’t tell how rapidly it will progress, there is no cure. We will be giving loving supportive care to this sweet creature and make sure to keep him comfortable.
Adopted! Darjeeling found his forever home today! We are so happy for this sweet little dude and his new humans. Congratulations!
Well hello, little cutie pie! This little fella was seen wandering in a residential area for the past few weeks and was finally rescued! This baby is probably 3–4 months old and would not have survived had it not been for the kind humans who brought him to safety.
Welcome to WMRR, sweet little fluff! What should we name him?
SEEKING BACKUP TEMPORARY FOSTER HOMES FOR SEPTEMBER
We are moving the buns into foster homes in September for a deep cleaning of our Northampton shelter and are in need of a few more backup placements (these are in case current placements fall through). We can provide a pen, litterbox, bowls for water and pellets—we ask foster homes to provide food (though we can get you started), hay, and bedding.
We need all rabbits out of the shelter and into foster homes by September 9. They can return to the shelter the first week of October.
Again, while we have exactly the number of foster openings as we do rabbits, we need a couple available backups in case something should not work out. We are looking for folks who live in the Pioneer Valley and are experienced with rabbits.
Email us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com and we will send you a foster application!
Things didn’t work out with Winter and Pepita, so Winter is available for adoption! Her trial family said that she is such a sweet and curious girl, and would give them nose boops when they were lying on the floor.
Winter didn’t show any signs of wanting to chew on things and loves pets. She’s very good natured and relaxed. She’d make a wonderful bunny companion for someone or a family!
For an adoption application, email westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com
Astrea came to WMRR in May with seven nursing kits and three older kits from previous litters. Now that Astrea has been fixed, she is no longer interested in bonding back with her kits! 🤣
But that means Astrea is up for adoption! She is a really sweet, gorgeous gal who is *so ready* to find her forever home. For an application, email westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com.
We are working on bonding sisters Ceylon and Oolong back after they were separated for their spays. They did pretty well on their first visit with each other! We hope that by keeping them in side-by-side pens and doing daily bonding dates, these two will become a happy pair. Wish us luck!
Sweet little Winnie/Pooh Bear (we renamed Winslow) saw the vet today, who suspects he has a tooth infection along with uneven teeth. We don’t know if this poor little dude has ever seen a vet, but he will likely need some involved dental work and skull x-rays. This is likely the cause of his eye issues. Our vet also thinks he’s probably around eight years old, making him a senior bunny.
He prefers mushy food to pellets and will need supplemental feeding to ensure he gets enough nutrition. He had a blood panel done today and we will decide the next step once we have the results back.
Amazingly, despite his medical issues, Pooh Bear celebrated his new foster home by showing off some impressive binkies! No bunny is too old for a second chance.
Sweet little Chai is recovering beautifully from her spay surgery! Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we will be able to bond her back with her sisters, so she is officially available for adoption!
Chai loves receiving pets and is just so soft with her mini rex fur. She enjoys a good snuggle and has just the sweetest disposition.
Email us at westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an application!
Snowby and WMRR alumnus Buster are fully bonded and enjoying the fine life together! It makes us so happy to see these kinds of bonding updates—look how sweet they are together!
Jinju went on a bonding date with WMRR alumnus George Buns today, and we think there is potential for a bond! They will continue bonding dates at home. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a happy bond!
Adopted! Matcha was brought home today by a loving family who also happen to be shelter volunteers and repeat-adopters! They hope that once he is fully healed from his neuter (six weeks) he will bond with their sweet girl bunny, Pixie. Pixie recently lost her bondmate and is very sad without him, and she immediately started perking up when Matcha’s pen was placed besides hers. We are crossing our fingers for Pixie, Matcha, and their loving humans!
Please help out our friends over at Everybunny Counts Rabbit Rescue! Due to a number of medical emergencies, they are at risk of not being able to spay/neuter the rabbits they have scheduled. Getting on a schedule is so difficult, with few vets offering spay and neuter surgeries for rabbits, and we know the difficulties of financial hardship as a small rescue.
Please, if you are able, click on the link they provide and donate to help. Please also share their original post. Let’s use the power of the bunny community to help out these bunnies in need!
Meet Winslow! Winnie is a sweet little fella who needs some extra care. We have an experienced foster home for him that is able to keep him separate from other pets, as he has a possible case of conjunctivitis in both eyes which is very contagious. We have an appointment to have him seen by our vet on Wednesday.
Please consider donating to help us with his veterinary expenses! Check the comments for the link.
Pound Cake was also adopted today! His new human had adopted from WMRR previously, but Honey Bun (née Avril) recently lost her bondmate. Since Pound Cake is also grieving, we are hoping the two of them will soon become friends and give each other comfort. We are sending well wishes to Pound Cake, Honey Bun, and their kind human.
Adopted! Our spicy little Loaf found her forever family today. They are just so smitten with her and we couldn’t be happier! It’s hard to believe this is the same bunny who was once left to rot in a barn at a so-called “sanctuary.” Her rehabilitation has been incredible and she has left that world behind. Congratulations to Loaf and her amazing new humans.
Adopted! Tofu and his sister Sequoia found their forever home yesterday afternoon. These two cuties were Sushi and Maple’s babies, from two concurrent litters. And with that, all of Sushi and Maple’s babies (plus Sushi and Maple) have been adopted!
We had been working on bonding Tofu and Sequoia for a number of months prior to their adoption. Bonding can take time and patience, but it’s totally worth it!
Congratulations to Tofu, Sequoia, and their forever family!
Winter (right) went on a date with Pepita today and it looked pretty promising! We are keeping our fingers crossed for a happy bond!
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Foster bunny Bruno is inspecting this week’s farm share bounty—all for Bruno! Turn up the volume for maximum crunch. His foster mom swears he gets more from my farm share than she does! He’s inspecting the bowl of fronds, carrot tops, parsley, and cut celery. (Naturally he only gets a very small serving!)
Yesterday was Peaches’s 1 Year Adopt-a-versary! Her family has been doing agility training with her and shared this video with us of Peaches doing her thing! Her family says, “We are over the moon with this adorable, insanely intelligent, mischievous diva. We taught her to do agility ant she absolutely loves it. She learned it in 5 minutes!”
Meet Naju! This sweet girl was found abandoned in the same neighborhood where we rescued who we believe is her sister, Jinju. Today we saw soaring temps and Naju was caught just in time—she eagerly slurped up a crock of water as soon as we had her safe. Dumping domestic rabbits outside is a death sentence. Domestic rabbits, who are descended from European rabbits (and only distantly related to cottontails), are not able to survive in our climate and are easily susceptible to parasites and predators. Rabbits are not “happy” being outdoors and as we could see from Naju’s behavior, she was hot and dehydrated. Thankfully, she is starting to perk up now that she is hydrated and comfortable.
Silly Bruno loves digging in his blanket! It’s so adorable how he pops his head up toward the end of the video. Bruno has been with WMRR since 2022 and we would love to find him his forever home! Email westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an adoption application!
Enjoy soothing ASMR brought to you by Bruno munching on a snack. He has been looking for his forever home since November 2022. Bruno is smart, goofy, adorable, and an absolute delight! Email westernmassrabbitrescue AT gmail DOT com for an adoption application. Let’s find this handsome stud his forever family!
Electron is feeling so much better! He is nibbling pellets and hay and pooping! We will continue to give him supportive care for the next week. We are beyond grateful to @boltonveterinaryhospital for making space to see us at 3am on Monday—they saved his life.
Look at that good girl eating hay! Way to go, Peanut! 🥜
Bandit and Prudence enjoy playing with an egg carton toy—stuffed with pellets and hay—their foster family made them. These two cutie pies are so playful and smart! To apply to adopt these happily bonded gals, email [email protected].
My name is Brownie🥰 I’m staying with a new foster mom for a little while. She has these things that she calls cats that come and sleep by me next to the expen and another kind of thing she calls dogs. One of the dogs likes to stick her nose through the xpen to say hi! I’m getting used to them. My foster family includes a smaller human who is also very nice to me. I’m getting used to small humans too. I love to play in my hay and snuggle with my teddy in my cubby box. I especially love tearing my box apart. I love pellets the best! And, hay. I was a little chunky when I got here so foster mom is working on helping me lose some weight so I can live a long time. I’m not too sure about salads but I have been eating them lately. Maybe they are pretty good. I’m very curious and playful. I love my stacking cups and can play with them for a long time. I also love chewing on different kinds of edible balls and I love treats (in moderation). I can be shy initially but I warm up and I love to get loving. I hope someone adopts me soon so I can have my forever home. Email [email protected] for@an application! You won’t be sorry—my foster mom says I am awesome! I believe her.
Snowy had to get subcutaneous penicillin injections every three days (which he tolerates) and his ears cleaned daily (which he hates) so we make sure he is properly rewarded for being a Very Good Boy. Bananas are his absolute favorite! 🍌🐇
It boggles our minds that Rosmerta hasn’t been adopted yet! This shy yet very sweet and playful girl would make an amazing furry companion. We rescued her in October 2021 from an abandoned breeding operation. Let’s find sweet Rosmerta her forever home! Email [email protected] for an adoption application!
Peekaboo, Peaches! This sweet gal delights her temporary foster family who is bunnysitting her while our shelter undergoes renovations. She’s available for adoption! Email [email protected] for an adoption application!
Thank you to everyone for the donations today! We are nearly halfway to our goal, so here’s an adorable video of Felix grooming his stuffie! Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CGQSHDWW4UR5E
Volume up for this one! Not only do bunnies make wonderful companions, but they even provide free ASMR (lettuce sold separately)! This adorable fella is Aaron Bunn. Aaron is being fostered locally and is ready to find his forever home! Email [email protected] for an adoption application!
#GivingTuesday isn’t over yet! Here is our little warrior, Chronos, enjoying a dinner of Critical Care his first night back from four days in the hospital. Poor buddy came from a rough situation and has pasturella (an upper respiratory infection), severe dental disease, and stopped eating on his own (stasis). He is a very sick baby but we are confident that with the proper care he can live a quality life. But we need YOUR help! So many bunnies we rescue are in need of special medical care; plus we spay and neuter every bunny that comes through our rescue. Please donate and help us with our extensive veterinary bills! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CGQSHDWW4UR5E (WMRR is a 501c(3) registered charity.)
Today is #GivingTuesday! We will be giving YOU lots of adorable bunny pictures and videos throughout the day. Panda had a litter on Thanksgiving—these are her six healthy, squirmy babies! Please support our rescue in any way you can at the following link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CGQSHDWW4UR5E (WMRR is a 501c(3) registered charity.)
Today is #GivingTuesday! We will be giving YOU lots of adorable bunny pictures and videos throughout the day. Here’s one of Tassie giving her sister Pfeffernüsse a bath! Please support our rescue in any way you can at the following link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CGQSHDWW4UR5E (WMRR is a 501c(3) registered charity.)
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