Too Many Bunnies Rescue
Gives A Home To Those With A Spring Still In Their Step
Contributed by Quinn Mulkey
Easter is coming…
The bunnies at Too Many Bunnies Rescue are pets people no longer want and so they’ve released them in a local park thinking they’ll be fine. They won’t. Or they come from local shelters who call before they have to euthanize a perfectly healthy bunny simply because they don’t have enough space. Some come from hoarding situations where as many as 20 to 30 might be rescued at a time. And others come from breeders or Christmas tree lot petting zoos – bunnies no one wanted to take home. Linda gives them a loving, happy, safe space where they’re consistently fed, get the right care, bond with other bunnies, and have a chance to find the right forever home.
In addition to rabbit care, Too Many Bunnies Rescue focuses on education. This is where you come if your child wants a bunny for Easter. Linda encourages a chore chart at home as a first step in getting a child to demonstrate their ability to consistently be responsible. For children already used to a chore chart, Linda suggests adding 15 minutes a day of some additional chore so the child can better understand the time needed daily simply to feed a bunny and clean its living space. And that doesn’t include the additional time needed to love a bunny so that it becomes the best possible part of one’s family. Another great way to learn what it takes to properly care for a bunny is to visit or volunteer at Too Many Bunnies Rescue – simply email Linda to set up a time.
“We are a “no kill” organization run completely by volunteers who are dedicated to finding loving homes for domestic rabbits.
Service groups who’d like to help make the backyard rescue space welcoming and functional are welcome and appreciated!
Donations to support Too Many Bunnies can be made out to the Whiskers and Tails Foundation.
Things Linda would like families to know before they bring a bunny into their home:
- Vaccinating for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease is essential. This highly infectious virus causes pet rabbits to become deathly ill overnight, suddenly … and with no warning signs, the rabbit dies.
- Strongly consider adopting instead of buying. Many bunnies at the rescue are former pets purchased as babies that were taken from their mother’s too young because people will pay more for cute and little. These bunnies end up sick and turned over to
Linda for urgent and expensive care.
Test your bunny knowledge:
- Did you know there is a right way and a wrong way to hold a bunny? And that while most don’t like to be picked up, they will happily sit in your lap for a snuggle?
- Did you know that, to bunnies, a carrot is like a Snickers bar so they shouldn’t eat too many? Instead, they’d much prefer the green tops!
- Did you know, a properly cared for, a pet bunny will live and love you for twelve years? Some can live up to sixteen years? Are you ready for that commitment?
- Did you know bunnies are considered to be exotic animals and so require a vet with exotic pet experience? This care can be expensive.
