Volume 4, Issue 4 - November 2004
It is a great pleasure to report that four of our special needs pairs are now in loving homes:
- Wendy and Julian are sharing a room (and the whole house when someone is home) with an 8-1/2 year old male rabbit who recently lost his mate.
- Buster and Baby Doe have a room of their own and two people who dote on them and happily(!) put up with their messes.
- Our beloved Jack died inexplicably, but his two buddies--Pippin and Becker, have joined Saturn, Gemini, and Holly Lenoir--in their home.
- Phoebe and Foster will be sharing Lisa Lene LaPierre’s home with her other bunnies.
The following twelve special needs rabbits remain with us. They would dearly love to have families to cherish, care for them and give them a forever home.
Dasher and Chance - Born in 1999 and 2000, respectively, this pair of mixed-breed rabbits are not likely to ever be adopted. Both are perfectly healthy. Dasher is friendly, Chance slightly shy. In spite of being here all their lives (Dasher was born here, Chance came as an infant), inexplicably, they have not been adopted.
Owen Earl and Gazelle - Born in 1999 and 2000, respectively, these rabbits are also passed by for younger and cuter rabbits. Owen Earl, a big white bunn, is especially friendly. Gazelle, a white and pumpkin-colored rabbit is a little shy, but makes up for it with her entertaining antics.
Pierre and Francis - Born in 1998, these two were adopted, and lived as house-rabbits, until their young mistress left home for college. Then her parents decided to treat them as “rentals” and returned them, because it wasn’t convenient to keep the bunnies any longer. This is incredibly unfair to Pierre and Francis. No one wants to adopt older rabbits, when there are plenty of younger ones available. Pierre is a friendly, grey, mini-rex. Francis is a slightly shy, black, dwarf mix.
Holly and Omar (aka Ogakor) - White and grey, and born in 1999 and 2001 respectively, these are two of the “Pueblo lops.” They are healthy rabbits, and very much like all the other “Pueblo lops” in personality.
Bridgette and Suki - Born in 2000, these large chinchilla rabbits are shy. Suki has some serious arthritis that would make living in a sanctuary painful. Big and beautiful, either of these two would happily accept a hus-bunn, but they aren’t willing to share just one. Either would make a nice house-rabbit, although Bridgette definitely needs some socializing.
Huckleberry and Lelani - These two angoras, born in 2001, are golden-brown and black, respectively. Huckleberry has a tendency to have bouts of snuffles. Both are somewhat shy, but easy to hold. The reason they haven’t been adopted is that they are angoras. Their coats must be kept clipped, or if allowed to grow long, must be combed thoroughly every day. Generally, people don’t want to spend that much time on ‘bunny maintenance.'
**Colorado HRS will pay all medical expenses of special needs rabbits who are in the care of permant foster parents.
