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Staff Week 2008 Crafter's Fair
When: April
24th, 2008, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: Armory, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Note: Event
is open to OU Staff only.
As part of
the OU Staff Week, there will be a craft fair at the Armory from
10 am to 2:00 pm. HRR will be there to talk about adopting rabbits
and will be selling a variety of unique items made by some of
our talented volunteers to raise money to help the needy rabbits
at Heartland. Over 50 crafters will participate with a variety
of items to choose from, including jewelry, purses, flipfops,
and other interesting crafts. BBQ sandwiches will be available
for $3. Free drinks.
The Hourly
Employees Council will also sponsor the ice cream social from
10:00 to 2:00 in the Armory. Celebrity Ice cream scoopers Nick
Hathaway, Clarke Stroud, Paul Massad, Chief Woollen, Theta Dempsey,
Matt Hamilton, Dennis Aebersold, Loretta Early among others will
be glad to serve you. Come out and enjoy the ice cream and the
cookies.
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Wildcare
2008 Baby Shower
You and your
friends and family are invited to the annual Wildcare Foundation
Baby Shower, Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the Wildcare
Foundation in Noble, OK.
Heartland
Rabbit Rescue will be onsite to provide information about adopting
rescued rabbits. You will be able to learn about adding a house
rabbit to your family and browse through our bunny book as an
introduction to the rabbits at our rescue that need happy homes
like yours.
Take advantage
of this rare opportunity to see some of the infant animals that
are being cared for in the Wildcare nursery as well as more than
400 faces growing stronger at Wildcare. Tour the outside enclosures
while the animals recover and provide dinner for a raccoon, fawn,
blue jay or hawk. Come out for a fun, animal-filled afternoon!
Wildcare is
a hospital and health care facility for all wild animals native
to Oklahoma. For more information and directions, please visit
www.wildcareoklahoma.org.
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Way to Help the Rabbits During Your Holiday Shopping!
With the hustle
and bustle of the holidays, so many of us are turning to the internet
to conquer our holiday shopping lists. It's easy, convenient and
almost every store we love to visit is on the world wide web.
Even better, shopping online gives us an opportunity to contribute
to our favorite charities with just a couple extra clicks and
no extra cost!
This holiday
season, please keep Heartland's homeless rabbits in mind while
shopping online with these great charitable tips:
Amazon.com
No explanation needed here…Amazon.com is a goliath of online
shopping! If you plan on ordering some gifts from Amazon this
year, please visit our site first and use the link on our sidebar.
Just one extra click and Heartland's rabbits will receive a donation
of 4% of your total purchase price.
Goodshop.com
New this year, GoodShop
is an addition to the popular charitable search engine, Goodsearch.com.
Simply visit their site, specify "Heartland Rabbit Rescue"
as your charity and click on any of the store links on their site,
including Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Target, Kohl's, Best Buy,
Macy's, Old Navy, iTunes, Fandango, and so much more! Just use
the links on the GoodShop
website and the retailer will donate a percentage of your purchase
price to help Heartland's rabbits.
iGive.com
iGive.com
has over 680 online stores to choose from, including all your
favorites! Visit their site, specify "Heartland Rabbit Rescue"
as your charity and start shopping! By using the links on their
site, the retailer donates a percentage of your purchase price
to Heartland. It's that easy! As an added bonus, iGive.com
will donate an additional $5 to Heartland's rabbits the first
time you use the site, so give it a try!
Just an extra
click or two can go a long way to helping Heartland's rabbits
in need this holiday season. With all three sites, you can help
the rabbits with your holiday shopping with no additional cost
to you, so please keep us in mind while you shop online this month
and throughout the year!
We hope
you all have a safe and Hoppy Holiday!
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Holiday
Ornament Fundraiser 2007
 The
Bunny Store & More is rolling out their Second Annual
Holiday Fundraiser! The Bunny Store will donate $1 for every ornament
sold this holiday season. You simply need to put the name of our
rescue, Heartland Rabbit Rescue, in the "Annual Holiday Fundraiser"
textbox when checking out. Please visit the link below to view
the assortment of bunny holiday ornaments.
Bunny
Holiday Ornaments: http://www.thebunnystore.com/bunnyornaments.htm
They will
make a wonderful addition to your own holiday decorations or as
gifts for the animal lovers on your shopping list, and your purchase
helps Heartland's homeless rabbits this holiday season!
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us at the Holiday Creative Crafts Festival!
When: November
23rd& 24th, 2007, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Norman, OK
 One
of the finest craft shows in Oklahoma, the Holiday Creative Craft
Festival features the finest hand-crafted, specialty and novelty
items at each show with truly unique gifts and a large variety
of seasonal items. Admission and parking are always free! We at
Heartland are excited to take part in the craft fair again this
year and hope you'll stop by to share in our excitement. We'll
have our Rescued Rabbit Notecards for sale (great for gifts and
all those thank you cards after the holidays!) and our Rescued
Rabbit Holiday Cards featuring ten of our rescued rabbits experiencing
the magic of the season. Our Holiday Cards are a great way to
embrace the spirit of giving by supporting the rabbits in need
at Heartland and to send out a unique and delightful holiday message
to loved ones. In addition to our cards, we'll also have a variety
of handmade crafts for the special people on your shopping list,
including holiday totes (see picture on the right), pillows,
and wall hangings, decoupaged terra cotta pots, needlepoint warmer
towels and bookmarks, handknit gifts, snowman draft stoppers,
and more! Many thanks to all of our crafty volunteers for volunteering
their time and expertise in making all of these wonderful holiday
items for our craft table to help raise money for our rescued
rabbits in need this season!
All
proceeds from purchases go directly to helping the rescued rabbits
at Heartland Rabbit Rescue. Come out and join usto make this holiday
special for some very special rabbits!
For more information
about the craft fair, please visit their web site at www.clevelandcountyfair.org.
We hope to see you there! Happy (or Hoppy, as we like to say)
Holidays!
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Paws
on Parade 2007
When: Sunday,
October 21, 2007
Where: Stars & Stripes Park at the Lake Hefner Trails
 Join
us this weekend at the Paws on Parade 2007! Heartland will have
an information booth to spread the word on the the joys of having
a rabbit in the family. Paws on Parade is a fun-filled day including
a dog walk, doggie demonstrations, contests, activities, entertainment
and more! This year's theme is Howl-o-ween. All proceeds benefit
the Volunteers for Animal Welfare's (VAW) SPOT Clinic, providing
low-cost, high quality spay/neuter services for low income families.
For more information, visit their website: www.vawokc.org.
Hopping to see you there!
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Mystery
Bunny Contest!
 Update:
Congratulations to Ms. Sarah Stevens of Oklahoma City, winner
of our first Mystery Bunny Contest! Check out the "reveal"
pictures on our blog.
WHO IS
OUR MYSTERY BUNNY?
Send your
answer to heartlandrabbitrescue@yahoo.com.
The first one with the right answer will win a $25.00 STARBUCKS
gift certificate, donated by Layla Fowler (Thanks so much, Layla!).
HINT: This mystery bunny is also featured on our adoptable
rabbits page!
The winner
will be mailed the gift certificate or may pick it up on Sunday,
Oct. 21, 2007 at Paws
on Parade at Lake Hefner where Heartland will have an information
booth. Everybody is invited to come see us there and enjoy a fun
day with pets and family!
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Worldwide
Rabbit Love + Appreciation Day!
24 Carrot
Lane, home of the Bunny's Magic Dream Cottage, has proclaimed
this Friday, August 24th, to be the first annual Worldwide Rabbit
Love + Appreciation Day!
 This
special day is all about encouraging rabbit parents everywhere
to do their small part to spread the word about responsible rabbit
guardianship, to let others know how intelligent and affectionate
rabbits can be, and to remind everyone that they CAN make a difference
for the better, which will ultimately help to reduce the number
of rabbits surrendered to shelters. Tania of 24 carrot lane has
several suggestions on how you can do you a bit of good where
you are, in honor of rabbits everywhere. Check it out the following
link for more information: www.24carrotlane.com/rabbit_love.shtml
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HUGE
Yard & Bake Sale!
One Day Only
- Rain or Shine - No Early Birds, please!
When: Saturday,
July 21st, 2007, 8 a.m. - ???
Where: 4720 NW Cheryl Blvd., Lawton, OK 73505
Come out and
join us this Saturday at our HUGE Yard & Bake Sale in Lawton,
OK. We have ten families contributing to the sale and we're still
counting! We have a wonderfully diverse collection of items, including
furniture, home décor, kitchen items, books, antiques,
electronics, craft supplies, holiday decorations and collectibles,
rabbit collectibles and much more!
All
proceeds from the Yard & Bake Sale go directly to helping
the rabbits in need at Heartland Rabbit Rescue.
Please stop
by and help us raise funds to replace our aging water bottles
and replenish our depleted emergency vet and spay/neuter fund.
Donations
for either the yard or bake sale are still being accepted!
If you have some items to donate or would like to contribute some
goodies to the bake sale, please call, 405.830.4646, or e-mail,
heartlandrabbitrescue@yahoo.com,
by Wednesday, July 18th, so we can arrange for drop off or pick
up.
We will also
have a table with information on Heartland and rabbit adoption,
so if you are considering adopting or know of someone who is,
we hope you'll stop by and we'd be happy to answer any questions
you may have.
We hope to
see you there!
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Craft
Fair & Easter Baskets for Sale!
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Join
us this Saturday, March 31, 2007, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for
the Cleveland County Spring Creative Craft Festival at
the Cleveland County Fairgrounds! We will have Easter
baskets for sale, both for kids and those who are still
kids at heart, our Rescued Rabbit Notecards (great for
gifts!) and a variety of crafty treasures made and donated
by some of our talented volunteers. Parking and admission
are free so come on out, find some great Easter gifts
and help the rabbits have a happy Easter, too!
Girl's
Basket: Stuffed Bunny Toy, Hairy Bunny Magnetic Drawing
Board, Pez Candy & Dispenser, Hershey Kisses Bunny
Face, See Like a Bunny Sunglasses, Bunny Drinking Straw,
Sweet Tart Lollipop, Fun Dough, Hard Candy with Whirling
Face Toy, Bunny Sidewalk Chalk, Bunny Pouch Necklace Craft
Kit
Boy's
Basket: Magic Kit/Deck of Magic Cards, Hairy Bunny
Magnetic Drawing Board, Pez Candy & Dispenser, Hershey
Kisses Bunny Face, See Like a Bunny Sunglasses, Bunny
Drinking Straw, Sweet Tart Lollipop, Fun Dough, Sports
Candy, Bunny Flinger Flyer Craft Kit, Magic Grow Animals
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Sponsor
a Bunny for your Honey!
 February
is national Adopt-a-Rescued-Rabbit
Month and in celebration we are offering a special sponsorship
opportunity for Valentine's Day. As a special gift for sponsoring
a rescued rabbit during the month of February, you'll receive
a Valentine's Day themed sponsorship certificate complete with
your rabbit's photo and a special Bunny Kisses token to present
to your honey on Valentine's Day. The certificate and small token
is in addition to the traditional sponsorship gifts including
a photo of your rabbit suitable for framing, a fridge magnet featuring
your sponsored rabbit and updates on how your rabbit is doing.
Sponsorship
is only $30 a year and goes a long way to improve the quality
of life for your sponsored rabbit. Show your honey your softer
side and present him or her with a sponsorship in his or her name
this Valentine's Day. You can choose the rabbit you would like
to sponsor or we can choose a needy rabbit for you. You can pay
for your sponsorship by PayPal or by check sent to Heartland Rabbit
Rescue, P.O. Box 224, Blanchard, OK 73010. Once we receive your
sponsorship donation, we'll contact you to arrange your sponsorship.
You can either pick up your certificate and token at the rescue
or at one of our adoption events, or we can ship it to you for
an additional shipping charge of $2.50. If you require shipping,
please make your donation for $32.50.
Thank you
for your support and we hope you have a wonderful Valentine's
Day!
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us at the Holiday Creative Crafts Festival!
When: November
24th & 25th, 2006, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Norman, OK
One of the
finest craft shows in Oklahoma, the Holiday Creative Craft Festival
features the finest hand-crafted, specialty and novelty items
at each show with truly unique gifts and a large variety of seasonal
items. Admission and parking are always free! We at Heartland
are excited to embark on our first craft fair experience and hope
you'll stop by to share in our excitement. We'll have the new
edition of our Rescued Rabbit Notecards for sale (great for gifts
and all those thank you cards after the holidays!) and our new
line of Holiday Cards featuring ten of our rescued rabbits experiencing
the magic of the season. Our Holiday Cards are a great way to
embrace the spirit of giving by supporting the rabbits in need
at Heartland and to send out a unique and delightful holiday message
to loved ones. In addition to our cards, we'll also have a variety
of hand-made crafts for the special people on your shopping list.
All proceeds from purchases go directly to helping the rescued
rabbits at Heartland Rabbit Rescue. Come out and join us to make
this holiday special for some very special rabbits!
If you can't
make it to the craft fair, but would like to purchase either our
Rescued Rabbit Notecards or Holiday Cards, you can order them
online through PayPal.
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Notecards
(set of 6, variety) $8
Holiday Cards (set of 12, variety) $16.00
Each
set includes envelopes and is secured with a ribbon. A shipping
charge of $2.00 for the first set and $0.50 for each additional
set will be applied to each order. Tax is included in the
price.
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You can also
pick up your card order at the craft fair or contact us to arrange
a visit to pick up your cards at the rescue while having the opportunity
to spend time with the rabbits. They enjoy getting attention from
visitors! When placing an order through PayPal, please make sure
to specify which cards you are ordering, the quantity, and include
the appropriate donation amount including shipping charges if
applicable. We'll contact you by e-mail about whether your order
should be shipped or will be picked up upon notification of your
donation. You can also contact us directly to place an order by
phone at 405.830.4646 or e-mail at heartlandrabbitrescue@yahoo.com
if you'd like to pay by check. Supplies are limited so don't miss
out!
For more information
about the craft fair, please visit their web site at www.clevelandcountyfair.org.
We hope to see you there! Happy (or Hoppy, as we like to say)
Holidays!
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Search
the Internet and Raise Money for Heartland Rabbit Rescue
What if Heartland
Rabbit Rescue earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?
Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue,
about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate.
You use it just as you would any search engine, and it’s
powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com
and be sure to enter Heartland Rabbit Rescue as the charity you
want to support. Just 100 of us searching twice a day will raise
about $730 in a year without anyone spending a dime! Those pennies
really add up!
Use GoodSearch.com every time you search the Internet, and be
sure to spread the word!
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Protect
Your Rabbit from Dangerous Summer Temperatures!
We're in the
middle of a dangerous heat wave with temperatures well into the
hundreds across Oklahoma. This is an extremely dangerous situation
for domestic rabbits. Rabbits have a very low tolerance for heat
and temperatures over just 80 degrees Fahrenheit can cause heat
stroke.
If you have a rabbit that lives outdoors, we urge you to bring
your rabbit indoors into an air conditioned environment during
the hot daytime hours. Ideally, rabbits should live indoors year
round to protect them from temperature extremes. You can also
click on the following link to read additional information to
help keep your rabbit cool in the summer: http://www.3bunnies.org/bunnyAC.htm
Pass this information along to anyone who may be housing a rabbit
outdoors. Please take care of yourself and your rabbits in this
dangerous summer heat.
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Thank
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We'd like
to extend a big overdue thank you to the four gentlemen that came
out to help us prepare for our open house held in April. As participants
in OU's 2006 Big Event, Brandon Watson, Samuel Yazzie, Jr., Ricky
Reed and Colin Wagner from the OU Finance Association generously
gave their time and effort to help us with the huge task of giving
the warrens a good spring cleaning. As a result of their efforts,
the warrens looked great and we were that much more prepared for
our open house on April 9th.
We'd also
like to thank everyone that attended the open house and those
that purchased Heartland's Easter baskets. We were able to sell
every one of the baskets we made, making the fundraising effort
a great success. We're hoping to have another open house in the
fall, so stay tuned!
Thanks again,
guys, for all of your help and we wish you much success in all
your future endeavors!
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2006
Festival of the Pet
When: Saturday,
June 3rd, 2006, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Oklahoma Expo Hall (formerly the Made in Oklahoma building)
We invite
you to join us at Best Friends' 2006 Festival of the Pet, a fun,
indoor community event where people and their pets enjoy time
together participating in contests, shopping, visiting exhibits,
watching demonstrations, and possibly adopting new pets. Activities
include the Parade of Pets, Blessing of the Pets, demonstrations
including frisbee, obedience, search and rescue and agility, and
over fifty exhibits and vendors in a family-oriented atmosphere.
Pets of all kinds will be represented, including rabbits!
Heartland
will be on site with some of our ambassador rabbits to give you
a glimpse of the joys of having a rabbit in the family. We'll
have tons of information to share with you and will be glad to
answer any questions about the world of rabbits. We'll also have
our bunny book featuring all the delightful rabbits at Heartland
looking for a happy, forever home.
Admission
is only $5 and all proceeds benefit SNAP, Best Friends' community
Spay/Neuter Assistance Program, the first of its kind in the area,
designed to assist new parents with the cost of having their pet
spayed or neutered and to help control pet overpopulation. Best
Friends of Shelter Pets is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization
formed in 1994 with a mission to end pet overpopulation and help
pets in animal shelters.
Come on out
for a fun, educational day...we're hopping to see you there!
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Wildcare
2006 Baby Shower
You and your
friends and family are invited to the annual Wildcare Foundation
Baby Shower, Saturday, April 22, 2006 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the Wildcare
Foundation in Noble, OK.
Heartland
Rabbit Rescue will be onsite to provide information about adopting
rescued rabbits. You will be able to learn about adding a house
rabbit to your family and browse through our bunny book as an
introduction to the rabbits at our rescue that need happy homes
like yours.
Take advantage
of this rare opportunity to see some of the infant animals that
are being cared for in the Wildcare nursery as well as more than
400 faces growing stronger at Wildcare. Tour the outside enclosures
while the animals recover and provide dinner for a raccoon, fawn,
blue jay or hawk. Come out for a fun, animal-filled afternoon!
Wildcare is
a hospital and health care facility for all wild animals native
to Oklahoma. For more information and directions, please visit
www.wildcareoklahoma.org.
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Easter
Baskets for Sale!
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Back by popular
demand, Heartland is offering our Easter Baskets for sale again
this year! For a donation of $15, you have your choice of a girl
or boy basket filled with Easter goodies for the special children
in your life while helping Heartland's rabbits at the same time.
What better way to celebrate all the Easter Bunny has done for
us than by helping all his furry friends in need? Each $15 donation
goes a long way in helping Heartland in caring for our rescued
rabbits, educating the public about house rabbits and finding
happy forever homes for all of our long-earred friends.
You can order
a basket either by contacting us by phone at 405.830.4646 or by
email at heartlandrabbitrescue@yahoo.com
to make payment and pick-up arrangements. We accept cash and checks
made out to Heartland Rabbit Rescue Fund. If you'd like to pay
by credit or debit card, you can use the convenient PayPal service
by clicking on the icon below. In the subject line, please note
the payment is for an Easter basket and include the best way to
contact you. Baskets will be available for pickup at our open
house on Sunday, April 9th. For more details on the open house,
scroll down to the previous What's New post. If you'd prefer to
have the basket shipped, we'll contact you regarding shipping
options. Make this Easter count, and purchase a Heartland Rabbit
Rescue Easter Basket!
Please remember
that Easter and bunnies don't mix - go plush instead! Many bunnies
purchased at Easter are neglected and abandoned shortly after.
If you are seriously considering adding a rabbit to your family,
please know that rabbits need constant care and affection and
can live up to 10 years, making them just as much of a commitment
as a dog or cat. We'd be happy to answer any questions you may
have and guide you in your "rabbit research."
Purchase
an Easter Basket using PayPal:
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We're
having an Open House!
Join us for
our first open house in our new Blanchard location on Sunday,
April 9th! Our doors will be open from 2 - 4 pm, so please stop
by and visit with the rabbits. We'll have snacks, activities for
the kids, and bunnies, bunnies, and more bunnies all waiting to
meet their new families! We'll also have our Easter baskets for
sale and pickup Depending on the weather, we'll have some of our
rabbits out in the play yard to give you the opportunity to see
their personalities shine and experience the "bunnyness."
Please note
that we are not accepting any rabbits at this time as we are over
capacity. The open house is intended to give potential adopters
the chance to meet the rabbits, ask questions, and enjoy a fun
afternoon. If you are interested in adopting, we encourage you
to fill out our adoption
questionnaire and bring it with you to the open house.
Give us a call at 405.830.4646 or email us at heartlandrabbitrescue@yahoo.com
for directions. Hopping to see you there!
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Bunderground
Railroad
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On February 5, Heartland
participated in our first transport for the RabbitWise's Bunderground
Railroad. Five beautiful Florida Whites were transported from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Roseville, California. Many willing
and generous people helped them on their way with rest stops,
treats, and much love and attention.
Jeanette Doty, president
of Heartland Rabbit Rescue, met the Ardmore transporter in Norman
and took the rabbits to Elk City, where she met the transporter
who would take them on to Amarillo. There we took time out to
provide water-drenched veggies, hay and clean bedding. Our part
in this tremendous undertaking was small, but the impact for humans
and rabbits alike is great. We had opportunities to talk with
many generous, great-hearted people who work toward better lives
for all creatures, and it gave us joy to share in making a better
life for five little rabbits.
The last we heard,
the rabbits were well, in high spirits, and on their way to loving
foster homes. Incidentally, only four of the rabbits made it to
California - one was adopted on the way there!
If you would like to
check out the Bunderground web site, the address is www.bundergroundrailroad.org.
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Elizabeth's
a Mama!
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Elizabeth is a little
Dutch that came to us in December with two little boy Dutches.
They had been abandoned in their home where the landlord found
them and contacted us. Our first thought was, "Oh, I hope
she's not pregnant!" We soon discovered that she was as she
diligently began building her nest soon after coming to Heartland.
She was quite skilled at nest building! She gratefully took anything
offered to her, paper plates, bags, and towels to add to her nest
along with all of the fur she pulled to keep her coming babies
warm.
A couple days later,
Jeannie visited the south warren early in the morning to find
seven little babies! They are all very cute and growing fast.
One of the babies, who we've named Buttons, is about one third
the size of the other babies. He's a fighter, though, and always
manages to fill his tummy and wiggle his way to the middle of
the pack for a warm nap. They've already opened their eyes and
their fur is growing in beautifully.
Elizabeth has turned
out to be a great mom! She's very protective and makes sure they
get plenty to eat. She's been eating much more herself - seven
babies, that's a lot of feeding to do!
Needless to say, with
seven new babies, we're in desperate need of foster homes. Before
Elizabeth came, we were already over capacity. If you can find
room in your heart and home to foster one of our rabbits, please
read our section on fostering and
contact us. Also, if you are
interested in adopting on of the babies, let us know. We will
keep you posted when they are available for adoption. For more
information on adopting a rabbit from Heartland, please read our
section on adopting.
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