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09/02/2010 07:41 AM

Well, I have been going over and over the logistics of trying to get Bun back from the person who has been taking care of her for me during my deployment, and I don't see how I can do it realistically since I will be unemployed and homeless once I leave here (middle east). So I would like some advice on how to go about rehoming her, considering I am halfway across the world and she is in California. The person taking care of her is near Corona del Mar, so if anyone is interested or knows someone I should contact please let me know. She's a wonderful rabbit, litter box trained and spayed and very rarely chews or digs or is destructive in any way. She always had full range of the house when she was with me but I'm not sure what he has set up for her, since we had a falling out and hardly ever talk.

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09/02/2010 08:09 AM
I wonder if you could contact the House Rabbit Society and ask for assistance. They may be able to set your bunny up with a fosterer until you are in a better situation. The HRS does not rehome rabbits, though. If you'd like I can contact them for you.
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09/02/2010 06:31 PM
Would the person taking care of her continue to do so after you get back and settled? Perhaps you can look at it all again then. Things may look different once you're home.
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09/02/2010 06:44 PM
Good idea jers!!!
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09/03/2010 03:16 AM
I agree with Petzy. I am betting that the HRS would be happy to help in some way. They may even be able to help set up transport thru rescue networks.
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09/03/2010 04:49 AM
I'm sorry to hear you had a falling out. Would a reconciliation be totally impossible?
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09/07/2010 07:18 AM
I'm not really interested in a reconciliation actually, and I don't think it would make a difference either way... I'm not going to have a job for a while (I'll be in school full time and need to do volunteer and lab work to augment my application to grad school next summer) so I'm not sure when I would have a spare $500 to fly her out to me. I'll try HRS and see what they can suggest as far as transporting her... Unfortunately, I may just have to resort to craigslist.
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09/07/2010 11:08 AM

Awe.   I hope you can get something worked out.

Oh yahoo groups there was a group that would transport rabbits when they would go to rabbit shows or happen to be in a certain area and pass the bunny to the next person til it reached its destination.

Worked quite well.

I forget the name of the group though.   I got it from a rabbit group that had to do with breeding showing and purebreds.  It has been so long I dont' even remember my passwords for yahoogroups.

Gosh right when you need something you can't remember it.  Maybe it will come to me in a day or so.

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09/08/2010 05:00 AM
If you have decided to give her up, I would caution you to go to Craigslist as the absolute last resort. Since your foster person caring for her now is in a town that you know the location of, I suggest doing a search of shelters and veterinarians in that immediate area to relocate her to a place that will care for her properly and rehome her for you. You can also find rabbit shelters on Petfinder.com by putting in the zip code and seeing what shelters come up. They tend to be the no-kill shelters for bunnies, so you can probably find a good place or network of fosters via their site too.

Craigslist is frequented by snake owners who want small animals for food, and won't hesitate to lie to the person placing the rabbit to obtain it. It's scary. I wouldn't want that to happen to yours.
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10/23/2010 01:09 AM
I just wanted to update you guys and let you know that I may have found a way to get Bun back and I am SO EXCITED! I can't wait to see her again! I was contacted by a woman named Angela from a rescue group in S Cali and she said she is going to try to help arrange a rescue train to get her to me I really really hope it works out!
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10/23/2010 03:49 AM
That is so great to hear!!!! How exciting!! I hope it all works out well for you and Bun! *cheers* Be ready with a camera though...we do start poking and prodding for photos rather quickly!
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10/23/2010 04:16 AM
I will definitely post reunion pictures! By the time I get her back we will have been apart for 1 1/2 years, and considering she just turned three this past summer that is a very significant amount of time so I know there will be some getting used to each other again. I hope she hasn't picked up any bad habits!
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10/23/2010 06:54 AM

I am so pleased to be hearing this, great news!!  Do you mind saying what the name of the rescue group is?   Fingers crossed it all goes ahead smoothly for you and Bun.

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10/23/2010 07:04 AM
Yay! So pleased for you - and excitedly waiting for reunion stories/pics!
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11/03/2010 06:35 AM

I know this doesn't help much but my Husband & Son are visiting family in Washington State & in Northern Oregon- Hood River. They will be driving back to the East Coast on I think around November 15. I am not sure where you live but he could probably pop a bunny in the truck on their return trip. He pretty much goes through Idahon, Montana, Wyoming, Indiana, on through to Eastern North Carolina. Plenty of states in between there as well. I think his route will depend on weather & of course road construction which he hit in almost all states going out to the West Coast. Just let me know if that helps or not. you can email me at [ edited by rabbitpam:  kel3dogs at gmail dot com].

It is nice of you to make the offer. Just letting you both know that posting your email address here is risky. I have rewritten it so the phishing scanners don't grab it, and you can both contact each other from now on via our Message Center. Just click each other's profiles to get a message sent, or go to the message center, compose a message, and select each others' user names from the drop down menu. It's safe, so if you do that, you can simply delete the email address written here altogether. - Rabbitpam

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11/04/2010 08:15 PM

I just remembered the name of the yahoo group

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11/08/2010 01:10 AM
Posted By RabbitPam on 09/08/2010 05:00 AM
If you have decided to give her up, I would caution you to go to Craigslist as the absolute last resort. Since your foster person caring for her now is in a town that you know the location of, I suggest doing a search of shelters and veterinarians in that immediate area to relocate her to a place that will care for her properly and rehome her for you. You can also find rabbit shelters on Petfinder.com by putting in the zip code and seeing what shelters come up. They tend to be the no-kill shelters for bunnies, so you can probably find a good place or network of fosters via their site too.

Craigslist is frequented by snake owners who want small animals for food, and won't hesitate to lie to the person placing the rabbit to obtain it. It's scary. I wouldn't want that to happen to yours.


OMG... at first when I was reading this I was thinking "what's wrong with craigslist? I found all sorts of cute bunnies!" and now I'm horrified... I never thought of using craigslist for snake food! That's horrible!!  I bet they do it cause the bunnies are free  

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11/08/2010 04:58 AM
Sadly that's often true. It's actually not greed to set a posted fee for your bunny, like about $40 (you can always add cage, food, etc.) but the effect is to keep the people who are looking for a free/cheap pet, and therefore are cheap about caring for them properly, from contacting you if you ever post. I don't rule out Craigslist completely, but it can be much more risky than other sources. Once you have been contacted by an interested owner who is willing to pay a solid fee, you can always lower the price for them if it's going to be a good home.

Fortunately, it looks like it's a moot point for this thread!
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