Edmonton Humane Society

[Pet_Bunny]

LuvaBun wrote:

John got called in to work and had to leave me there until he came to collect me, so I spent lots of time looking at the bunnies.

Oh Jan, you got stranded at the shelter? Was there lots of people there today?
I was thinking of dropping by, but I was so tired from work this morning and the late night at the fund raising supper last night.
I'm going to be bunnysitting again. Cocoa is coming over to our house next week and will be staying with us in May.

 

[LuvaBun]

It was VERY busy there yesterday, Stan. I saw several dogs and cats leaving too .

Degrassi, it would be great if you could foster. I'm sure Gimpy wouldn't mind

Ooohh Stan is bunny sitting again :biggrin2:. that means we may get more pics (hint )

Jan

 

[myheart]

I absolutely love all of the pics that are being posted. It is so hard to look at them without taking dibs on one, or two, or three.... It is too bad I do not live in the area, but will try to donate a little bit when able.

I am really curious where the blue eyes come from. So many of the bunnershave them. Could some one who is breed savvy enlighten me on this genetics possibility?

myheart

 

[Pet_Bunny]

LuvaBun wrote:

It was VERY busy there yesterday, Stan. I saw several dogs and cats leaving too .

That is a good sign people are involved. There is an update on the situation...

http://www.edmontonhumanesociety.com/cgi-bin/section_switch.pl?section=other&sub=News%20Rabbit%20Update

They have enough telephone books for now. But I hope people don't get complacent with this initial surge of supplies and donations, because more food is going to be needed for the long term. Donations are needed for the neuter/spay program for the bunnies which is not reflected in the adoption fee.


I see you can adopt two bunnies if they are together in the cage for a single adoption fee...

http://www.edmontonhumanesociety.com/cgi-bin/section_switch.pl?section=other&sub=Rabbit%20Shadow

 

[Pet_Bunny]

myheart wrote:

I absolutely love all of the pics that are being posted.

I am really curious where the blue eyes come from.

Thanks Myheart. I will try to take more pictures when I go there again.

Here is Mustard, a Male neutered Dwarf cross.

Not sure why there are so many blue eyes and I am no expert on genetics. Maybe Taryn can help.

 

[LuvaBun]

MyHeart - I was very curious too as where the blue eyes came from - I have never seen so many blue eyed rabbits. I think I will ask in the Rabbitry forum. There was one (well, more than one, but..... ) that really caught my eye called Peppermint, a Dutch with really piercing blue eyes. There was a mother and daughter that were interested in him too.

Stan, I know, the Shadow programme of getting two for one adoption fee is a great way of getting two friends. I did notice that they were paired mainly as male/male or female/female even on the neutered/spayed ones. Not sure if they would remain friends as they matured, even if they are fixed. Any ideas, anyone?

I wonder how MyBunnyBabies gets on when she goes today

Jan

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

I think the female/female and male/male thing is because most of the females are being fixed and the males are not (or at least not yet).

There were lots of cute babies and other bunnies. I talked to a lady there that said they had adopted out about 50 rabbits in the last week! There were also a few people in there to adopt when I was there (there was actually about 6 people outside waiting before the place opened).

I dropped off my donations and took a peak at the bunnies. I spent about 2 hours looking at 5 rabbits and I ended up with one beautiful blue eyed adultboy.

His name was Paprika but that will change and he was one of the 200 bunnies brought in last week. He got along great with his adult male friend (and they tempted me to adopt his friend too but I had to say no) and was very calm in my arms. I flipped him on his back and just played with his feet and he had a really good personality. I really think he and Reese will get on great.

 

[myheart]

Hmmmm... You don't really mean that there are dutch with piercing blue eyes in need of a dutch-friendly home? Is Wisconsin close enough to adopt?

myheart

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Pet_Bunny wrote:

I should point out that Pet_Bunny also posted this picture of the same boy Iadopted.

 

[LuvaBun]

OMG Laura, I was wondering if you would get one . They were beautiful, weren't they, and Paprika is just a beauty!

Wow, I didn't realise so many would go so quickly! Were there many left? I mean, I think they only put up 49 of the new ones for adoption.

I am so pleased for Reese, they will make a lovely couple

Jan

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

They have quite a few still but not nearly the amount that Pet_Bunny showed in the pictures. But I think they had only put up 49 last week because that is all they had managed to evaluate (they also still have babies in foster care)but the lady told me about 50 had gone through but she was just estimating!

A lot of the 'colorful' blue eyed ones are gone. Like the vienna marked harlequins are all gone.

Rabbits tend to sit in the shelters for a long time around here, so I hope this isn't just a bunch of spur of the moment decisions. But they moved faster because they definitely had a extra cuteness factor!

 

[Pet_Bunny]

Congratulations Laura! You never cease to amaze me. You have such a kind heart for stepping up and helping out the shelter.

I really hope this works out for Reese.

 

[BSAR]

Pet_Bunny wrote:

Oh my goodness! I want that black magpie!!! I just love harlequins, especially black magpies!!!!! that bun is so cute!!

 

[Pet_Bunny]

I spent the afternoon at the Shelter today.


[align=left]I want to make very clearthat any animal can stay in our Edmonton Humane Society shelter for as long as they need.They have NO TIME LIMITS! As long as the animal remains stable and healthy intheir care, it will remain available for adoption. Because of the No-Kill Policy, the shelter reserves the rights to refuse to take in more animals if they are at capacity. So lets help the shelter in adopting the rabbits, so no animals are turned away.
Now for the good news. 21 bunnies were adopted over the weekend! :bunnydance:
Today I saw Thumper and Rocky go to a new home. :bunnydance: :bunnydance:
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Thumper

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[Evey]

oh, that's so great!! I'm happy things are working out

-Kathy

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

I'm banning myself from ever visiting the humane society again... LOL. I get way too tempted. It was so hard for me to leave with just one yesterday. I looked at 5 and I had a really hard time picking between them.

There was one black magpie that looked like a mini version of Spice (big kind brown eyes). He was very curious and calm and I would have adopted him right then and there but he was rather territorial so I had to turn him down.

I think the EHS has been getting the news out quite a bit and I think it's attracted way more visitors than it would have normally especially with the selection -- makes it worth while to go and visit.

I'm really glad these guys are going so fast because I was worried that a lot of them would sit in the shelter for a long time. I just hope they stay in forever homes and don't get returned a few months down the line.

 

[myheart]

Okay now.... Maybe these pictures are not such a good idea anymore. If I can't have one of these babies, I would rather not see how cute they are ....

myheart

 

[Pet_Bunny]

myheart wrote:

Maybe these pictures are not such a good idea anymore. I would rather not see how cute they are ....

There were 45 thatwereavailable for adoptions on Tuesday. The rest were on hold, or waiting for operations, or being fostered.

You sure you don't want to see the pictures from Tuesday?

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

I want to see them!

 

[LuvaBun]

Me too.I want to see who is still there !

I'm so happy Thumper got a home . I was talking to her on Saturday, and she kept thumping at me - such a cutie

Jan