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HELP - Two rescued bunnies need a home!
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:36:55 -0500
From: "Dr. Cristina Forbes"
Subject: HELP - Two rescued bunnies need a home!
To: Multiple recipients of list PETBUNNY
Hi, EveryBunny,
We just rescued 2 PRECIOUS baby bunnies from a fruit crate
outside a farmer's market. Thank God a dog didn't discover
them first! The living conditions inside the crate were very
unsanitary (full of their own poop/pee) and the little buns
had NO FOOD (except for an old pizza crust!).
My husband, Craig, went to the market on Monday and the owner
showed these 2 cute bunnies to him. He told Craig that an
employee was going to pick them up that night and take them
home. Craig went the next day to take them a "How to Love a
Lagomorph" RR booklet, which explains the basics of taking care
of bunnies. The employee was not at work and Craig thought
that the bunnies weren't there either. Today we stopped by
again to bring them hay. The employee doesn't want the bunnies
because his dogs don't get along with them. We found them in
a battered, dirty crate in the dumpster area at the back of the
store - unresponsive, dehydrated and starving.
We took them home, put them in a child's playpen with soft mesh
sides, with ample hay (Timothy & Alfalfa), water, and carrot tops.
They ate and drank like little horsies, then started binkying/zooming
around inside their "cage".
These little baby buns are very small and extremely cu-u-ute
(one is light grey/brown and the other is charcoal grey with a
black nose; both have lots of long, straight whiskers). They
LOVE to cuddle and play, adorable and sweet. =:3
Please, if you know of anyone who wishes to adopt these gorgeous
little gems, please call/e-mail us. We would be willing to drive
within a 4-5 hour radius of Miami to deliver them or meet someone
half-way. Maybe, we could even pass them on to other PETBUNNY
people and transfer them olympic-torch handoff style
("Rabbit Express") until we get them to their final destination...
A much more expensive option would be to fly them via Continental
Airlines to a loving owner.
In the meantime, while we find them a home and get them examined
by a local rabbit vet, we have some questions:
o Should we introduce them to our own bunnies, Benny and Bunny Bun,
or do we keep them in a separate room?
o What sort of diseases could be transmitted to our bunnies?
o We saw one "humping" the other, but they appear way too young to
reproduce - can they be sexually active at such a young age?
Thanks for your help, bunny huggers!
Cristina
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