brimmhere wrote:
im very interested in starting up a rabbit rescue.does anyone here do that? im wanting to learn moreinformation on where to start what do i need to do to make sure its alllegit. i find it very sad that there are so many unwanted bunnies outthere. and i have the time (stay at home mom) with 2 boys who adore ourbunnies we have now. we have all the needed funds cages foodsupplies and vet care to do this properly. is there anyonewho could help direct me. i would even be interested in justfostering bunnies until they could find forever homes
thanx so much for this forum! its great to know theres somany people who care for the little fury critters as much as ido.
Hi Hon , First thing you wantto do is get signed up withyour Local ASPCA, Shelters , Breedersetc. Get signed up as A foster Homefor Rabbits ,
ONE! thing you want to be VRY preparedfor is a flood of homelessRabbits , 6 cages is never enough 10 water bottlesis never enough , what ever you have nowisnt going to be enough , I know Yourthinking oh pooh , I amprepeared , But hon your neverprepared , no matter the amountof money , amount ofcages , water bottles and vetting, Please understand I am nottrying to discourage youas a matter of fact I am tryingto encourage you to do this ,but you have to be VERY prepared, I'm notsure if you have seen any of my threadsso a short reacp and i willpost the links at the end .
I do Rabibit and Reptilerescue , I have been doing this for manymany years , and every once in a while iget tossed a curve,5 weeks agowas a bad curve , We had shutdown a bunny mill ,and there was manyfemale rabbits Mostare as healthy assuch a place affords Butthere was one femalewho birthed 9 kits , She is asmallish rabbit , One of herbabies i assume the last oneborn , was what is called a peanut, very devistating most alwaysfatal , The little guy survived for afull 8 days before themother dispatched him .
Be prepared even for as long as i havebeen doing this I was NOTprepared for 3 Doe's to all kindle onthe same day within minutes of each other, At one point thru all this I had 42newborn and week old Kits , all at one time, Although i have had good luckfinding homes for most of the earlierborn Kits , I still have 20Babies in need of a home in 3weeks , ( I know math says22 but 2 are spoken for) Plus i just added 2 more thatsomeone couldnt have any more, And Also at some point thisweek i have 2 geriatric rabbitscoming in with special needs becauseof age , not to mention i justHAD ! to getthe new littleguy from the pet store yesterday. so all toll right now i have 18 adults, 22 babies , 2 coming In thisweekend , and 3 guinia pigs .
Another thing you have to take intoconcideration is Adoptions fees , vetting, little necessities this alladds up and you cant fold itinto Adoption fees,the cost wouldfar out weigh whatsomeone can or is willing topay for a rabbit ,One rabbitover a one month period cancost you $ 200.00 and sorry but that is aminimal cost .
Also when runningrescue , there is a necessity fora clean room , somewhere whereyou can quarenteen any andall new rabbits, Youcnt just bring in a Rabbit and add itto the herd , it should be quarenteened for aminimal of one week , best is two weeks ,Also bear in mind most rabbits you willbe getting in are eitherseverly abused or severly neglected, Special needs are going to come intoplay , (IE: health , disease , malformed , etc ). I think better thanwrite a longer thread asto what is involved maybeyou can PM me and i will giveyou my Instant messenger nameand we can talk thru IM's. But we can slokeep people updated thru the forum ,cause I know they are going tobe as involved as you andI are. heres the linkto some of my threads .
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=6933&forum_id=1&highlight=gypsy
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=6541&forum_id=1&highlight=Lil+Darlin
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=6055&forum_id=1&highlight=Lil+Darlin
