Gus

Gus
Originally uploaded by Little Miss Magic.

This is Gus. He's a rabbit. A very smooshable, lovable, love-sponge of a rabbit. He's the first foster available for adoption through the Speedway Petco location (at which I am the head volunteer!), and he's acclimating really well to being in the store.

He does the most amazing binkies, and he flips his ears around like he's the king of the world. He also turns into a puddle o' bunny if you even pretend like your hand *might* touch him. He will sit still for.ev.er. and let you pet him. It's pretty sweet, and is a real draw for the public!

Alexis Rabbit

Alexis
Originally uploaded by Little Miss Magic.

Miss Alexis Rabbit is looking for her forever home... as you can see, she's looking far and wide. Alexis is a "sexy rexy", meaning she has velvety-soft mini rex fur. She has all the attitude that mini rexes usually have; she was none too happy about being handled to get her in and out of her cage, but once she's out and about she loves to be petted.

Alexis is available for adoption through Indiana House Rabbit Society, and you can meet her at the Carmel Petco location at 116th and Keystone Avenue.

Jacob Rabbit

Jacob
Originally uploaded by Little Miss Magic.

This is wee Jacob. He's only been in foster care for a short time, but he is breaking hearts all over the place, at the tender age of 6 months! The picture doesn't do him justice... he's very soft, and has HUGE feet. He's available for adoption through Indiana House Rabbit Society, and you can meet him at the Carmel Petco location at 116th and Keystone Ave.

Rabbits at Play

Every Tuesday I go to a local Petco store to "exercise" whatever bunnies Indiana HRS has housed in the store. It's a little downtime for me -- I get to sit and read a book while the bunnies play in puppy exercise pens -- but it also serves as some time to edu-macate the public about life with house rabbits.

This week I took an extra shift at the store to give some of our harder-working volunteers a little break. Grover, featured in the video below, was just returned to foster care after only a month in his "forever" home. I don't know the details of his resurrender, but I imagine they just weren't prepared for his brand of craziness. I've known some wild bunnies in my time -- try living with 10 baby bunnies going through puberty at the same time! -- but he plays HARD. He tosses his toys, digs at the floor covering, takes the Nestea Plunge onto his side, kicks his legs high in the air, and has been known to leap over the top of a 36" tall pet pen. Anyway, the video below (though not the best quality) shows just an example of what 15 seconds with Grover is like...



Crazy Rabbit.

Aminals

I have been involved in animal rescue since 2000 -- with rabbits. They're the 3rd most surrendered pet to shelters in the United States, mostly because people don't take the time to become educated about them before they bring them home.

I volunteer as an educator and a fosterer with the Indiana House Rabbit Society. As a non-profit group we're always looking for new ways to fund our organization -- providing memberships to volunteers, paying for veterinary care, paying for long-term care for our sanctuary rabbits, etc.. It adds up! To that end, I've added a link in the sidebar for GoodSearch. It's powered by theYahoo! search engine, and each time it's used it generates a little "green" for the rabbits. And believe me, they love their greens.