Visiting Heartland Rabbit Rescue

Originally posted Mon. July 31, 2006 -- 9:15pm (CST)

Hi y'all! Hope this finds you well. The rabbits I wrote about last time got me thinking about, well.... Rabbits! I've thought about getting a house rabbit before--But, I don't have much in the way of "real world rabbit experience", and wanted to get some before making the leap(bunny hop?). Soooooo, i've been down the last couple of Saturday mornings volunteering at Heartland Rabbit Rescue, a rabbit shelter about 40 minutes south of here in Blanchard, Oklahoma. It's a delightful place where down-on-their-luck-bunnies can get sanctuary, and hopefully, a new start in a loving home. The place is run by a lovely woman named Jeannie, who gave me an orientation in rabbit care. But enough with the info! Here are some cute pictures of the rabbits I saw. Btw, all of these rabbits are available for adoption at Heartland.

This is Natalie, a gorgeous reddish mini-lop. Like most rabbits she was constantly moving and investigating everything, so it was hard to get a good picture. I kept getting "half-butt pictures" as she hopped away.

This is Harry, a Fuzzy Lop who was recently bereaved from his bonded lady rabbit. They're trying to bond him with Natalie now. Fuzzy Lops are half angora, hence the fuzz. Sitting there blowing in the wind(left), he looked like a long-haired sheep on the windswept Mongolian plains!

Although most rabbits don't like to be held, some go into this "trancing" thing when laid on their backs, and become very docile. The right picture is me holding Harry, just like a baby. A really, really FUZZY baby.

This is Willow, a lovely female mixed breed. She is larger, probably about 10-12 lbs.You can see her looking out of the exercise pen, wanting to go exploring. I gave her a pine cone to play with, and she very gently and delicately chewed it to smithereeens!! She was the most curious about me, and hopped all over me as I sat on the ground.

This is Woody, a male checkered Giant. You can see Jeannie holding him, and then laying him on the ground when he was "trancing". This 2nd picture made us all laugh our butts off! Did I mention this is another giant rabbit breed, like 12-15 pounds?

He laid there like that until we started to move around, and then POOF! He was awake and on his feet...

...And then was away in a flash! This "butt shot" is what 90% of my photos looked like.

For more info about Heartland you can click here to check out their website, or their very entertaining bunny blog. You can donate or sponsor a rabbit through their website if you want to. The blog has a really cute video of a day in the bunny play yard. It had this adorable picture of Harry posing in a field of wildflowers, sticking his TONGUE out. Is it "Rabbitude"?

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