Rabbits available for adoption today

These are photos taken today of some of the 60 rescue rabbits available for adoption to good homes. They are tame, friendly, desexed, vaccinated, wormed, mite free, good teeth, healthy rabbits.

If you are looking to adopt a rabbit these might win your heart. Rabbits for adoption with all vet work done saves you a lot of money and gives you a healthy pet bunny to make a part of your family. They make great house pets.

To express interest text or phone Kim Cooney on 0416 062 947

I am looking for a loving home. Do you like white rabbits with smokey ears?

Hi my name is SMOKEY and I can be adopted with my friend KEVIN MILKSHAKE 

Hi my name is KEVIN MILKSHAKE and I can be adopted with my friend SMOKEY

We are New Zealand White Rabbits.  We have pink eyes and pure white fur and we are big in size.

I like to sit up on the roof of my Rabbit Tree House at The Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary 

Rabbits like me love to have a shelf to sit on under cover

Mini Lop with Seal Points and Dwarf Rabbit with Molly the Maremma livestock guardian dog

I am a white rabbit with a soft grey on my ears and pink eyes. I am a medium size 2 kg and very tame and friendly

ADOPTED 26 APRIL 2013 BY REBECCA FROM CORINDI (near Coffs Harbour) NSW

Adopted Now

CHOCOLATE BOY (Adopted Now)

ADOPTED NOW by Katrina Poland from Sydney 

I am a beautiful black rabbit. There are only a couple of us at the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary in Northern NSW near Grafton in the Clarence Valley which is in the Northern Rivers area covering Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Casino, Maclean, Yamba etc

I am a REX RABBIT in a velvety chocolate and dark tan colour. I am a talking point  for the visitors to the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary due to my incredible REX RABBIT FUR. I love people and you can come right up to pat me but I'm quite lazy so if you want to feed me a carrot please bring it over to me:)

Rabbit Tree House

The "RABBIT TREE HOUSE" is a feature in each of the big Rabbit Runs at the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary. These bunny shelters provide tons of shade and protection from weather.

Rabbits run up the ramp to enter. They love sitting up high lazing about and watching the view below. The rabbit food stays fresh and dry in the big hopper type feeder purchased from the pet shop at South Grafton with a generous discount.

Our 'Rabbit Roustabout' Evan constructed them with our own timber, pallets from Bunnings and iron sheets thanks to Miranda.

If you would like one in your backyard for your rabbits (and children!) let us know and we will construct for you for a donation for the rabbit rescue fund. Phone Kim on 0416 062 947

BLUEY BUNNY ADOPTED

Susie a local Grafton pet minder came out to visit us as she made a wonderful and charitable decision to adopt a rabbit from The Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary. She chose BLUEY a young chinchilla rabbit as a friend for her own Dutch Lop cross rabbit. He will live freely in her fenced backyard with access to various cosy shelters and best of all a little "Rabbit House" by HoundHouse.

Farewell BLACKIE

BLACKIE a gentle affectionate girl bunny went to her new home today with Lisa for her grandson in Coffs Harbour. She has been with us for quite a while so it was good to see her go to be a house bunny today. We wish you so much happiness big girl.

Rabbits Everywhere!

The front of The Rabbit Sanctuary

Two Bunnies for Adoption

A little female rabbit SALLY and a little male mini lop rabbit FRANCIS are available for adoption from Thursday 21 March 2013.  If you are interested please text or phone Kim on 0416 062 947. 

Baby Rabbit for Adoption to Good Home

Are you looking to buy a baby rabbit? Give the 'rabbits for sale' notices a miss and look at 'rabbits for adoption' as there is so much more that you get. BLUEY will be Desexed and vaccinated, wormed, vet checked, 100% healthy and so cuddly when you get him. He also comes with a rabbit carrier worth $30. WOW! Yes Wow! Call Kim now to get him for yourself! Phone: 0416062947 to entire about BLUEY the baby boy rabbit now! Transport can be arranged to your door or you can arrange a visit to The Rabbit Sanctuary in Northern NSW to meet him.

Gold Coast Rabbits for adoption

If you live on the NSW side of the QLD border ie around the Tweed Heads area we have several beautiful bunnies rescued from the Gold Coast that need loving homes. If you would like to know more about how to adopt one or more of these bunnies please call Kim on 0416062947. Photos can be sent if you would like to see them. You can also text your interest with your phone and email address.

Photos of STEWEY

STEWIE IS A HOUSE RABBIT. He is gentle and very intelligent. He loves pats and treats!

We welcome STEWIE - Cashmere Mini Lop Rabbit

Cashmere lop rabbit STEWIE has arrived at The Rabbit Sanctuary with the help of Rhonda and her daughter April. Wonderful people. Thank you to you both. STEWIE has an amazing personality and is adorable

Giant Rabbit for Adoption

Nirvana Lamat is a gentle giant rabbit with a lovely nature. She is litter trained and you need a big litter tray!! She is a big girl!

This beautiful British Giant is Desexed, vaccinated, wormed, and mite free. She wouldake a beautiful house rabbit pet for someone. She is happy to be cuddled and comes to you for a pat.

Phone Kim on 0416062947 if you would like to visit The Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary to see her or arrange to have her delivered to you.

Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary: QLD Rabbit Daisy for adoption

Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary: QLD Rabbit Daisy for adoption

QLD Rabbit Daisy for adoption

Daisy up for adoption to good home. Found in QLD Sunshine Coast & now at the Rabbit Sanctuary in Northern NSW. She is Desexed, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and healthy with excellent teeth. She is a lilac squirrel colour which is quite bunderfull! She is one year old & 1.87kg

Rabbit Adoptions

Our rabbit adoptions are regular this month. We have seen some beautiful rabbits off to their new loving homes.  Thank you to all those wonderful people who have adopted rescue rabbits from us in February.  The month's not over so don't miss out call or text or email us to enquire about a rabbit or two for your home! Call or text Kim on 0416 062 947 or email rabbitrescuesanctuary@gmail.com

If you would like to help us to rehome rabbits please type our website address into your comment box on facebook or add a link to our site from your website.  Thank you.

Tortoiseshell Cashmere Lop Rabbit at The Rabbit Sanctuary NSW

Valentine's Day Gifts: Give perfume not a rabbit

Rabbits don't make good Valentine's Day gifts. Try giving a designer perfume or fragrance to your loved one instead.  When rabbits are given as a gift the recipient might get a surprise but won't be prepared for the rabbit and know about rabbits and how to care for them. They may tire of the rabbit quickly and then the rabbit ends up at the mercy of the welfare system.  Quite often this means the rabbit will die.  Surely you don't want a Valentine's gift to be a gift of cruelty to animals. Give perfume instead!

After Valentine's Day note...

Well we had only one enquiry for rabbits for Valentine's Day.  It was from a woman with a shop who wanted some to add to her shop window display. We said NO.  

Henry Mini Lop off to NZ

This is a photo of Henry Mini Lop who was adopted from the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary 3 years ago. Since then he has lived as a much loved house rabbit.

He has returned to wait for his turn to sail or fly to New Zealand with his adopted parents Tino and Ami who are embarking on an exciting life changing journey.

Tino has purchased a yacht to sail to NZ. It is his first sail so he will make sure all works out then return for Henry. If Tino thinks the journey by sea would be uncomfortable for Henry or that quarantine procedures would be more difficult then they will fly Henry over via pet transport.

ARTEMIS Silver Martin Rabbit for Adoption

ARTEMIS is a gentle Silver Martin house rabbit.  She is extemely tame and loves to lay across your lap. She will let you handle her and even lay on her back for a tummy tickle.

She is desexed and vaccinated and is available for adoption to a loving home.  Please phone us on 0416 062 947 if you are interested.

She is at the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary near Grafton in Rushforth and can be delivered by pet transport to you anywhere in NSW and VIC.

ARTEMIS is a gentle Silver Martin house rabbit.

ARTEMIS loves a tickle

ARTEMIS is happy to just lay on her back. She is very tame.

ARTEMIS will sit nicely and not run away from you.

CLOVER ADOPTED

We thank Davina for adopting CLOVER. Look at CLOVER... a gorgeous female mini lop. She is desexed. She is a house rabbit and litter trained.

Pet Rabbit Delivery

We use pet rabbit transport to deliver your newly adopted pet rabbit to your door!  Delivery of an adopted rabbit is available throughout NSW, VIC, ACT.  

CLOVER - Gentle Mini Lop Female for Adoption

This is CLOVER - gentle desexed female mini lop who is looking for a loving home.

Posted 11 January 2013
16 January 2013 ADOPTED

Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary: What is Rabbit Adoption?

Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary: What is Rabbit Adoption?

Rabbit Adoption Visitors Today

Visitors Today who either visited our blog or called us or came to the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary to adopt rabbits...

Today we have had visitors looking for rabbits for adoption from:

* Lismore which is 2 hours away from us here in Rushforth via South Grafton

* Randwick NSW which is 13 hours away but remember we can use pet transport to deliver the rabbits you adopt.

* Preston in Victoria

* Hornsby in Sydney New South Wales  and we thank them for their interest in our work with bunnies

* Strathfield NSW who liked our information on Rabbit Adoption

* Sutherland who use the Sutherland vet for their rabbit's care

* Coffs Harbour NSW which is only 40 minutes away from the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary and our Rabbit Adoption Centre!  

* Woy Woy who emailed us about a little bunny in a nursing home.

Thank you all for visiting or contacting us today.

Netherland Dwarf Rabbit "Marshmallow" who lives out her life at the Rabbit Sanctuary. She is 10 years old now and was a Queensland magician's rabbit.  The magician asked if she could surrender her and let her live out her life because in Queensland the magician can only own 2 rabbits and this little nethie was too old for the magic act.

Rabbits in Lismore 1924 news snippet of interest

Item from Lismore newspaper from 1924

"RABBITS AT LISMORE"

2 September 1924

(as shown in Trove 20 December 2012

LISMORE, Monday.

Workmen engaged in digging gravel at North Lismore inside the municipal boundary this afternoon captured three rabbits.  The discovery occasioned considerable surprise locally, as it had been thought that rabbits would not exist on the North Coast owing to the climate and the nature of the soil.

We just through we would share this snippet about rabbits from the past with you.

Visitors to the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary Blog this morning

Thank you for visiting our Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary Blog today.

So far we have had visitors from many places in Australia including Brisbane QLD, Engadine, Sydney, NSW, Strathfield in Sydney, Melbourne VIC, Sydney, Young NSW, Balmoral, Point Piper, Double Bay, Como and Sutherland in Sydney. We have also had some local to us visitors from Maclean, Harwood, Grafton and Couttes Crossing.  Many thanks to you all for hopping in to read our Rabbit adoption information.

If you have a blog or website please add a link from yours to ours to help us get homes for rabbits.

If you have a Facebook page please add a link to us in your comments or status note today and make us a 'favourite' page.  It all helps rabbits to find loving homes.  We have many beautiful rabbits available for adoption.

If you would like to visit the Rabbit Sanctuary Adoption Centre to see the beautiful bunnies please time your visit for morning or afternoon during summer because in the hot part of the day the rabbits are resting in the shade of their "Rabbit Tree Houses" and so you don't really get to chat with them.

The very best time to visit is 5pm because the rabbits are out and about and it's 'Carrot Time'!

Please make a booking via our mobile phone: 0416 062 947 by voice or text message.  Thank you.

What is Rabbit Adoption?

Getting totally confused about the talk of "rabbits for sale" and "rabbits for adoption"?  "What is the difference between rabbits for sale and rabbits for adoption?" you might ask.  In this blog post we will try to explain.

Rabbits for Sale 

If you see a rabbits for sale sign or ad you can be fairly sure that the rabbit that is up for sale is one that was bred for the pet market as a product to sell to the public.  Sometimes a rabbit ends up being for sale when it fails to meet the rabbit breeder's criteria for showing or breeding purposes.  Some rabbit breeders breed for show and others breed purely to supply baby rabbits to the pet market.

Rabbits are for sale in many pet shops or from breeders that show as members of a rabbit club while some are sold by people who are known as 'backyard breeders'.  These are people who keep rabbits to breed baby bunnies to sell to the public or to pet shops.

Many cute baby rabbits are purchased from pet shops on impulse by the public.  Often these babies end up in the animal welfare system when they outgrow their baby cuteness.  Impulse rabbit buyers are often unaware of the needs and behaviours of a fully grown rabbit.   Often they begin to hate their rabbit when it becomes an adolescent full of hormones.  Often their rabbit begins to attack them and they don't know why so they surrender the rabbit to the RSPCA or a private animal shelter.  Unfortunately there are so many rabbits being surrendered to shelters that we get an imbalance in supply and demand and hundreds of beautiful pet rabbits are put to sleep (euthanised) across Australia on an ongoing basis as more are bred and sold than can be re-homed via the rabbit rescue systems currently in place.

By buying a baby rabbit from a breeder rather than adopting one you are missing out on quite a lot.  For example the baby rabbit will not be vaccinated or microchipped and will be quite costly.

(NB You might also like to read our article on "Why Desex My Rabbit?" which explains the benefits for the pet rabbit owner of desexing.)

Rabbits for Adoption

Rabbits are offered for adoption for various reasons.  As mentioned above, sometimes people buy a baby rabbit then tire of him or her or they find that their circumstances change and it becomes difficult or impossible to keep their pet rabbit.

Rabbits for adoption are ones that have either found their way into the RSPCA or a private animal or rabbit rescue shelters or are being privately offered for adoption by owners that feel they cannot keep them any longer.  For example this link leads to a private family trying to adopt baby bunnies that their rabbits gave birth to.

Rabbits in the animal welfare system are at high risk for a number of reasons, one being that due to the ongoing sale of rabbits in pet shops, sale by backyard breeders and the excess sold by registered rabbit club breeders their is a high chance that the rabbit will be put to sleep by lethal injection.  Please be aware that there are different rules at the various drop off points for abandoned rabbits.  All shelters have a limited capacity to take in and hold rabbits until they are found homes.  Often rabbits are abandoned or surrendered to veterinarians.  Some vets try to find the rabbits a home and even desex, vaccinate and microchip the rabbits before they go.  Sometimes the rabbits are put to sleep.

If you are thinking of surrendering your rabbit you should ask the vet or shelter what their policy is regarding whether they will put the rabbit to sleep or keep him or her until a home is found.  You should also consider getting some advice from the Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary about the options available to you.  There are many options and we can assist you if you email, text or call us on 0416 062 947.  See our contact page for more information.

 The Rabbit Sanctuary is a 'no-kill' shelter.  Rabbits that are surrendered are kept until they are adopted to good homes.  Some have been at the Rabbit Sanctuary for years because they have not been chosen by anyone to be their special pet.

If you have read this far you will be beginning to see that adopting a rabbit instead of buying one would help break the cycle.  If you choose to adopt a rabbit instead of buying one you will be saving a life because you make a space for another rabbit to be rescued and offered for adoption.

If you adopt a rabbit from the Rabbit Sanctuary you get lots of added value.  Here is what you get:
Your newly adopted rabbit will be:
Desexed
Vaccinated
Microchipped
Wormed
Mite Free
Vet checked for health
Vet checked for teeth
A Rabbit Care Booklet
A Rabbit House Name Tag by Pet Homes (You can click to get one free for your rabbit along with other free products to try!)
A discount voucher for a RabbitHouse by HoundHouse which we recommend as rabbits love them:)
A big glossy copy of The Pet Directory which contains care articles on rabbits and other pets

An angora and a lop rabbit for adoption

There are many rabbits available for adoption at the Rabbit Sanctuary in NSW

A mini lop available for adoption at the Rabbit Sanctuary.
Rabbits can be delivered to you by pet transport in NSW and VIC.  

Rabbits for Adoption - December 2012

At The Rabbit Sanctuary we have over 50 rabbits available for adoption to good homes.  A good home is one where the rabbit is included as part of the family not locked away in a tiny cage prison.  A good home is one that considers the new rabbit as a long term family member not just an object to be bought and discarded.  We don't have rabbits for sale.  We have rabbits for adoption.  All rabbits are desexed and vaccinated.  Adoption fees start from $25 to $150.  All rabbits are healthy and vet checked. Their toenails are trimmed and they have good teeth.  We do have disabled rabbits and some people like to adopt them to give them a loving family home too.  Read our article "What is rabbit adoption?"

Here are some rabbits available for adoption in December 2012:

Agatha

Misty is a very nice bunny. Would you like to adopt her?

Tabitha and Panda

Agatha

Rabbits Get New Rabbit Shelters

Here at The Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary we have been constructing new housing in the "Big Rabbit Run".  The new rabbit houses are like 'Tree Houses'.  They are made of logs and pallets with corrugated iron roofs and weather panels.

Here is a mini video of Big Bunny and little Marshmellow rabbits cautiously checking out the temporary wooden ramp leading up to the Rabbit Tree House.  This mini vid was taken during construction as we began the process of getting the rabbits used to their new shelters.

Rabbits checking out the new Rabbit Ramp up to the Rabbit Tree House

Rachel's cabinet: European rabbit

Rachel's cabinet: European rabbit to see Rachel's rabbit drawings.

Today we remember Jim Cooney - Co-Founder of The Rabbit Sanctuary

The Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary today remembers Jim Cooney who left us one year ago.

Jim along with his wife of 42 years, Kim, established the Sanctuary for rabbits in need of shelter.

Jim spent hour each day caring for them.  When the work was done you would so often see him with a bunny in his arms, his face nestled into its fur. Jim loved the rabbits and cared for them with a passion.  If anyone else volunteered to lend a hand Jim would go right around the lot and check every dish to make sure they had fresh food and water.

It has been hard for his family and friends to lose such a wonderful person.  Kim and their son Adam have established a memorial garden on the property for Jim.  There is a little bunny sitting in it right now which is as it should be.  Can you see her in the photo below?

The photo shows the bird bath fountain and Jim's adopted dog Rommy who guards the rabbits. Rommie loves to sit in the memorial garden. It's like he knows.  In the background of the photo you can see a little bit of the Big Rabbit Run. It shows the new "Long House" recently made for rabbit enjoyment and shelter in the Top Rabbit Run and one of the little Rabbit Houses.  On the left you can see "Rabbit Mountain" that is a huge pile of sandy rocky soil that is so hard the rabbits have to work hard to dig tunnels in it and they love to sit on top.

We ask that today people will send their enquiries for surrenders and adoption via email as the family gather to remember Jim with a walk in the memorial garden and a day dedicated to him.  Family members will bring a plant and memento to place in the memorial garden for Jim.

The email is rabbitrescuesanctuary@gmail.com We will respond to enquiries on Sunday.  Thank you.

Jim's Memorial Garden at The Rabbit Sanctuary

Email Enquiries Only Today

Memorial Day for Co-Founder Jim Cooney.  Please make your rabbit rescue, rabbit surrender, and rabbit adoption enquiries via email today (Saturday 24 November) and we will respond on Sunday. Thank you.

Local enquiry for rabbits for sale in the Clarence Valley is picking up. Most of our rabbits go to wonderful homes in Sydney and Melbourne however recently we have rehomed rabbits locally to people in Grafton NSW, South Grafton, Lismore, Ballina, Iluka, Yamba, Maclean and Coutts Crossing areas.

1/11/12 Phone not working. Use our email instead please. see www.rabbitsanctuary.com.au or post on our blog.