Rabbit
Haven
Gig Harbor, WA
A shelter and sanctuary for unwanted and mistreated rabbits … until they all have homes.
BABY GALLERIES
It is not unheard of for little
fuzzy ears to come through our doors or to be discovered hiding in Mommy's
tummy upon intake. Yes, baby bunnies are adorable - absolutely
precious. Their tiny little paws, oversized ears that they
will someday grow into and their delicate little noses twitching
relentlessly is enough to fill anyone's heart to overflowing. With
these soft, gentle and loving gifts comes a larger responsibility.
This is why you will find the Rabbit Haven's baby galleries under the Pogo
& Tess Medical fund pages.
There are challenges that come with young ones. An obvious one is that they each will need to be altered. This past summer when Teresa came in tow with Shasta, McKinley, two litters and a third litter she gave birth to shortly after arriving at the Sanctuary, numbers quickly added up to 27 surgeries. The person who deposited his rabbits here left a $100.00 contribution. The surgery bill for altering alone came to $1,620.00. For this year, the numbers increased with Charlotte and her six little ones that came from the Tacoma Humane Society three days after Charlotte gave birth. With no financial support contributed on their behalf, their spays and neuters added up to an additional $420.00. Next came the Lion Head mom and her six babes in tow from a Seattle based animal facility. That is an additional $420.00 in altering expenses to come. These figures do not included the young and adult buns that also came to know Rabbit Haven as their home this year and who also required altering. The second challenge with babies is creating spaces to enable separating as they begin to mature into sexual maturity. At right around four months of age, it is mandatory that boys be separated from the girls. Social issues within these groups can easily dictate more dividing being necessary. There are more considerations and expenses beyond what is mentioned here. Our goal though for these galleries, is to direct focus on the subject of altering pets to help combat the overpopulation issues that we're facing each and every day.
While we hope you enjoy seeing all the pictures of our wonderful baby residents, we also hope that it will help inspire you to actively take part in making a difference. There are many ways you can choose to positively enable a change for the better.
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Spay/Neuter Fund: Financial contributions help enable us to alter each and everyone of our residents prior to adoption.
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Pogo & Tess Medical Fund: Donations help financially enable us to meet the medical needs of our residents with extraordinary medical needs. An emergency c-section would fall under this funding.
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Volunteer: Get involved with a local rescue and help. There are more than likely opportunities to feed, clean and help groom. Rabbit Haven is in great need of more dedicated individuals to join our family.
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Educate: Continue to learn all you can and share your knowledge freely with others. Sometimes the difference between someone making a good choice and a not so good choice comes down to what information they have available to them at that time.
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Speak Up: Share your concerns, ideas and praise at local pet businesses. If you are expressing concerns, please do so respectfully and also follow those concerns with any helpful suggestions you might have. Be equally as ready to hand out praise and make a habit it of it. :)
Below you will find links to pages with the Rabbit Haven babies for 2005 & 2006. Enjoy and keep up your good works!!
2005 BABY GALLERIES
Teresa's
Babies
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2
PAGE 3
Lion
Head Babies
Charlotte's
Babies
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2
PAGE 3
Additional pictures
will be added as they become available.
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