Let's start with a bit of background. About 6 weeks ago Cali lost her friend Steve suddenly. We waited til she seemed ok and went to the humane society to find a mate. We adopted a young doe that seemed promising but unfortunately the two of them fought and fought whenever we took them on a date. Because I also have a six month old (human) baby at home I didn't feel I had the time to devote to such a challenging bonding situation so we sadly had to take her back to the shelter. We took some time to regroup and yesterday we went looking for a potential love interest for Cali. They were having an event at the humane society where rabbit adoption was free this weekend, but they sent their adoptable rabbits all over the city to different pet stores. So we went to about 4 different places to see these guys.
1. An adorable one year old lop bunny at the humane society. Neutered on Friday so very fresh post op. My husband vetoed him because he is a sprayer. Like a crazy all over sprayer
2. A juvenile male rabbit, black with some silver, at pet smart. Neutered on the 14th. Nice but also too fresh post op. Mounted Cali incessantly. The poor clueless kid working there tried to tell me the rabbit is "old" because of his colouring.
3. A lion head mix named Cheese. Bit me 3 times during the meet and greet. I was just sitting there. Seemed like a bit of a jerk with a dominant personality. Cali wouldn't like his attitude. Cute though.
4. The fourth place was a different pet smart. I went ahead to check it out. The employee asked me if my rabbit had all her vaccines. Sigh. Rabbits here don't get vaccines. They also were not willing to accommodate with an area for the meet and greet. So I didn't bother taking Cali there.
Needless to say it's challenging trying to find her a mate. I'm looking at other rescues that use foster homes because these people might have a better setup for introductions.
I do have one question though: how do we know Cali likes a rabbit if all she does when we take her anywhere is sit there like a lump and just check out of the situation? She shows little interest in her surroundings or the other bunny and just sits there waiting til we leave. Then at home she is her usual self. What do you guys think? I don't want to have to return the next bunny too.
1. An adorable one year old lop bunny at the humane society. Neutered on Friday so very fresh post op. My husband vetoed him because he is a sprayer. Like a crazy all over sprayer
2. A juvenile male rabbit, black with some silver, at pet smart. Neutered on the 14th. Nice but also too fresh post op. Mounted Cali incessantly. The poor clueless kid working there tried to tell me the rabbit is "old" because of his colouring.
3. A lion head mix named Cheese. Bit me 3 times during the meet and greet. I was just sitting there. Seemed like a bit of a jerk with a dominant personality. Cali wouldn't like his attitude. Cute though.
4. The fourth place was a different pet smart. I went ahead to check it out. The employee asked me if my rabbit had all her vaccines. Sigh. Rabbits here don't get vaccines. They also were not willing to accommodate with an area for the meet and greet. So I didn't bother taking Cali there.
Needless to say it's challenging trying to find her a mate. I'm looking at other rescues that use foster homes because these people might have a better setup for introductions.
I do have one question though: how do we know Cali likes a rabbit if all she does when we take her anywhere is sit there like a lump and just check out of the situation? She shows little interest in her surroundings or the other bunny and just sits there waiting til we leave. Then at home she is her usual self. What do you guys think? I don't want to have to return the next bunny too.