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One of these rabbits arrived on 24 March 2013 and just in the nick of time. After only four days of being in New Moon’s care, Scarlett gave birth to a litter of ELEVEN babies!! All are doing fabulously well and Mum is doing a fantastic job raising quite the busy little family. Scarlett is already showing much trust in her foster family and even asks for cuddles now (which she always gets).

If we were lucky enough to receive $100 through Pennies for Bunnies we would very much like to put it towards food to feed Scarlett’s little family. It will be many months before they are grown and ready for adoption (after spay & neuters) and these funds would go a long way to providing them with the food they need to grow up big and strong!

We are very grateful for all the love and support we receive from this amazing bunny community and want to thank you for your support now and in the future. With so many deserving rescues and organisations we would be honoured if you would consider voting for New Moon’s bunnies!!

GRR would be thrilled to receive this prize! As you know, vet bills add up quickly with so many bunnies. The rescue of these three has quickly turned into 6 (and who knows how many on the way). If we were to win the 'Pennies for Bunnies' contest, the prize would go directly to our vet to help pay for the spay/neuter surgeries these bunnies will need before they are available for adoption.

Thank you so much for your consideration and for all that you do for bunnies!

$100 would mean so much to us in helping Pancake get the eye surgery he needs. We are going to need $400-$800 to cover the surgery, $100-$200 for blood work before hand, and $100-$150 for traveling expenses, since there are no appropriate specialists in this area. We’re working hard doing grooming out-calls and raffles to raise what funds we can, but we’re still a long way off from the $600-$1150 we’ll need to get this little fella back in action.

Bella is a gorgeous blue-eyed white English angora. She came to Magic Happens Rabbit Rescue from another all-species local rescue that could not afford nor knew how to care for her. That rescue picked her up with head tilt and an upper respiratory infection in May, and she has been being treated at our veterinarian ever since. She tested positive for e. cuniculi, and with a 6-week panacur treatment, her head tilt is much better. Her upper respiratory was cultured and came back as pseudomonas, and was resistent to a couple of the antibiotics we had already tried. We have since tried two more rounds of antibiotics to no avail. We sent yet another sample out to the lab, and it came back resistant to the ones it was susceptible to last time! We are now on our 5th round of antibiotics. We have even taken x-rays of her nasal passages to make sure there isn't a blockage or other problem, but it only showed inflammation. Needless to say, this sweet girl has cost us our savings in vet bills, even with a couple sponsors. Any help we can get to keep her going is greatly appreciated!

We hope to continue taking these rabbits in as long as we have fosters willing and able to provide the wondering loving care that they do. A vote for Rabbit Rescue Inc. is much appreciated and the $100 would greatly help us at this time of year.

Best wishes to all of the wonderful Rescues here working so hard to help the buns.

Jersey's feeling much better, trying to exercise a bit. Sadly, during all this, he had to be on cage rest (we HATE that more than he does!) and has lost his bond to his sister. We hope they can be reunited when Jersey recovers.

One good thing is that Jersey has learned to trust us and is very calm now when we need to give him meds. He takes some of them by himself. He still doesn't like to be lifted, but loves gentle petting.

If we were to win the Pennies for Bunnies grant, we'd apply that to Jersey's vet bills, which are high, but well worth it to save this sweet, lovely little bunny. ==;9)

She underwent surgery to remove the infected tooth and abscess on May 3. She was found to be suffering from osteomyelitis (bacterial infection of the bone) and the changes to the bone were shocking. She is continuing her treatment with daily flushings of the abscessed area, two antibiotics and pain medication.

Josie is doing well with treatment and her veterinarian is very pleased with her progress, however she will most likely require further high-cost surgical procedure(s) to remove a second molar before she recovers enough to find her forever home. She continues her fight every day and has never for one second given up - she is determined to survive this! $100 would help immensely with the medications she needs to fight the fight for her life.

Our rescue fund is quite low right now, and we could definitely use the money to help with spay/neuter, other medical issues, and day to day expenses.

Thank you for your consideration! We know all the worthy rescues out there could use a little help!

One of our members saw Daphne on her next visit and inquired as to why we had not been contacted especially since it was very obvious Daphne was sick and had not been treated. Daphne had thick discharge coming from her nose and was having trouble breathing. It seems the situation was unique, one requiring a verbal agreement from the owner to give up ownership. The owner was unreachable due to health constraints. The shelter was unwilling even to allow us to care for Daphne until the owner could be contacted. We made a bit of a fuss until Daphne was evaluated and put on medication.

Daphne languished within the shelter for nearly 2 months without sufficient medical treatment. Nor was the shelter willing to allow us to take Daphne to our vet for diagnosis and care. The owner was finally available and her response to the shelter's inquiry was to hang up on them. The shelter immediately called us and we rushed to get Daphne.

Daphne has genetically poor quality teeth. They are very unhappy, discolored, and malformed. The roots of her teeth are also inflamed and there is "cloudiness" present in the x-rays indicating trouble. This chronic condition is the cause of the nasal congestion and we are concerned the inflammation/infection may permeate the skull.

Daphne receives acupuncture treatments every 2 to 3 weeks. She is on an oral antibiotic as well as several nutritional supplements to boost her immune system. Daphne also receives Nebulizer treatments twice daily as shown in the photo on the left. She is such a good girl. Daphne sits patiently in our laps shoving her little nose into her pediatric mask taking her meds. She knows the treatments help her feel better!

Due to Daphne's health, spaying is a risk we are not willing to take nor can we do any procedure requiring anesthesia considering her restricted breathing.

Daphne is the sweetest. She loves to play and does her share of binkies. Daphne also loves to cuddle and gives tender little kisses. They are a bit on the wet side but we don't mind at all.

The Pennies For Bunnies Contest Prize of $100 would help us with Daphne's considerable medical expenses. Her antibiotic must be compounded and flavored by a specialty pharmacy and costs $80 for a 2-month supply. Daphne has been with us for over a year and we do not feel it is appropriate to make her available for adoption due to her health issues. Our goal is to provide her quality of life for as long as she is with us.

Right now we are currently battling a few medical issues with some of our rabbits. Lady Mink was part of a big rescue effort in June with several other organizations, but she had a few problems when she arrived. She was blind and was in the beginning stages of glaucoma, so she had to have both eyes removed when she was spayed. She was a little sniffly when she arrived as well and it didn't clear up with rounds of a few different regular antibiotics, so we had special testing done to confirm which type of bacterias (she had two!) were causing the infection and which medication to use. She was on 2 months of antibiotic injections to no avail. X-rays last month showed that she did NOT have pneumonia (yay!). We switched her to a trial antibiotic and so far she is doing GREAT! The new medicine (azithromyacin) is $5 per pill (thankfully she only takes 1/4 at a time!) so her medical bills have really taken a chunk out of our spay/neuter budget over the last few months with the medications, x-rays, testing, and vet visits, much less the spay and eye removal. We also have Tonka who had to have a leg amputated, and Marsha Marshmallow who is now on the new drug as well for the sniffles that she was turned in with, so we have 2 rabbits currently on expensive medication that will continue for at least a few more weeks. We could really replenish our vet fund, as we still have a waiting list of rabbits needing to come to our foster group, and they will need spay/neuter when we have room to take them in!

Gizmo’s leg was severely damaged and required extensive surgery. The vet wired the pieces of leg together in the hopes that they would heal normally. Then she fitted Gizmo with a special cast, which Gizmo will have to wear for the next six to eight weeks.

The cast hasn’t slowed Gizmo down in the slightest! She’s a happy girl who loves pets and cuddling. She’s stolen all our hearts, especially those of her foster families!

Gizmo’s surgery was expensive, and she will require several follow-up visits. Your generous donation will help our little girl get all the care she needs. A huge thank you from all of us at GLRS, and from our little trooper Gizmo!