Rescue Rabbit Stories? SHARE! =)

[tanlover14]

I LOVE talking about my rabbits – and in the midst of it came upon the idea to start a thread all about our rabbits that have been rescued!  I was curious to hear others stories behind the rescue of their own rabbits (whether they rescued them or a shelter rescued them and you adopted – I HAVE BOTH! ) 

My first rescue bunny literally stole my heart.  His name is Simba and he’s a creme Lionhead.  We adopted him from our local rescue, Rabbit Wranglers, about a year ago when he was about 4 1/2.  He will be around 6 (we believe – they don’t know his actual age) in April.

  

I had to get in the 2nd picture so everyone could see his ABSOLUTELY STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS Baby Blue Eyes!  I seriously just melt in those little eyes.  

His story:  Simba was dropped off at a rescue by a school teacher who found him wandering in the grass outside the school alone.  When he was brought into the rescue, he had an umbilical hernia.  So they had to do immediate surgery to repair the hernia and neutered him at the same time so they wouldn’t have to put him under again.  He was adopted by a family shortly after being brought in but was brought back due to his fear of their dogs (big surprise there…).   He eventually was on the verge of being euthanized by the rescue he was dropped off at because he became very cage aggressive and began biting and growling anyone who went into his cage.  So Rabbit Wranglers pulled them into their rescue (RW is a behaviorally challenged and disabled bunny rescue – mainly behavorial issues that make it hard for them to remain in a physical shelter since RW is nothing but foster volunteers).   Which is where I met and adopted him from! 

My second rescue bunny is Nora!  Nora is a blue tort Lionhead and my boyfriend and I stumbled upon her in a pet store.  She had no food or water and was extremely skinny.  We had “planned” on going back to the pet store to check on her in a day or two to see if she was sick but the next day my boyfriend bought her and brought her home without telling me!  LOL.  He brought her with him to pick me up from work and said he just couldn’t leave her.   She had an upper respiratory infection, had a slight head sway (which we have come to conclude is due to her red eyes – kind of like REWs are notorious for head swaying), and was extremely malnourished.  We enrolled her in with the local rescue, Rabbit Wranglers, and decided to foster her through them until she was old enough to be spayed (guessed she was about two months old when we pulled her).  But we ended up developing a very close relationship with her over the months and made the decision to keep her on with our group! 

  

The first picture is the first night we brought her home – and the second picture is her now!  (It was taken a few months ago!)

And my third rescue bunny is Lacey!  Lacey was adopted from our local Humane Society.  She’s a GORGEOUS broken Teddy Bear Lionhead which is a Lionhead bred with a French Angora.  We weren’t really looking for another bunny at all.  I sometimes go down and volunteer there when I have time during their romps and I randomly decided at the last minute that I was going to go down and volunteer.  Basically, we met her and it was love at first site.   

Her story:  She was dumped about three weeks before we adopted her at the shelter.  She was a “childs pet” and was brought in when she bit the child.  Go Figure.  Not sure what the mother expected.  I’m pretty sure she wasn’t being handled properly as she’s very skittish about being picked up.  I know a lot of rabbits are but she has gotten MUCH better over such a small period of time with little work that I really think it was induced by their handling of her. 

 

The first picture is from meeting her at the shelter. And the second here at home with us.  This next one I have to add because I’m so proud of her and the progress she has made with being held.  She really enjoys it but carrying her around still makes her pretty nervous. 

I have three Tans that we purchased from a breeder before I was knee-deep in rabbit rescue and research.   I have nothing against breeders in the least (as long as they treat their rabbits right).  They do over-produce and overcrowd the population but as with many animals it’s not possible to really control that in the society we live in today so I’m much happier ensuring bred bunnies are treated positively than I am at lumping good breeders in with bad. 

So my Tans don’t get jealous, here’s a photo of them!  They are all from the same litter and will be two years old February 15th! 

 

And that’s my crew!

[Zombie-Sue]

You left out the part where Simba got Tanger smoking remember?

Once upon a time, there was a rabbit named Luna. Luna is a stupid name for a rabbit. I didn’t like him LOL. I thought I had to have this lop, but he was already gone when I got to the shelter and then this other bun was just… I dunno, so chill. So I adopted him and promptly renamed him Tank because Luna is a terrible name for a rabbit. A cat maybe. Not a rabbit. He’s 7 now, he was like 5 when I got him.

Then, I adopted Deeps (don’t ask) the rabbit from the same rescue. His original name was Oliver, which was probably a better name LOL. I started the bonding process, and I was making progress, but he died very suddenly after only a couple of months. I was devastated and stopped posting withdrew from rabbit communities for a while. He was 3ish.

Then, my room mate asked if I wanted a rabbit. His mom’s coworker’s daughter (lol long chain) had a black lionhead that she wasn’t paying attention to since she went to college. I was kind of appalled by his condition. They said I could keep the hutch, but it was sooo nasty I wanted nothing to do with it. So, I took home Caboose (originally Kumar lol) and scheduled a vet appointment where they shaved him QUITE A BIT to get him clean, and I bought him a dog kennel to live in. We didn’t know his age, and the vet said he couldn’t be 100% that he was neutered (because rabbits can sometimes carry their testicles in their body–crafty rabbits) but we did know that if he wasn’t already, he was too old at this point. We had him for about a year. He was a messy rabbit, never understood the litterbox thing at all, or so we thought. Then, a year later, we woke up to find him laying in his own mess with urine scald already forming on his legs. We rushed him to the vet where they could feel a massive tumor and he was euthanized that day. Testicular cancer that had spread elsewhere =( We never tried to bond him to Tank, they lived separately.

-DEEP BREATH- so THEN, I finally set out to get Tank rabbit a friend, and ended up getting him TWO friends from a different shelter than the one I’d been to before. They were a lot more helpful, set up the rabbit date and such. They were originally named Poppy and Squeak, but I changed it to Mulder and Scully and that’s how I now have three rabbits. x) They’re a little over 1 and a half, and I can be sure of that because they were born in the shelter… and they never got brought home once =(

[Roberta]

One of my kittehs is called Luna, but its short for Lunatic as when I went to the vet to adopt her she was hanging upside down in the dog crate by four claws and had a large suspended cat toy in her mouth. When I stated I was there to adopt everyone looked at Luna and then me as if to say “Seriously” Have you had a good look at this Nutcase ?

 

Luna’s nickname is Osama BinKitten…..

I’ll post the bunnies stories shortly.

[calipa_st]

I love talking about my rabbit too haha.

 

Lucky was Luke, and I saw his picture and knew he was the one. 

The animal rescue saved him from a shelter that had him in a super tiny cage (metal wire bottom) and they took him in. He was six months old, I got him when he was 8 months old. It still amazes me that he is as affectionate as he is, given he spent the first six months of his life not knowing love. 

 this is the picture the rescue had

 

[Hazel]

I love hearing these stories! It’s so heartwarming to see a poor bunny’s life turn for the better.

We lost our last bun in December of 2009. About 9 months later we got our cat, Lily. She came from a breeder, but we still consider her a rescue because the breeder really wasn’t very reputable (which we figured out afterwards). Lily was the reason we decided to go with a Flemish Giant when we were ready for another bunny. Roberta’s description of Luna would fit Lily pretty much perfectly. We thought a big, easy going rabbit would be safest with our crazy cat. So we got in touch with a breeder. After waiting 8 months for our baby bunny, things didn’t work out in the end, and we walked away from that option. The idea of a Flemish went out the window and we started looking at rescues and shelters. After another 3-4 months of waiting (and no bunnies to be found anywhere), I saw this on Petfinder:

This poor little guy had been rescued by a compassionate lady. She saved (I assume bought) him and two other babies from a person that breeds bunnies for snake food. She couldn’t keep them and handed them over to a local private rescue. I had been checking Petfinder several times a day, so I noticed this listing pretty much immediately. I emailed them right away, talked to them on the phone the next day. Someone associated with the rescue had already called dibs on him to foster and possibly adopt later on. Since we were offering a forever home on the spot, luckily they agreed to let us take him. A couple of days later we picked him up.

First day home:

He was dirty and scrawny looking. He had slightly sore hocks and has a scar on his chin, both if which we attribute to him probably being housed in some sort of poorly maintained wire cage.

He’s all grown up now, almost 8 months old and weighing just under 3 lbs. He’s part Mini Rex, so he’s probably mixed with a dwarf since a Mini Rex should weigh about 4lbs. Also, Lily and him are best friends.

 

[Zombie-Sue]

This is my favorite thread ;;

Mini rexes can be smaller than that That would be like saying “She’s a human, so she should weigh about 150 pounds.” I think 4 pounds (four in a half? Something like that) is the maximum to get into a show. Besides, a dwarf rabbit crossed with a non-dwarf rabbit will produce regular sized rabbits the first time, I’m pretty sure.

Size, in buns, I’m finding out is a really funny thing. I have these New Zealand (it’s an EXTREMELY popular breed here) and havana bun crosses, they are like 5 and a half and six pounds about, which is on the heavier side of a Havana weight… but they have a sister (same litter and everything) who is 10 poundsish, right about the weight of a New Zealand, twice as heavy as my rabbits! Sorry to rant at you, I just really enjoy discussing rabbit genetics and imagining what a bun’s parents could have looked like. 

So, she could have been crossed with a dwarf… or she could be part californian! 

Really loving this thread.

[CooperLop]

I walked through the shelter one day and as we were walking past the cats the cutest lop came bouncing over sticking his paws and nose out the cage like a puppy. Instantly I was in love. Went back the next day and adopted Cooper. Found out the owner was heading to college and realized she wouldn’t have time to take care of him. She must have really loved him because he is the sweetest, best bunny ever. He groomed me the first day home, so I guess it was instant love for him too!!

About 2 weeks ago I stopped by another shelter I was in the neighborhood even though the website had no rabbits listed. There was an adorable flemish giant just hanging out but with a “protective custody” sign on his cage. I ran to the front desk to ask about him and was told his owner was evicted but was trying to find him a home so he might not really be up for adoption. I put in an application anyway and a week later they called to say I was approved and he was cleared for adoption. I took cooper for a meet and greet which went better than I could have imagined, so 30 minutes later I walked out with Sheldon! He’s so laid back it’s ridiculous but then he is a binky machine when it’s exercise time!

We’re on day 7 of bonding and as I type this Cooper is grooming Sheldon in a semi-neutral space in the kitchen where they’ve been napping together for the last 2 hours!

[MoveDiagonally]

I adopted Dexter and Penny from a local rabbit rescue. My husband and I went there meaning to adopt a single rabbit but ended up each picking one. I picked Penny and he picked Dexter. They were both single rabbits and my first experience with bonding. We were lucky because they ended up being little soul mates and incredibly easy to bond. 

Pics from the first time they met (I love these because they were so comfortable right away):

    

Dexter’s Story: Dexter and his siblings were at the rescue as babies. I think two or three of his siblings are still there :/ . Dexter was there until he was a year old before we adopted him. The rescue named him after the TV show character because he’s a bit of a creeper.  

Penny’s Story: She and another rabbit were surrendered to the rescue because they were in “dire condition”. The mother/daughter that run the rescue took time off work, traveled to get the bunnies, at a time they were paying for everything out of pocket (early days of the rescue) and both rabbits were perfectly healthy (other than their horribly long nails). The previous owner had lied so they would take the rabbits off their hands. Not the best origin story but I’m glad they got Penny and Peso (the other bunny) out of there because now Penny is comfortable here.

Monty was “released” by someone at my old place of employment. He was seen/spotted in different areas for two weeks before he was caught (and not for a lack of trying!). It took about 10 people holding safety nets slowly herding him into a plastic bin to catch him. My husband took him home right away and set him up in a spare X-Pen. He was binkying around within an hour. I’m still amazed that he survived for as long as he did. It was during a heat wave, in an industrial high truck traffic area, and we actually had a couple coyotes loose in the area (the facility was very large. About 3 miles from one end to the other).

At first we were going to rehome him but… We fell in love. 

Pics:

   

Helo and Inara were Easter casualties. My father in law’s neighbor bought them as babies for his visiting grandchildren. The day after Easter and the day the kids went home he was already trying to get rid of them. He’d done this with other pets and generally thinks of animals as expendable. My husband got in a conversation with him (which we always try to avoid) and ended up convincing the neighbor to give us the babies. According to my spouse the neighbor talked about letting them go/just putting them out in the back yard (no cage, no food, ect…), eating them, ect… Just general irresponsible things. 

He came home with them without talking to me about it but we knew immediately we would keep them. No question at all! 

Pics:

   

I photo shopped baby pics and adult pics of them together. 

And just because… This is my bridge bunny Ben. She wasn’t really a rescue. She was my brother’s rabbit but he became very ill for a year or so (in and out of hospital) so we took care of her. He named her Ben because he thought she was a boy. When he regained his health we all decided that she would stay with us. She was the first bunny I ever really had contact with and made us want to adopt our own (we used to bunny sit for him). This bunny is the bunny that started it all for us. She passed away unexpectedly. 

I love reading this thread! Bunny stories are great.  

[Dwarf Sparrow]

Merida’s background (Polish dwarf, adopted Feb 2013), from what I could piece together, is that she was found as a stray (in a Colorado winter…) It turns out she was pregnant, too, and gave birth to at least 2 babies while at the local humane society. I was drawn to her markings and her small size, and the fact that she wasn’t terrified of my boyfriend when we went to meet her helped to seal the deal (always a plus haha). We went back to meet her sons when they were put up for adoption, and it’s made me wonder even more where exactly she came from. Her sons were her size- or larger- at just 4 months, which makes me think the father was not a dwarf. And how does a pregnant dwarf get loose in the middle of winter?….
She’s a happy, spoiled brat now.

Liam (adopted Jan 2014), according to his adoption papers, is a ~4yr old mini rex who was surrendered by his owners because: “Son owned rabbit; son moved away” e.e
His nails are too long, and he sneezes more than I’d like him to, and he twitches (sometimes suddenly and violently) from being touched on his flanks and at the base of his ears, and sometimes even just down his back. I’m willing to bet that his previous home wasn’t exactly rabbit-friendly. He’s got a vet appointment set up though, and I’ll make sure he gets those nails taken care of and as many gentle pets as he could want

[Zombie-Sue]

Oh okay, one more. I went to the shelter because they have good deals on carriers (as per MD’s suggestion, I needed a larger carrier to take my trio to the vet) and then there was a 10% off discount if we adopted a rabbit, so I had to adopt a rabbit too.

There was a really doughy otter Netherland Dwarf that sat on me and was petted and just was so cute, so we got him. I love him already. He was left because I guess his owners didn’t have time for him anymore, but they also said allergies so who knows.

There was another bun there that was in pretty bad shape–had corneal scratches in both eyes, was missing fur, a sad little mini rex. I wanted to get them both honestly but I just don’t think that he would have been happy in a multiple-rabbit household.

[MoveDiagonally]

Congrats on your new bunny Sue! Did you get a carrier big enough for 4? ;P Otherwise you’ll be back there looking for another carrier and get yourself in the same boat as TL and I with our 5+ rabbits. LOL. Also, pics soon please! 

I know how you feel though. There’s a bonded pair at my local rescue that’s been there since we adopted Dexter and Penny. The boy came from a hoarding situation where unneutered males were all left together and allowed to fight and he’s blind from it. He sees light and shadows but nothing else. His bond mate is a bit more saucy than he is but they “level each other out” and she grooms his eyes and helps him out/makes him feel safe. It’s possibly the sweetest bonded pair I’ve ever seen. I want to adopt them soooooo badly but they would have to be kept separate from my 5 and really 7 bunnies is too many for me

Here’s a pic of them:

Phillip, blind bunny, is the grey one and Quigley is the broken one. 

[Zombie-Sue]

Thanks lol. Now that I have 4, I think I will move them around in pairs–once they’re all bonded, of course, which won’t be for a while.

NOOO no more rabbits! I took a solemn oath LOL. I am going to rely on you guys to remind me that I promised not to get any more rabbits.

I hear ya, MD. Why can’t we save them all? QQ

[Bam]

“then there was a 10% off discount if we adopted a rabbit, so I had to adopt a rabbit too.”

That makes perfect sense to me nowadays =)

I found both my boys outside, 1,5 years apart. Bam, the first one, had clearly been dumped by sb who didn’t want him anylonger. He just sat there on a pile of garbage in the woods and seemed quite content with being picked up. Yohio MAY have escaped from somewhere, he is that type of bunny, although I don’t think so. I put an ad in the local newspaper + on various Internet sites for lost pets, and I put up posters in the neighbourhood, but nobody responded.

Bam made me into a bunny slave, and fast, too. I never would’ve guessed.

Bam

Yohio

[Ktiernan]

Love this forum! I am truly starting to believe that adopting bunnies is addicting. I would LOOVE to get a friend for my bun, but know that’s not the wisest decision financially. I am contemplating being a foster instead but worry about Brenna bonding with the foster bunny.

Anywaaay…Meet Brenna! I have wanted a bunny for ages, and finally just decided to take the plunge (after some research of course). I went to the shelter that is about an hour from my apartment because they had the most bunnies up for adoption at the time. Brenna was the only mini lop they had, and she was very intriguing with her pink eyes and snow white fur. The shelter didn’t know much of anything about her other than she was found as a stray in September and had already been spayed when they found her. As I sat with her I knew I couldn’t leave her their any longer (this was black Friday, she’d been there almost 3 months.) I also was intrigued by the fact that a bun with such little camouflage could last like she did out on her own. My heart goes out to the scrappers. 

I brought her home and tried to make her comfortable. She was a little skittish and very unsure about me. After a couple of weeks, I trusted her enough to let her go free roam and she was immediately thrilled. She is smart and sassy, much like me. We’re bonding more and more every day and I love her to death! 

This is her the night I brought her home. 

this is a more recent picture

[Megabunny]

MD. What breed is Monty?  I know he was a stray but WOW!!!   LOVE LOVE LOVE those ears !  Is that a Fr. lop? Awesome! And how much do your rabbits weigh?  Looks like you are a fellow giant bunny mom.

[Zombie-Sue]

@megabunny 99.99% sure he’s an English lop.

Love this forum! I am truly starting to believe that adopting bunnies is addicting. I would LOOVE to get a friend for my bun, but know that’s not the wisest decision financially. I am contemplating being a foster instead but worry about Brenna bonding with the foster bunny.

You wouldn’t have to worry about that. Rabbits don’t usually bond accidentally lol

[Sarita]

Bobby – came from a guinea pig rescue – he was dumped outside in his cage – turned out he has a terrible mouth abscess and was not eating which is what we suspect was the reason he was dumped.   Because of the severe abscess he lost the bottom left side molars and has to have dental trims about every 3 months.  He’s a darling gray Netherland Dwarf and I think he’s about 4 or 5 years old – not really sure – I’ve had him about 2 years now – maybe 3, not sure really. 

 Bogie is approximately 12 years old – not certain where he first started out – a shelter I suppose then ended up at a rabbit rescue I used to help and was adopted by my friend who ran a guinea pig rescue.  When her husband was diagnosed with cancer a few years back she asked me to take Bobby because he needed pen-g shots but I decided to take Bogie as well and both have been with me ever since.  Bogie is not doing so well right now – he has a very large abscess on his neck near his ears that we aren’t able to fully remove so he’s just living with it now. 

[Hazel]

Posted By Zombie-Sue on 01/12/2014 10:38 AM

This is my favorite thread ;;

Mini rexes can be smaller than that That would be like saying “She’s a human, so she should weigh about 150 pounds.” I think 4 pounds (four in a half? Something like that) is the maximum to get into a show. Besides, a dwarf rabbit crossed with a non-dwarf rabbit will produce regular sized rabbits the first time, I’m pretty sure.

I know he’s not purebred, his fur isn’t very “rexish”, although very soft. Of course I guess he could be purebred and have some mutation that caused his fur to come out wrong… I just figured he must be mixed with something small. When you say they will produce regular sized offspring the first time, do you mean the first  generation?

[MoveDiagonally]

Megabunny – Monty, Inara, and Helo are all English Lops. They are all about 10lbs! Dexter and Penny are 6 and 7 pounds. I do love large bunnies! Someday I will have a Flemish (and enough room for one!).

Sarita – I don’t think I’ve seen many pictures of your bunnies. Are Bobby’s ears as tiny as they look in that picture!? I have like 3 feet of ears over here if he needs to borrow some

[Zombie-Sue]

Posted By Hazel on 01/14/2014 10:33 AM

Posted By Zombie-Sue on 01/12/2014 10:38 AM

This is my favorite thread ;;

Mini rexes can be smaller than that That would be like saying “She’s a human, so she should weigh about 150 pounds.” I think 4 pounds (four in a half? Something like that) is the maximum to get into a show. Besides, a dwarf rabbit crossed with a non-dwarf rabbit will produce regular sized rabbits the first time, I’m pretty sure.

I know he’s not purebred, his fur isn’t very “rexish”, although very soft. Of course I guess he could be purebred and have some mutation that caused his fur to come out wrong… I just figured he must be mixed with something small. When you say they will produce regular sized offspring the first time, do you mean the first  generation?

No, you’re right. He also has normal whiskers it looks like. The same recessive gene that causes the plush fur creates crazy wavy, or nonexistant whiskers, so the chances he’s purbred are veeeeery small.

Yes, I do mean the first generation, I’m pretty sure, you might double-check that fact. I’m just saying, he could be minirex + HUUUGE rabbit, or mini rex + small rabbit. It’s really hard to tell sometimes!! I love to daydream about rabbit genetics.

Sarita – I don’t think I’ve seen many pictures of your bunnies. Are Bobby’s ears as tiny as they look in that picture!? I have like 3 feet of ears over here if he needs to borrow some

*takes Sarita’s shoulders and tries to steer her to the January picture thread*
I often think about people who I haven’t seen their rabbits much. Actually, all of the forum leaders here have been very nice and sweet in commenting on our rabbits, and helping us with them, but they haven’t been doing their share of rabbit bragging!!!! MD excluded, but that’s largely thanks to the massive bonding journal of recent and signature

[Sarita]

Yeah, I’m not much with the photos…I do think about it though, just don’t take too many.

MD he does have little ears – he’s pretty short too – I think he trip all over those long silky ears :~)

[Megabunny]

MD. I have never seen such crazy ears on a rabbit until I saw that picture of the English Lop! They must be the basset hound of the rabbit world. Unreal!!!

[Stickerbunny]

 Powder came from the local humane society. I had looked them up on petfinder and they only had two bunnies listed. We called about the one and he had just been adopted that day. So, we asked about Powder and he was still there. When we went there, the girl showed us to the bunny room which was wall-to-wall metal grate cages which were rather small.

Powder was laying stretched out in his as far as he could go, it was too tiny for him to look very comfortable. The girl explained they had just lost their person who knew about bunnies, so she couldn’t be much help in details and that Powder had been there nearly a YEAR in that tiny cage. She made sure to let us know he hadn’t been worked with, so they had little idea of his personality. Kids were scared of him and adults bypassed him, saying his red eyes looked evil. She then offered to let us see the other bunnies they had that weren’t up online, if I wanted a brown eyed rabbit instead. I didn’t even take up the offer to look at the others. I put my hand in his cage and he let me rub his head. When she picked him up, she grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and then laid him flat against her chest, he looked terrified. She asked if I wanted to  hold him and knowing bunnies don’t like that, I declined not wanting his first introduction to me to be terrified being held.

The people at the shelter were happy he was finally going home with someone. They had no knowledge at all about bunnies, so they made some very obvious mistakes, but they were nice and honest about their lack of knowledge. They provided a pamplet of care info they had and the adoption fee was lower than listed on their site for him.

When he got home, first thing we did was open up his carrier and let him out. He cautiously sniffed for a few minutes and before the day was out he was comfortably lounging around and exploring. The friendliest, most well behaved rabbit ever. He also took right to the litter box, even though I didn’t see one in his cage at the shelter. He listened to “no” and didn’t destroy anything, he didn’t even touch wires. So, he became free roam really fast. Vet estimates his age at four when we adopted him, so nearly seven now if that is accurate. We have no way of telling though, since the people who dropped him off at the shelter gave them no information at all on him. And no, he isn’t a lop, he just likes to pretend he is sometimes.

Stickers was an ad I saw in craigslist. A lady was trying to rehome this bunny she said she had gotten from a neglectful home and her apartment didn’t allow pets, so she needed the bun gone fast. She was charging $40 for bun+cage+supplies, but when I emailed her, she said she could lower the fee as long as she knew it was a good home. She just didn’t want people who were after free animals and any money I gave her was going to her daughter to make the girl feel better about giving up this bunny they couldn’t keep. When we went to the woman’s house she had Stickers in her kids play room and she was in the SMALL pet store cage (you know, that generic blue bottom / white bar one that is so small any rabbit would be unable to stand or lay stretched out in a flop) with pine shavings. The poor baby had glue coating her neck fur, from where a child had decorated her with Stickers (hence the name, boyfriend picked it). The little girl had been sent to her grandparents because she was so upset over the bunny having to leave that the mom didn’t want her crying her eyes out while we were getting her. We ended up giving her the full $40 for her daughter.

When we got Stickers home she was terrified. She laid down on the floor and peed herself when I got within arms reach, coating her belly with it. The lady had told us one of her kids (she worked with special needs children in their homes) had the bunny and was neglecting it, the parents left the bunny in his care, so she was able to get them to give her the rabbit since she knew the bun deserved better. Given the poor state of her fur and how terrified she was, I imagine she had a pretty rough start there. She was a pet store buy for them, when we got her she was just a few months old (fourish). The only other person who had been interested in her was a guy that had said he wanted her for “a companion to his 80lb dog”, so I am glad I got her! And yes, she is a rex. Velvet fur. <3

They are both bonded now and living in their own bunny room (they have the master bed room with the big walk in closet). Gigantic pains in my neck sometimes, but cute enough to get away with it. My floor has certainly seen better days though.

[Albus Dumblebunny]

Alby isn’t necessarily a “rescue case” since he came from a farm, but I like to think that I saved him from going home with the wrong family. 

I had been considering getting a bunny over the summer, and even met a sweet little bun at the humane society. But I decided to wait as summer is a really busy time at work for me, and I didn’t want to adopt unless I was 100% sure. A few months later, some friends and I went to a pumpkin/exotic animal farm to get some pumpkins. They had a big bin full of baby bunnies. I immediately fell in love with Alby and then found out the woman was selling them for $5. As soon as she said that, all of the kids that were there were asking their parents for bunnies and the parents were basically like “well sure, its only 5 dollars.” Most of the kids were under the age of 6 and the parents seemed to think since the bunny is only $5, it must not be a big responsibility. I didn’t want Alby to go to a home where the owners might not give him 100% and since I had done my research and had friends with bunnies, I felt ready to take him home. A week later, I took Alby to the vet and brought in a stool sample. Alby had parasites from living on the farm with all the other bunnies. I emailed the woman I bought him from to let her know, but she had no way of contacting the other people who purchased bunnies. I just hope they took their buns to the vets and that their vets were able to catch the parasites!  

 

Alby & I leaving the farm

Alby today! He grew so much <3 

[Hazel]

Posted By Zombie-Sue on 01/14/2014 11:10 AM

No, you’re right. He also has normal whiskers it looks like. The same recessive gene that causes the plush fur creates crazy wavy, or nonexistant whiskers, so the chances he’s purbred are veeeeery small.

Yes, I do mean the first generation, I’m pretty sure, you might double-check that fact. I’m just saying, he could be minirex + HUUUGE rabbit, or mini rex + small rabbit. It’s really hard to tell sometimes!! I love to daydream about rabbit genetics.

Actually he DOES have crazy whiskers, I know it’s very hard to tell in the pictures. Here’s a better one from when he was a baby:

 

The whiskers were our biggest clue that he has some Mini Rex in him and his head shape seems rexish to us.

As for the first generation thing: Like I said before, they were bred for snake food, so I assume the breeder wasn’t concerned about producing purebred rabbits. Could be that both of his parents were Rex mixes, there might not have been a purebred bun in his family tree for many generations. I guess there’s no way to know, but it is fun to talk about.

[Zombie-Sue]

Oh he DOES a little bit! WHAT A CUTE BABY BUNNY. LOL, I thought he was cute before, I gush like that every time you post pictures, this is the first time I’m saying it out loud xD I mean. Typing it. 

Also, broken-pattern is a really, really common coloration for rexes. I dunno why!

[AnnaW]

Hey everyone! As lots of you know, I have two rescue bunnies; Barney and Belle.

This is Barney, he is an Angora x Lionhead and was in a terrible state when I rescued him … I had to cut off a lot of his fur as he was so matted and he had an almost constant runny tummy, I thought I was going to lose him at one point! I took him home and kept him secretly with me at university in halls.  

Then I found Belle in a pet shop, she had her front leg amputated and they thought she might have to be put down if her quality of life wasnt great. She was tiny when I got her, and could barely move at all as she was so unbalanced getting used to her loss of limb! Here she is now, naughty as ever!

[Megabunny]

Love that Barney! But then I’m a sucker for anything angora! That’s quite a pair you have. What fun!

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