Visited a rescue today…

[TARM]

Today was the big day!  The visit to the bunny rescue! 

I had initially emailed them when I first brought the bunny boys home asking for advice on what to feed such young guys and how to keep them healthy and happy since they were ripped away from the mom so soon.  We emailed back and forth a few times and the last time I was invited to visit the shelter.

I took the boys, of course, and the first thing I heard was “::GASP:: They’re so tiny…poor poor babies!”  Once they got over that they went on and on about how adorable my boys are.  I was referred to a vet they’ve been dealing with for over 10 years.  They do speuters for a very reasonable price and they don’t believe in “padding” the vet bills.  I was happy to hear that!  It sounds like I can get both boys done for the cost of one at the vets I called.  And that’s regular price, not rescue price.

Anyway, we chatted a bit and I looked around at bunnies, and there was this one really big black bunny, I didn’t catch her name, but she was adorable!  And she liked to be held.  A volunteer was carrying her around and I wanted to hold her so bad!  But I didn’t ask because the founder was talking to me about nutrition and where her food and hay come from. She also had a large stock of willow toys for sale.  I’ll definitely be going back for my food and hay…and probably some willow here and there. 

When she was done with her spiel she said “So!  What do you want to pick my brain about?”  I had to be honest and say “Well, I’ve read a ton and joined a rabbit forum where I’m learning a lot so really I just came to see the rabbits.”  She thought that was funny and told me to look around.  But there was cleaning going on and I didn’t want to be in the way so I didn’t get to see as many as I’d hoped.

We got to talking about a lot of personal things as well.  She was a very nice lady and I seemed to click with her right away.  We talked about my rescue experience with dogs and ferrets and she said that if I ever wanted to help with the rabbits I was more than welcome to join them.  Since I want to learn more I’ll probably take her up on that offer. 

I’m glad I went.  I saw how sturdy the NIC cages can be, they had rows of rabbits all housed in them.  If I can find the grids I’ll probably build my cage instead of buying one.  It seems like you can reinforce them even more if you put wooden dowels where the sides connect.  I saw a design there that I really liked and I’ll try to recreate that.  :0)

I seem to be obsessed with rabbits!

[ADEE]

if your obsessed, im certainly beyond obsessed… glad to hear you went and visited a rescue, i would love to visit ours sometime. As for the NIC cages, they are very sturdy and we use the dowels in ours too.. best investment ever. The cage is huge, durable and there are so many options with them. I recommend building one for any bun! In fact I just posted a new pic today of my NIC cages updates you should check it out

[kimberleyanddarren]

NIC cubes are good but here they are VERY expensive, i paid 40 quid (80 dollars) for a box

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Awww sweet!!

You have to be very very careful but I’m afraid it’s too late…

You are now officially rabbit obsessed-and there is no known cure-however you don’t want one do you? LOL

[TARM]

lol K&K! I think I better wait until my boys are past their bunny terror stage before I think about adding any more!

[bigsis7]

It’s hard not to be obsessed!! I don’t even own one and I’m obsessed!

[RabbitPam]

ditto, bigsis7

[Beka27]

that sounds like it was a lot of fun! K&K does a thing where she goes a few nights a week and cuddles some of the bunnies and spends some time with them. this could be very dangerous tho… lol. at least the boys are unneutered still so you wouldn’t be able to make any impulse adoptions… lol! i think you’ll be happy with a NIC condo… you will be able to spend less money on the actual building structure, so then you can make really nice levels and maybe even a floor with rolling castors. feel free to ask if you have anymore questions about how to build. people would probably be more than happy to take close-ups pics of the specific areas you need help with. you might want to build it in a way that could be divided just in case the boys have some spats before neutering, or i guess you could also use your existing cage as just a temporary “holding cell”…

[TARM]

As much as I would like to cuddle on some bunnies on weeknights I can’t. The rescue is almost an hour away and my kids and my own animals would be neglected. The kids not so much neglected as they would come with me…but homework and decent bed time during the school year would be out the window.

I offered to help out on weekend if they need it (but those shifts are covered I think) or at off-site functions and with administrative stuff.

[Beka27]

oh, that is too far to go during the week. i’d love to be able to help out someplace but i could not see taking Michael there and being able to get anything done. i’m sure my husband would scoff at the idea too. he thinks anything i do leads to more bunnies… and we only have two. i’m hoping that once Michael’s in school i can figure something out.

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