I don't know where to begin. I have a lot of cute baby bunny pictures that I'd like to share, but I have good news about current developments as well.
Ok, I'll do the good news first:
Cookie and Sparky have been adopted together !!
A young couple contacted the HRS looking for apair of lop bunnies. They wanted to adopt a young bunny that they could watch grow up. They were sent a picture of Cookie and asked to meet her and her children.
They liked Cookie and hoped to pair her with one of her sons. They tried her with Snickerdoodle , first, since he was a half lop ( one ear up and one ear down)but there wasn't any chemistry. So, then they tried Sparky. He hopped all over them, put his head down for pets and tooth purred his contentment. He then sealed the deal by covering them in bunny kisses.
It was hard to part with them, but they went to a wonderful home. And since they were adopted through HRS, they will never be shelter bunnies again.
Snickerdoodle has been adopted as a companion to a bunny that was adopted from the shelter where I volunteer !!
The original plan was for the bunnies to go back to the shelter where Cookie had come from. She hadn't come from our local shelter where I volunteer, but from a shelter in South San Diego. This particular shelter is undergoing some remodeling and currently has only 9 indoor cages. At the time Cookie wasgoing to be spayed, the shelter only had spaces left in outdoor cages.
Outdoors. In December. Stormy, rainy, COLD weather, NOOO!!
So as a back up plan,I wasgoing to ask if the local shelter could take Cookie as a transfer.
When Cookie was adopted,I asked if they could take Snickerdoodle, instead.
Less than 2 weeks later, a former adopter drove in from Palm Springs wanting to adopt a companion bunny for the little girl bunny she had adopted about a year ago. She wanted to adopt from the same shelter. There were only 3 bachelor bunnies to choose from. The little girl bunny chose Snickerdoodle. He was very gentlemanly and groomed her and won her heart.
It had been a hard decision totake him to theshelter. ( Even though I still got to see him and could receive almost daily updates), But if I hadn't, he wouldn't have met his lady love. And it's a wonderful home. The bunnies are housed in an X pen and have free run when their family is home.