Wishing EveryBunny a fun and safe Halloween!
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People never seem to believe us when we tell them how loving bunnies are and that they form deep connections with their hoomins just like cats and dogs. They are super smart, use a litter box, play with toys and will make you laugh and smile all day. They learn their names, come when you call (if they feel like it at the moment) and are excellent time keepers who will let you know if you are late bringing their meal. They leave you silent little clues like putting a toy in their water bowl to let you know it's almost empty or the not so silent clues like picking up their bowl and banging it around until they are sure you realize it must be refilled right now! The answer to the most asked question after you tell people these things, "but they can't snuggle with you, sit with you or sleep with you like a cat or a dog?" Yes! Yes, they can and they will. Open your heart to a bunny and they'll open their heart right back. It takes patience, especially for the rescue bunnies with traumatic backgrounds, but when you gain their trust, no bunny will love you more. This is how my bunny and me start each morning. He jumps up on the bed, nose bops me awake, settles into the crook of my arm and we snuggle for about an hour. For those that do not believe these tales to be true, here's some video evidence. If you look closely, you will see his cheeks vibrate and move as I pet him. This is him purring. Yes, bunnies purr when they are happy and content by rubbing their teeth together. You need to be careful to not confuse purring and pain though because bunnies will grind their teeth when in pain. We tell people the easiest way to know is read the room. Is bunny getting loves and pets, or is bunny huddled in the corner? Shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
If you are ready to open your heart to a rescue bunny either by fostering or adopting, send us a message or text 408-771-3271. We have bunnies waiting to meet you! Wishing happy bunny snuggles to all!
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Been helping with a lot of bondings recently. It's honestly my favorite part of rescue. Seeing that new love grow and blossom is so special.
Ginger (Lionhead) and Pan (Lop) were referred by The Rabbit Haven for assistance with bonding. They would seem ok with each other during bonding sessions at events, but at home it was a full on smackdown leading to a couple injuries.
Their hoomins had adopted Ginger first, a few years back, and had returned to find her a bunny friend as Ginger was getting stressed out when her hoomin kid was at his mom's.
They quickly fell in love with Pan, but the fighting and difficulties between the bunnies was leading to severe stress in the hoomins as the thought of having to give him up if he didn't work out was too painful to think about. On top of that the dad had a back injury making it hard to travel to the events for more bonding help.
We of course said we would be happy to help. If at all possible we want bunnies to stay in their homes. Bunnies remember you and having to change homes and caretakers multiple times leaves them with a little more baggage each time it happens.
An appointment was made for the next week when both dad and son could attend. Part of our bonding work is educating owners on how and when you need to step in so it's important owners be present. We will also explain bunny language and behaviors to you during the process so you have a better understanding of what is going on.
The big day arrived and a few hours later we had mutual grooming, mirroring and cuddling. 💕🐰🐰
No more fighting for these two! All check-ins have been positive. We are so happy for this furry couple and their hoomins!
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Make sure you watch the whole video! Little Bear is simply adorable and makes us laugh with his silliness.
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Baby loves their rabbit replacement milk and is the most adorable little piggy bunny. We are dying from the cuteness level!
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Rescue never stops. Rescue doesn't sleep. Rescue does not care if it's late or you don't feel good. When you are in rescue you are always "on". This little one came to us at 10:00 pm after some good citizens noticed this baby had walked right up to a cat. His eyes had just barely open so he was only about 10 days old. We went to work right away and got baby warmed up with a snuggle safe and built him a nest using donor bunny fur/hay and some soft fleece. Baby was dehydrated and had a head tilt. Baby was lucky they didn't have any noticeable injuries or bites. Cat bites are toxic to baby bunnies. We were able to get some rabbit replacement milk, using a special nipple, into baby and tucked baby into the nest to sleep. While awake we noticed baby kept playing with their ear. It was obvious something was in their bugging poor baby causing baby to hold their head tilted. The ear was not quite fully open, but we were able to get in a bit and pulled out a small bug (looked like an ant) and dirt that had gotten in. Over the next couple days as the ear opened we were able to get everything out and the head tilt went completely away. Infants are hard to raise without their siblings; we gave baby a small stuffed animal that baby snuggles with to help. Baby is doing great and is running, doing binkies and starting to nibble on some baby pellets and alfalfa. This little one is very lucky! The issue is this is now the third infant found on the property of the good citizens. Somebody in the neighborhood is letting their rabbits breed and these poor innocent babies are being released and most of them are dying/being eaten. No mama bun is having just one baby, but each time it's happened the family has looked all over but have not found more.
Rabbits can get pregnant minutes after giving birth and gestation is 31-35 days and average litters are 5-6 kits but they can have double that too. Do that math! If the people that have the rabbits would come forward we will help them ge
UPDATE - SAFE Placement was found for Mama and her 6 babies
‼️URGENT NEED FOR BUNNY FOSTERS - South Bay, Bay Area, San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell, etc.
Bunny Friends we need your help! A South Bay shelter has a mama bunny that just gave birth to 6 babies. The shelter does not have the capacity to care for them and they need rescue placement ASAP. We would like to help but since we are already over capacity it would require moving a few of our bunnies out of our nursery site to make room for them. If you are able to assist and foster, please message or text 408-771-3271 so we can help them. Setup can be provided.
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Our beautiful Sage, the bunny we rescued after she was dumped is slowly adapting to eating like a bunny should. Previously, she had been surviving on garbage like french fries, noodles and melon rind. We were able to get her to eat hay the first night, but she didn't have interest in pellets or greens. The video below shows the very first time she decided to try cilantro. Her foster mommy also says she is starting to get excited for pellet time. her poop is looking far better and is no longer and long strands, small and misshaped. We're still working on getting some more weight put on her, but she's doing great and is very grateful for her new indoor life with people to love her.
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We would like to share the rescue story of Sage with you. This is a long post, but we believe change can only happen through education and so we want the public to know about the amount of effort, time and resources it takes to rescue just one dumped bunny.
Please stop dumping your bunnies. Domestic bunnies cannot live off the land like wild bunnies; you are sending them off with a death sentence. Majority of bunnies will not be lucky like Sage and get rescued. Most dumped bunnies will suffer horrific and completely preventable deaths. We also want to reiterate that there is no such thing as a "neighborhood rabbit." Please also do not add to the problem because you think the rabbits are cute; report any domestic rabbit you see, and most importantly, do not interfere or purposely work against the rescue of any bunny, or for that matter any animal, an organization is trying to save.
It took us four days to locate and rescue Sage. During this time we were victims of theft and also experienced neighbors trying to stop us from saving Sage. When working a case of a dumped bunny that needs to be located and helped, you go through terrible anxiety/stress and you don't get much sleep due to constant worry if the bunny is ok, sick, injured, being attacked by predators, still alive, etc.? It is mentally quite draining for all volunteers involved.
The first evening out to the site we were able to meet with the person who originally posted on Facebook about a rabbit in a HOA car park and had him show us the exact area he had seen her in and talk to him about how the search and rescue would be done and what we were going to do to help her once she was found. We were very thankful for his cooperation as it was very helpful.
We then interviewed some of the neighbors and got a pretty good idea of where the perimeter was that she was keeping to. During these interviews, we also learned that poor Sage had been fending for herself for over a month! Yet, NO ONE bothered to rep
While bunnies are quiet companions; there is no shortage of body language, behaviors and cues they give their hoomins to let them know their likes and dislikes. One such cue is the booty twitch! Yes, bunnies butts will actually twitch and dance in pure pleasure if they are nibbling on something they find particularly yummy. Bun Bun's foster mama caught on video her bottom twitching in pure glee eating her special banana treat! Now, go see what makes your buns' booties twitch and share those videos with us! We want to see those booties twitch!
(Remember, fruits and carrots have lots of sugar so keep those treats to just a small amount when you give them.)
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