Rehoming Bunnies

[LaLa-Po]

WE ARE NOT REHOMING OUR BUNNIES, but my oldest daughter who does not live at home may need to re-home her 2 male bunnies.

Last Fall my daughters fiancé was working on location and the guy he was working for was going to just set 2 baby bunnies free in the wild because he didn’t want them. So my son in law took them home. My poor daughter is very allergic to them and has been taking daily meds to help but with spring coming on and the bunnies shedding even more she has had to be on antibiotics and allergy meds. Nothing is helping her. She is devastated but is going to have to find the bunnies a new home. This is very hard for her and us as we believe when you take on a pet it is a life time commitment. I can not take them as we have a zoo (2 cats and 3 yorkies) at my house and a baby due in July. As it is our bunny room has been turned into my office and my office into a nursery and the bunnies now share a room with my other daughter. 

So my question is how do I find her bunnies a home? I am scared to give them to anyone and I don’t know anyone educated enough to give them to.

They are so freaking cute. This is Bandit, we believe he will be a yr old in Sept.
No she didn’t let him eat a whole apple. She just let him nibble for a minute to get a pic. (just phone pics) 

This is Smokie, and we believe he will be a yr old in Aug. We don’t know for sure just what the man told my son in law. We do know that bandit was teeny tiny when he brought him home. 

[PhotoGirl]

I am so sorry, I didn’t realize LaLa-Po was logged in on my computer. I am the one that made this post.

[Mocha]

Here is what I reccomend you do.

DO NOT give these rabbits away for free unless you want them killed. A lot of the times, free rabbits are used as snake food,training pitbulls to fight, and other animal torture ways. Charge a minimum adoption fee of $50 dollars and screen your adopters.

There are a lot of pet adoption sights such as Petfinder where you can list these rabbits. But make sure to interview the adopter first.

Finally, you can give the rabbits to your local animal shelter. I would suggest that you don’t give them to a high kill shelter though.

Hope I helped.

[PhotoGirl]

I will definitely be screening. I would prefer to give them to someone who has bunnies/experience with bunnies. These bunnies are indoor bunnies and I prefer it stay that way.

I would drive hours if it meant finding them a good forever home.

[Stickerbunny]

You say she has allergies – has she been tested as being allergic to THEM though? Or is it their urine or hay (the two most common culprits)? There are ways to help if it’s not their fur, to at least give her time to find good homes anyway.

Make up a set of questions you want them to know. How many rabbits have they had? Where did they live? What would be an example of the diet they plan to give them? What sort of setup do they think they will have for them? How often will the rabbits be let out to play? etc

Charge a rehome fee, just to weed out the people looking for free pets. If you find a home that you LOVE and think will take excellent care of them, you can waive the fee. The fee should be small, so it doesn’t look like you’re selling them, but large enough to make them not tempting snake food. People will lie to your face to get free snake food and such and claim to give them all sorts of stuff. There are people who take their children to pretend to fawn over animals that are “free to good home” and promise all sorts of care, then use them as bait animals in fighting rings too. Free is just a bad idea.

You can also ask for references. If they have pets already, they should be able to reference their vet.

[PhotoGirl]

She has been tested. it wasn’t to bad when they were tiny so at first she didn’t know what was making her sick. She is allergic to the bunnies, and the hay. We also found out she was allergic to birds with the test.

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