Lucky Clover Rabbit Rescue

11/05/2025

Our Day of the Dead altar for loved ones and the animals we've lost including pets, rescue bunnies and wild cottontails. They all matter and we are grateful for the time we had 🙏 I finally picked photos for Clover's urn and it was so hard to decide which memories were the most important because we can't make more now 💔 Binky free little bunnies

11/01/2025

Hoppy Halloween 🎃 we hope everyone had a fun and spooky night!

10/30/2025

Happy updates on the orange bunny with Botfly and Tyrael! 🌞 Their adoptive family named the orange bunny Anubis 🧡 He had a follow up at Meiners Animal Clinic and thankfully no more ticks or botflies were found. That makes us hopeful that he will recover well. He has gained some weight too! He was adopted by the same family that adopted Tyrael, who is also recovering but had a more severe botfly infection. Tyrael is eating on his own and he's starting to move around more. He couldn't use his back legs at all because unfortunately the botflies got to his spine 🤢 Both of them now have an amazing forever home and are well loved ❤️‍🩹Thank you so much to everyone who helped with them in any way, including the families who found these two bunnies and realized they needed help. Without all of you they probably wouldn't have made it.

10/26/2025

For anyone curious about what botfly looks like, the pictures past the first few cute ones are of the botflies we spent hours removing today (THEY ARE GROSS! Don't look past the first pics unless you have a strong stomach). There were a lot of ticks too. The bunny is feeling much better now but will need ongoing care for a while with the help of his new family. If you'd like to read more of his story, we covered additional info in the post before this one.

10/26/2025

We had a big first today, and not one I'd like to repeat anytime soon. It was my first time removing botflies. We spent hours today pulling them out of a formerly stray bunny. We also pulled tons of ticks off of him. Probably about 100. All the little black dots in the cup are ticks. What a day! This isn't how we planned on spending our trip to Rapid, but we did what needed to be done. The rescue that was going to take him in backed out once they knew he would need veterinary care. It's so sad especially because this bunny is the sweetest little guy ever. He kept nuzzling into us and he handled everything so well. I feel so bad he was in pain. He is very well socialized and that makes us suspect he was dumped. It's so sad to think someone would leave their pet outside to suffer like this. Thank you so much Ariel for helping me get the botflies out. I definitely couldn't have done it alone. He's been adopted and his adoptive family took him to the vet to get meds and the rest of the botflies that we couldn't reach (hopefully they're all out now, it might take more vet visits). Thank you so much to Animal Clinic of Rapid City for helping him on such short notice 🩺 Thank you to his wonderful new family! He will never be abandoned again. Please keep your pets inside and never abandon them. They cannot survive without you. This is the second case of botfly in a dumped bunny we've seen recently. It has to stop. Thank you to everyone who's looking out for them.

10/22/2025

Update: the bunny is a boy and we are still looking for a foster or adopter and trying to raise enough funds to cover spaying/neutering so we can intake this bunny! Please help us save him and share to help us reach more people 💔

🗣️ Urgent: we were holding off on doing immediate intakes while we're rebuilding our bunny room, but this is an emergency. Kind people found this stray bunny recognized it needed help, so against all odds they caught the bun and took the cold, little fluffball in. And just in time with temperatures dropping! ❄️

Here's where they need help: they aren't able to keep the bun for long. We really want to help them, especially because they did exactly the right thing and saved this bunnies' life. We are still in the process of building the bun room to be able to house more at our main location so we urgently need someone to look after this little guy or girl (we aren't sure yet) until we have the space set up and get him/her fixed 🏠

🩺 We are also in need of someone to sponsor the spay or neuter procedure. Spaying is about $80 and neutering is a little less. Between all the sick buns' medications and supplies we've needed for the bunny room we don't have the funds right now to pay for new spays/neuters without help, which isn't a great position to be in for LCRR because we need to spay/neuter the buns before they get adopted. If you're able to help us make getting the procedure possible we would be so grateful! Everything helps and would mean the world to us and this bunny ❤️🌎 Ways to contribute are listed in the photos. If you'd like to send your contribution directly to the vet please let us know and we'll send you their info 🩺 as soon as we have a temporary home (or longer if you want to house them long term) and the spay/neuter is sponsored we will take the bunny in!

🐾 If any other rescues are able to take this bunny in sooner than we are let us know and we'll send you anything we've raised for them.

Also, does anyone else see how similar this bunny looks to Gingersnap? 😍

☘️Amazon Wishlist: Supplies ordered from this list automatically ship right to us! It's also a great way to find bunny-safe products for your own pets too ☺️ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XXVGERNRADOS?ref_=wl_share

10/22/2025

Can you help with a place to stay or fund spaying/neutering for this homeless bunny?

10/21/2025

Update: the bunny is a boy and we are still looking for a foster or adopted and trying to raise enough funds to cover spaying/neutering so we can intake this bunny! Please help us save him and share to help us reach more people 💔

🗣️ Urgent: we were holding off on doing immediate intakes while we're rebuilding our bunny room, but this is an emergency. Kind people found this stray bunny recognized it needed help, so against all odds they caught the bun and took the cold, little fluffball in. And just in time with temperatures dropping! ❄️

Here's where they need help: they aren't able to keep the bun for long. We really want to help them, especially because they did exactly the right thing and saved this bunnies' life. We are still in the process of building the bun room to be able to house more at our main location so we urgently need someone to look after this little guy or girl (we aren't sure yet) until we have the space set up and get him/her fixed 🏠

🩺 We are also in need of someone to sponsor the spay or neuter procedure. Spaying is about $80 and neutering is a little less. Between all the sick buns' medications and supplies we've needed for the bunny room we don't have the funds right now to pay for new spays/neuters without help, which isn't a great position to be in for LCRR because we need to spay/neuter the buns before they get adopted. If you're able to help us make getting the procedure possible we would be so grateful! Everything helps and would mean the world to us and this bunny ❤️🌎 Ways to contribute are listed in the photos. If you'd like to send your contribution directly to the vet please let us know and we'll send you their info 🩺 as soon as we have a temporary home (or longer if you want to house them long term) and the spay/neuter is sponsored we will take the bunny in!

🐾 If any other rescues are able to take this bunny in sooner than we are let us know and we'll send you anything we've raised for them.

Also, does anyone else see how similar this bunny looks to Gingersnap? 😍

☘️Amazon Wishlist: Supplies ordered from this list automatically ship right to us! It's also a great way to find bunny-safe products for your own pets too ☺️ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XXVGERNRADOS?ref_=wl_share

10/20/2025

🐰 Update on Gingersnap! She is currently receiving treatment at Vital Animal Veterinary Clinic in Sioux Falls. Thank you to her fosters and the clinic for getting her in on such short notice! She is eating and pooping a bit on her own but still not drinking. She is doing well but not out of the woods yet. She will be getting some |njections, an IV, and med|cation to go to her foster family. They estimate the total will be $150. I'm proud of my estimate from yesterday ($100-200) being right on point lol we've been through this too many times 😅 if you're able to help with her care at all it would mean the world 🌎 ❤️ the clinic is able to process contributions to her care over the phone. If you'd like to help another way, we'll have other methods listed in below. Thank you to everyone helping Gingersnap through this! Together we can save the bunnies 🐰

❤️ Donation Info ❤️

☘️Amazon Wishlist: Supplies ordered from this list automatically ships right to us! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XXVGERNRADOS?ref_=wl_share

☘️PayPal: [email protected]

☘️Gift cards: We commonly use Petco, PetSmart, Fleet Farm, and Chewy

☘️Cash can be accepted locally (please don't mail cash)

☘️Checks can be mailed

☘️Supplies can be mailed or dropped off locally. We can always use supplies as the bunnies are little grazers who love to eat 🌾 Timothy hay, rabbit food pellets, carriers, storage totes, dog or baby pens, and veggie/fruit scraps are some common items we are always in need of ❤️

10/20/2025

Please keep Gingersnap in your thoughts today 🙏 she is fighting GI Stasis and thankfully her foster family recognized it early. My phone compressed it badly so it's blurry but the second picture in this post was sent by her foster family and she was laying down and squinting from pain 😣 They reached out for help because unfortunately no vet in their area was willing to see rabbits, it doesn't help that it's Sunday so a lot of vets are closed. We normally would have been over 5 hours away from them, but we were in Sioux Falls visiting family so we were able to rush over and help. Gingersnap is such a sweet bunny, she was excited to see us even though she wasn't feeling well. I took a picture of her climbing on Pat to because with medical emergencies you never know when it's the last photo you'll get. I'm so glad she seems like she's pulling through. I'm glad we didn't lose her to stasis like Clover. Maybe Clover was looking out for her when we decided to wait til today to head home. Maybe it was just luck 🍀 please give your bunnies an extra hug today 🫂

Thankfully Gingersnap is showing improvement and she'll be going to the vet as soon as possible (as soon as any vet opens that we can get her into). In the meantime, we need to raise funds for her exam and meds 💊 Even though she's improving, with GI Stasis it's important for a vet to check her because it could be a symptom of a bigger issue. At the moment based on past GI Stasis bunnies, we're estimating we need to raise about $200 to cover her care. If by a miracle we're able to raise more we'll start an emergency fund to help be prepared for next time a medical emergency pops up. Can you help us with Gingersnap's vet care? 🩺 Even a few dollars will help us be more prepared for her visit and would mean the world! Ways to donate are listed at the end of this post ❤️🪙

Do you know vet clinics in Sioux Falls, Sioux City, even Nebraska, or anywhere within a few hours that we can go to for bunny emergencies? If so please let us know ❤️‍🩹 it's so hard to find care for bunnies after hours in a lot of the Midwest. I really hope telehealth reaches our rural state soon. I'm tired of bunnies dying due to treatable illnesses. We desperately need more access to vet care on weekends and overnight. Praying for the day we don't have to beg local clinics to help bunnies. It's exhausting and discouraging.

❤️ Donation Info ❤️

☘️Amazon Wishlist: Supplies ordered from this list automatically ships right to us! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XXVGERNRADOS?ref_=wl_share

☘️PayPal: donations can be sent to [email protected]

☘️Gift cards: We commonly use Petco, PetSmart, Fleet Farm, and Chewy

☘️Cash can be accepted locally (please don't mail cash)

☘️Checks can be mailed

☘️If anyone is interested in donating directly to whichever vet she is able to go to we can find out if that is an option

☘️Supplies can be mailed or dropped off locally. We can always use supplies as the bunnies are little grazers who love to eat 🌾 Timothy hay, rabbit food pellets, carriers, storage totes, dog or baby pens, and veggie/fruit scraps are some common items we are always in need of ❤️

Thank you to everyone involved in caring for Gingersnap today, you're all heroes! Thank you to Haus of Wicked Mama for her wonderful portrait pictures! Thank you to her fosters! Thank you to Pat for being supportive as always! I'm so glad we can head home knowing she'll be taken care of 💓

10/17/2025

It's getting cold out and I wanted to share our humane, bunny-safe mouse removal method! 🧀🐀 This is going to sound weird but there's been a lot of p*er reviewed research of the effect cat p*e smell has on mice. They're terrified of it. You can just take an open plastic bag of used cat litter and put it wherever the mice are hanging out (attic, garage, etc). We just had mice in our attic that were coming in the house to steal our bunnies food. Our bunnies were not happy about it lol. The cat litter scared them off right away. 😺 I've tested it in two different houses with mice and it works really well. Also you shouldn't seal their escape points until AFTER you've scared them off because otherwise you'll be trapping them in and you'll potentially end up with dead mice in your walls 😬. The picture is Shamrock staring at the closet where the mice were coming in through the attic. We think he could hear them 😨 he's never acted like this before or since we put out the cat litter.

10/14/2025

🚨Warning for Belle Fourche! Please please keep your pets inside and safe! 🙏 This is absolutely heartbreaking and we hope for justice for the animals. Thank you Save Them All Rescue Services for the warning and helping keep local pets safe 🐾

⚠️ ⚠️ We have very disturbing news. ⚠️ ⚠️
Anyone living in Horseshoe Trailer court on Harding St. In Belle Fourche in this trailer court area, please keep your cats and pets inside!!!!

This post is very heartbreaking and very disturbing. I am so upset that people are this mean to animals especially in front of a small child. This was all caught on video and she has been arrested.

We are not posting any pictures or video of this animal abuse case because it is so cruel and I am not handling what I saw very well myself. We asking that no one else posts pictures or videos because of the legal case.

Thursday, I had recieved several different calls and messages about a Heather Ann Gatzke. This women was with a young person, when a cat came up and rubbed up on them. Heather Ann Gatzke picked up the cat, and threw it over a fence where there were huskys waiting, she knew these huskies didn’t do well with cats.

Unfortunately, the cat was screaming for help while the dogs killed it. Heather is heard in the video laughing while the dogs are killing this helpless cat.

This person is a huge danger to animals. When I found out on Thursday, I was told another rescue was involved, but when I confirmed this they were not at the time. I then went ahead and called the police department letting them know we are very concerned that she will do this again and that we would like the cats to be removed as soon as possible.

They were so nice and grateful and they are working on getting permission for us to get the cats out of there before more harm is done. We are working with the animal control officer.

This person is not sorry for doing this and we all are so afraid that more animals will be harmed.

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PICTURES OF VIDEOS OF THIS ABUSE CASE!!! IT IS STILL OPEN AND SHE NEEDS TO BE FULLY CHARGED!!!!

If any other shelters would be able to take in a couple or a few cats please message us, so if we do get approved to trap them we can let you know.

Please pray for all the people that are mean and evil in the world to have a kind and gentle heart ❤️ instead of evil.

We will keep you posted on if we can save the other cats in this trailer courtr