REHOME: IL: Need help finding homes for a few of mine

[gentle giants]

As the title said, this is not easy for me, and is something I have been going over in my head for a while now, and I just can't see any other way.

We found out last monht that my husband's Army unit is getting mobilized, we think in February. That will be about two weeks before our third child is due to be born. As I wion't have him here to help me for at least a year, I am going to have to let go of some of my rabbits. There is jsut no wayI cn keep up with three kids, cats, dogs, and rabbits. The cats and dogs are in the house, so I can care for them more easily than I can the rabbits, who are out in the barn.

If I can even find homes for five or six of them, it will be a big help to me, as that would be a lot less cages to clean and feed to buy and haul. I have gotten some of tehm neutered and spayed, but not all. If it is someone on here that is taking them, someone I know will be a good home, I am willing to let them go for free. So long as I know where they are going! I will not give tehm away to someone who is a stranger. I am going to be taking pics of all of them this afternooon, and will post back here with the ones I can let go of. This has bee really agonizing for me, also because I will have to put my plans to start a rescue on hold indefinalty. I am willing to do some transporting to help out getting them to someone.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

i am so sorry that you have to make this decision, it has to be ssssoooo hard , hopefully someone here will be able to take one , or two, or more sot hat will help ease your mind.



Good luck

 

[gentle giants]

I have pics of two of the guys taken already, Gabe and Buzz. They are both neutered boys. Gabe is a Flemish mix, about 7-8 pounds. He was taken out of an abuse situation by our local animal shelter, adn since they don't have the proper facilities for rabbits they called me to take four of them. A vet tech where they took them for health checks took three more. Buzz is a broken black Holland? Mini? lop buck. He was an owner surrender, the girl that had him was moving and couldn't take him with her.

Gabe is a very sweet, laid back guy, and loves to be around people. He was surprised at first when I petted him, it was like he couldn't decide what I was doing to him. He seems to really like it now, though.

Buzz can be a littel standoffish at first, but I quickly learned the way to his heart is with treats, and the more the better. He is particularly addicted to froot loops.

 

[BlueGiants]

OMG! What a difficult decision to make! You poor thing! My heart goes out to you. I hope things go well for you. Not easy with a baby on the way. I'll keep you and the bunnies in my prayers that you find them all good homes. ray: (And such cuties!)

 

[gentle giants]

Thank you for the sympathy, guys. If I don't seem very responsive, it's because I jsut can't seem to find much to say at the moment. I am jsut sitting here crying right now.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

This is just a thought, but do you think if you taught kids for 4H about the bunnies maybe they would volunteer to come help you when you need some help right then?

Call your 4H office and tell them what's going on. Our 4H will help soldier's families.

Also, there are other organizations out there that might. I would imagine if you put the word out, you could at least get someone to come and help those last weeks you are pregnant and for awhile after the baby is born.

 

[Leaf]

Bo B Bunny wrote:

This is just a thought, but do you think if you taught kids for 4H about the bunnies maybe they would volunteer to come help you when you need some help right then?

Call your 4H office and tell them what's going on. Our 4H will help soldier's families.

Also, there are other organizations out there that might. I would imagine if you put the word out, you could at least get someone to come and help those last weeks you are pregnant and for awhile after the baby is born.

That sounds like a wonderful idea. Here are some websites for soldiers pets who need foster homes:

https://www.netpets.org/netp/foster.php

http://www.guardianangelsforsoldierspet.org/fostering_a_pet.htm

Your situation may be different than some, if you just need time to get back on your feet and settled in withyour new baby. People may be more receptive to a shorter term foster plan, or you may even be able to hook up with a foster that is local to you who could come out and help.

If those routes don't work out, would you be open to having people on the forumtemporarily foster some of them?Decisions could be made on a case-by-case basis, as long as the foster knows its temporary - unless you'd be willing to do a permanant rehome.

 

[gentle giants]

I don't know about the Army foster, teh problem with that is that they all have to be spayed/neutered before they can go into foster, and I can't afford right now to fix all the ones who aren't yet.

If members on here would want to foster that would be a possibility. Some of these guys were going to have to find new homes eventually anyway, because of course I wouldn't be able to keep all the ones i rescued. If anyone would want to foster one of teh bunnies I post on here, let me know and we can talk it over. Like I said, it would be a year to a year and a half that they would need to be fostered.

 

[Snuggys Mom]

OMG! :shock:

Buzz looks just like my Baby girl that I lost in June. Last week I had a dream that I got a male that looked just like her.

I'm so sorry you're having todo this. I knowit must be heart-breaking.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Snuggys Mom wrote:

OMG! :shock:

Buzz looks just like my Baby girl that I lost in June. Last week I had a dream that I got a male that looked just like her.

I'm so sorry you're having todo this. I knowit must be heart-breaking.

So, Buzz isn't too far from you is he?! LOL!

I'll keep the word going out around people I know.

Do you know the breeds you have for adoption yet?

 

[PixieStixxxx]

Your dream was foreshadowing that you should get this bunny!

 

[Leaf]

gentle giants, I do want to help you. I am, unfortunantly, in a hard spot right now. I've posted a bit aboutmy car problemsin the "Let Your Hare Down" section.

I will help, and I will offer to take one in. I've been mulling over this since you first posted. I didn't jump right in because I haven't been able to sit down yet to see what I can affoard to do cage-wise, for vetting, emergenciesetc. I won't know the finaly total for my car repairs until tomorrow, or Monday morning at the latest.

The best I can do at this point is offer within the next few weeks to take one in. I wish I could do more - I know I have offered to help multiple others that weren't as close to me as you are and I know people know I took in several needing homes recently and found them homes. That was all before my car troubles and I hope you don't feel that I'm short changing you in any way.

I'm not, but I have to be fair and realistic - I've incurred almost $1,000 in vehicle repairs this week that I've had to pay out of pocket.

Once my car IS up and running and I feel slightly more financially secure I'll definantly be open to making solid plans if you still have some that need to be rehomed.

 

[gentle giants]

Leaf, please don't apologize! I don't want anyone to feel obligated to take one of these guys or something, just because I posted on here. I know how it feels to have moeny problems, especially unexpected ones like that.

Anyway, here are a couple of more does. This is Sophie. She came from the same situation as Gabe, and is a littel smaller than him, probably about six pounds. She is still rather frightened of people, which is understandable, but does fairly well being picked up and handled anyway. She is spayed.

This one is Lily, and she is of course a Flemish Giant, light grey is her color. She is the daughter of Sally, who is my avatar. She is a little distant, not a very lovey girl, but I have never been able to spend a lot of time playing with her, so she might open up with more attention. She is about seven months, and not yet spayed.

Here she is meeting my cat, Crazy. She is actually about the same size as my cat, she is jsut sort of hunched down in this pic.

 

[maherwoman]

How big are Sophie and Lily?

I have to admit, I'm instantly drawn to Lily...but because she looks JUST like a bigger (much, I'm sure) than my Maisie...Chinchilla buns are SO PRETTY!!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I love Lily. She has a cute face! She reminds me of my Tony. That probably seems odd since she's a different breed and color LOL! She just does for some reason. He's kinda stand offish too. Once you love on him tho he likes it...

 

[gentle giants]

Sophie is about six pounds-ish. Lily is about 14 pounds. She may still grow some, as she is less than a year old.

 

[cmh9023]

Hi,

I don't know where you are in Illinois, but I'm in southeastern Wisconsin. If there is any way I can help with transport, I will.

Cara

 

[TinysMom]

I just want to say that Lily is GORGEOUS. If she were younger and closer - I'd take her in a heartbeat and get her neutered - I think she'd be gorgeous w/ Tiny. But I'm not sure her personality would work well with his...which is the main reason why I'm passing.

Peg

Edited to add: Wait a minute...what is her personality like? Is she aggressive? (For some reason I thought you said she was and then I went back and reread your post). Would she get along with another rabbit?

I want a free-roaming flemish doe (that I'll neuter) for Tiny to have as a companion.

Or at least I'm thinking about it....

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Ooo Tiny might have a little ....... errrrrr BIG girlfriend!!!! :bouquet:

 

[gentle giants]

I have never had Lily show any aggresion towards me at all, even though she is at that age now! She did once manage to break donw the wal between her cage and the one next to her, which also contained an unspayed doe. There was a lot of hair pulling, but neither one of them had any actual injuries, which surprised me. Other than that, since she isn't fixed yet, I haven't had her in close contact with any of my other rabbits, so I don't know what she would be like with a neutered male.