ahhh the easter blush is gone from the rabbit
it seems that people think that pets are a good gift.
THEY ARE NOT. one never knows how a person you know and love will bond with an animal. never ever give an animal as a gift without the recipient having met the animal and being "on board" with the gift.
I have rescued dogs, cats, birds, mice,
gerbles, pigs - and now rabbits.
if you are looking for some good clean family entertainment, put 10 older adults out in a yard and have them catch a rabbit.
very entertaining.
tonight, after working all day at my real job of real estate sales and animal rescue, I headed home looking forward to taking care of my menagerie at home and then curling up with a cup of hot cocoa and the computer.
welllll. that ain't it kid.
got a call. a client of mine had some smart soul drop a rabbit in his front yard. full grown beautiful black rabbit.
he
told me the rabbit was tame.
he
told me you could walk right up to the rabbit and touch him.
he
told me it would be a piece of cake.
he
lied to me.
but it was fun
nontheless.
we caught the rabbit. said rabbit is in a cat carrier on my nieces back porch with a bowl of water, a bunch of celery and several carrots. tomorrow we will search for a kind person with knowledge and experience in the care of rabbits (this is one time i don't want the rabbit to die - if you are of a certain age you will get the joke) and hopefully find a home for the rabbit.
springtime in the shelter
it is springtime. flowers are blooming, pollen is dusting, dogs and cats are roaming and babies are being born.
it is so very important to spay/neuter your animal. there is an abundance of animals in our area, and more are being born everyday. we at shelters bear the brunt of irresponsible ownership. even if you keep your animal in a fenced yard or in the house, the unexpected happens. when an animal gets out and is not neutered, he can "meet up" with an unspayed animal in heat. if the female is a stray, then she is going to have her litter somewhere and someone may or may not find her. sometimes (often times) when a female with a family, gets pregnant, the "owners" don't want puppies, so they dump them. they will dump them where they can be found - sometimes. or they will dump them where they don't expect them to be found. expecting them to starve or die wherever they leave them. sometimes they do die, sometimes they get "lucky" and some kind stranger brings them to us. when they do, more than likely the babies are going to be in poor heath, the momma will more than likely have heartworms and a myrid of other health issues.
when a shelter takes in these poor souls, the shelter is responsible for getting the animal healthy and ready for its forever home. it can take an abundance of time to get the momma over fear of humans, it also can cost many many dollars to get a dog healthy, add that to the cost of a litter and you have got a shelter dependant upon donations struggling. struggling to make it from one day to the next. struggling to help a scared sick helpless lamb of God.
if you are reading this and your animal is not spayed or neutered, please make an appointment immediately. get it done. and if your animal is spayed or neutered, thank you. won't you please consider making a donation for some other lost soul needing help?
in order to survive, the rescued animal and the shelter depends upon it. do it in honor of your beloved pet. do it in honor of some lost soul hoping for rescue and protection.
