Hoppy Endings

We are having sooooo much fun with Miss Tickle.  Now she has picked up a new trick.  The purple pillow that you see in the picture above is my travel pillow, it has beans in it.  It just happened to be on the floor one day and she started playing with it.  She rolled it all the way over to her favorite spot in the room and laid her head on it for a little bunny nap.  Then she rolled it right back out in the middle of the floor.  LOL!  I am amazed at how smart she is.  Now she likes me to throw it out in the middle of the floor and she will roll it back up to me.  She is the smartest rabbit I have ever seen.  I am going to get it on tape and send it to funniest videos.

Well, just thought that you might like to hear some more about her.

Thanks again for bringing her into our lives.

~ Patti M.

Hi, my name is Barbara, and i am the college student that adopted Marley from you guys about 5 months ago. I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on how Marley is doing. To start off, i guess i should say that we are very grateful for being able to adopt Marley, as he is the most lovable, fun bunny ever. He is so active, and it only took him about a week after coming home with us to start showing his true colors! He is always so excited when we come home and let him run around, and he is quite an explorer! Every chew toy we ever get him is always gnawed through in less than two or three days, and when he destroys his toys, he goes hopping around, looking for other things to gnaw on. He learns very quickly, and he even learned to hop on my chair, then onto my table, and from there onto my bed! He doesn’t enjoy being held too much, but he loves being petted, which is the most adorable thing ever! He loves to eat, and we always make sure to have plenty of tasty snacks for him. I recently took him on a trip to visit my family, and he thrived with all the attention he was getting from everyone! He is a joy to have, and we just wanted to let you know that he is healthy and happy!

~ Barbara R.

Molly Bunny was abandoned in a return bin for dogs. She was taken to the shelter extremely dirty, urine burns on her feet, underweight, and pregnant. Within a day she gave birth to seven babies. Molly and her babies were placed in foster care the next day. Although the babies did not make it, Molly did. She was a very sick and shy bunny at first. With urgent medical care, plenty of love, and much attention Molly blossomed into a carefree, curious, and outgoing bunny.

Her new mom, Alisha, is wonderful. Alisha says Molly’s doing great!!  Molly loves the kids. She sleeps under the table and comes out to explore every now and then, but when the kids come home she follows them around playing and looking to be pet. She is hopping around the house as a super cute pumpkin for Halloween, not minding the costume a bit.  Anson, Molly’s dad, came home one day from after work and found Molly passed out sound asleep on her back with her legs stretched out. He had to wake her because he was worried that she was dead. Molly’s definitely gotten more comfortable in our home flopping about, although this includes taking control of the remote control. She definitely loves to eat the rubber buttons off remote controls making it guessing game as to which buttons are which. We accidentally left it out. She turned it into her chew toy and fast too. I think she got most the buttons off in less than a minute. She has brought lots of joy to our home and done great with other people. We had two of our friends over the other night for dinner and cards. Molly bounced around the living room making sure to visit everyone twice, if not more. She is really cute when Anson’s not home, I’ll be sitting in the living room with her and she loves to sit up on the living room window sill looking out. I always send Anson pictures of her telling him to hurry home, Molly’s looking for him.

We found a great match for our family though the Gainesville Rabbit Rescue and you guys are amazing for what you do.

~ From Mom Alisha

I’ve had Chester for nearly a year and I adopted him from a rescue in Tampa. I was drawn to him because he was a mere 2.5lbs and he had an adorable white nose. When I realized he really needed a companion I began searching. For a few months I owned a 7lb rabbit that a friend gave me but the two buns didn’t seem to get along, even after several months. They merely tolerated each others existence (and the 7lb rabbit had a tendency to steal Chester’s food no matter how much I gave her). After passing her on to another friend I began my search for Chester’s perfect wifey. I needed a bun near his size and I was ecstatic when I found Jasmine. The two buns together look like bookends. Their white markings run in opposite directions and they both have that trademark white nose! Not only are they adorable but they are perfect compliments. Chester is extremely active and barely tolerates being held and groomed but he’ll sit forever getting head rubs. Jasmine is wonderfully cuddly and exactly what I was looking for in a compliment for Chester. I can’t believe I was lucky to find such a wonderful bun. Even after just a few days they were snuggling and grooming each other. I couldn’t be happier.

~From New Mom Carrie Bow

Star was transferred into rescue from a local shelter because her time was up there.  As we did not have a foster family available, she was placed in our emergency facility which is a farm setting.  As she was unspayed and was unable to get the personal attention that she needed there, she developed aggressive tendencies.  When a fosterer became available, Star was placed in a loving home and was spayed.  From that point on, she quickly blossomed into one of the sweetest, cuddliest bunnies ever.

We had the most wonderful 12 pound floppy eared rabbit named Peanut Bunny. Peanut Bunny was very special.  She bonded with my son, who was 12 at the time we brought her home. Every night Peanut Bunny would sit beside Aaron and groom him. After 3 1/2 years she became sick and was sick on and off for about 9mos. While she was sick, I did a lot of Internet searches on rabbits to see what I could do to help her. In those Internet searches I came across the Gainesville Rabbit Rescue site. I thought what a nice idea to rescue rabbits.  I vowed to make sure the next bunny I bring into my home would be a bunny that did not have a “forever” home. In February of 2010 we lost our Peanut Bunny at the age of 4yrs old. In March of 2010 we adopted Daisy, a black and white bunny with helicopter ears. Daisy was scheduled to be euthanized due to aggressive behavior before the Gainesville Rabbit Rescue took her in.

Her foster moms took very good and loving care of her, showing her not to be afraid, and thus stopping the aggression. I have to say they did a wonderful job. Daisy is the sweetest bunny ever! She wants to be loved on all the time. Daisy has become a central part of our family. Every morning she rushes to me to be pet and fed greens- okay to be fed greens and then be pet. Every evening she comes over to us and lays down beside us as if to say, “it is time to pet me!” She will want you to pet her for hours on end, yawning and stretching every so often and then settling down to be pet again. What a great addition to our family. After some consideration we decided to open our home to help other rabbits. Currently we have 3 forever bunnies and 4 foster bunnies. Our home is filled to the brim with bunny love!

 

Vinny came from a local shelter with a mouth that our vet described as a “train wreck” He had numerous health issues and our vet determined he had been neglected for the first five years if his life. When we rescued him he was the saddest, sickest bunny we had ever seen.Due to his ongoing dental issues, Dr. Emerson made the decision he would be a sanctuary bunny and stay in permanent foster care as he was now a special needs bunny. I was honored to be his “Foster Mom”.

After numerous teeth extractions, dental surgeries and a host of other procedures…he came through like a champ. His personality shone brighter and brighter. This once sick, shy boy was gaining a reputation! Everyone loves Vinny…and he loved everybody!

He attended many of our events and was featured in many articles and videos. In the midst of his “popularity” he continued to need surgeries and was and stayed on a diet of mush formula because he was unable to eat hay. He always popped back and was called our “Superstar”. He greeted visitors at the door and knew no strangers. He was our mascot.

He was so loving we brought him to nursing homes for pet therapy where in spite of his own special needs, he brought much joy to the residents! He brought many smiles to their faces. He was just the most loving little boy. He never showed pain and if I thought he was just a little off it was usually a large abscess. He was a trooper…well one last surgery to remove the last five teeth…… After numerous kisses and hugs and well wishes from his Face Book fans…sadly our “Superstar” didn’t make it. It was a long surgery and there were numerous abscesses this time. We were devastated. We are still mourning.

My husband and I are blessed to be able to have loved and care for this special needs boy who loved despite his own issues…if only for a year and a half, he was loved. .He truly had a gentle heart and a valiant spirit….we miss you Vinny.

~ Liz and David

Bosley was adopted by us.  He was abandoned at a vet’s office in Orlando.  He was a ticklish ex-show rabbit.  Because he twitched when he was touched he was abandoned.  With love and care he no longer twitches when he is handled.  He has an extreme dislike of white animals which is amusing to us since he is primarily white.  He loves to sit on top of Zippy (the parakeet) who is fond of pulling Bosley’s whiskers.

~ Susan Ann Tipton and Family

Imo was owned by a lady who became pregnant and was unable to clean his litterbox so she was going to dump him.  We fostered him for over a year before he was adopted by a young man and his girl friend in Orlando.  They wanted an active bunny.  He is that for them.  He now has a free roam of their apartment with his own condo area.  They say he loves to snuggle.  He does not understand when they want to sleep in and bangs his food dishes until they get up.

~ Susan