Today is the 2nd birthday for Flash, Zippy, Thunder, Cinderella, Snow White, and Gia! Hoppy Birthday you crazy bunnies!

So, Chelsea emailed me some pictures of her bunnies playing in the snow we got last week but I was out of town so I haven't had a chance to post the pictures. I will try to do that tonight!

So for those of you that haven't heard, Half Pint got adopted this past week! We also took in 2 new bunnies Saturday - 2 boys, Sam & Dean. Their previous owner had them living outside in a hutch...they moved out and left the rabbits there to fend for themselves. The new home owner found them out there and tried to care for them but wasn't able to keep them so Linda went and picked them up. They are both very sweet and as soon as we make sure they are not sick, they will be neutered and sent back to the Hollow for adoption.

If there is anyone who can foster a bunny or a bonded pair for a little while, please call Linda ASAP. We are overwhelmed we are at maximum capacity right now with bunnies overflowing into Linda's house! Chelsea's baby is due in April and all of the bunnies need to be out of the future nursery by February. Also, if anyone would like me to email them some fliers to hang up, please let me know! My email address is alicat2282@yahoo.com. I will mail you some fliers - please hang them up wherever you can to help us generate some adoptions! I usually hang them in the break rooms at my job and also on the community boards at the local Stop & Shops, but libraries, community centers, and any place else would be helpful!

TTFN!
Ali

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Since we are all kind of bummed about that lady who stiffed us after we were so nice to her...I wanted to share some more holiday hoppiness:

Chelsea's...ahem..rotund girl Love-Bug (aka Buggy):


Margie and Cory's buns, Cocoa-Butter & Linus


and Bugsy & Penny


Just Penny, being a good girl with her little hat!!


We also got an update on a little bunny we rescued earlier this year. Tabitha was the product of severe inbreeding. The family started with 2 bunnies...who soon became more than 15 bunnies. Tabitha and her brothers, Scabbers and Lavender, came to us in horrible condition. Tabitha had nothing but two little stubs for ears, Scabbers had been beaten nearly to death by all of the other bunnies he was stuck in a hutch with, and Lavender had severe headtilt. All were only about 2-3 months old. Scabbers healed nicely with some TLC, Lavender is now a fresh little thing who delights in beating up Linda (who saved his life and cured his headtilt, by the way) at every chance he gets. Tabitha was adopted to a wonderful girl named Crystal. Recently, it was discovered that Tabitha has degenerative joint/bone disease in both rear legs. Probably from inbreeding. One leg was totally destroyed and was removed today. They hope they can save the other rear leg but it's uncertain. She has damaged her 3 other legs trying to compensate for the bad leg and now all three legs are splayed. Crystal and the vets are hoping to strengthen them but it might not work. She is re-cooperating in a sling attachment while they do physical therapy on her. She made it through the surgery fine and is already eating though she just lost the leg around 2 pm today. Crystal adores her and will do whatever it takes to get her a normal life. If she loses the other back leg then it will be a butt-cart for her! Everyone pray for Tabitha...and Crystal!

Speaking of butt-carts, Fuzzy, who came to us a few months ago with a back injury has spent the last few weeks in a cart to support his back legs so that he could move around. He went back to the vet this week for more x-rays and although we found that his back was in fact broken he has about a 50% chance of regaining use of his hind legs! It may not seem all that great, but 50% is better than 45%!

TTFN!
-Ali

DO NOT ADOPT! Kathy Hard of Meriden

OK, maybe I am in the wrong here, but a volunteer of ours talked to a woman who wanted to "get rid of" her rabbit, and we don't take in personal rabbits, but our volunteer wanted to make sure the bunny was in a safe place. The woman drove the bunny down to me, a beautiful white male named Tom. Her son had the biggest tears in his eyes leaving that bunny here, so of course I felt badly too. She left us a check for $75 as a donation. Well, Linda called today, the check was canceled on us, leaving us with a $10 charge to pay for it. I called up Kathy, she could give me no good excuse other than "something came up." I told her it would have been nice for her to call and let us know, and now we were out $10 because of her choosing to cancel the check. She kept trying to spit out a good excuse, and I was irritated so I told her to please not contact me for further updates on the rabbit that she dropped off to us and we were going to have to pay to alter and care for. She told me "F-You" and hung up on me. I'm glad we have the rabbit. If she could have given a reason, called beforehand, anything than just sticking us, I would have been fine. This was just rude, mean and sneaky. Brandee

Christmas Pictures

It's Ali again! At Brandee's request, I am posting the pictures that I used in my Christmas cards this year. If anyone else would like to share their Animal Holiday Pictures, feel free to email me at alicat2282@yahoo.com and I will post them on the blog! (ahem...Margie & Cory!)

This is Kali & Flash (can you believe that Shaylah's babies are going to be 2 this year!? My little Flash is growing up!)




This is Scout & Alex. Scout was by far, the most difficult to photograph. First of all, she hates my life and secondly she hates sitting still. I don't think she was too fond of the bows either...



Here she is again, washing the human-filth off of herself.



Here is my brother's Flemish Giant, Dixie. Somehow, wrestling with a 12lb Flemish was CAKE compared to my little 4lb Scoutie-Pants.



And last, but not least, are Puffy & Q-Ball. We've been fostering them since May when they were only 4 weeks old.




Hope you all enjoyed my pictures!

TTFN! Ta-Ta-For-Now!
-Ali

The After Party

Hi Everyone! It's Ali, updating the blog for the first time! I have lots of good news to share with you all!

First of all, the Hop-Along Hollow Christmas Party on the 13th was amazing! Between donations and our bike raffle, we made over $3000! Our expectations were greatly exceeded, and we can not thank you all enough for your continued help and support! Practically everyone who came to the party brought a donation of some sort, whether it was supplies or money, it is all appreciated more than you will ever know! We clean cages every day and go through newspaper, paper towels, wipes, and vinegar like crazy! So thank you again to everyone!!

On Saturday, we took in 6 baby bunnies. 2 girls and 4 boys! They were born on 11/3/08 so that makes them 6 weeks old at this point. The 2 girls are in foster care, and the 4 boys are currently at Brandee's. One of the girls is all black, and the other looks like a little wild bunny with brown and black fur. In the male category, we have one black, one wild bunny-colored, one gray, and one chocolate brown. If anyone is interested in adopting or fostering, please let Brandee know!

Also on Saturday, we had 2 chinchilla's go to forever homes, and one of the 12 Petco rats get adopted! We still have the mom and 10 babies available (6 girls, 4 boys). Again, please contact Brandee if you can provide even a temporary home!

Today, we had TWO adoptions! Trouble, the French Lop, went to his forever home and Puppy & Cowgirl also got adopted!

Duke, the lionhead, and Dover the big white New Zealand, both went to get neutered today so they will be down at the Hollow very shortly looking for a home!

Talk to you all soon!
-Ali

Hollow Christmas Party this Saturday! BE THERE!

HOP-A-LONG HOLLOW CHRISTMAS PARTY IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 1-5!!!!!!!!! Call Brandee at 203-767-1150 for any info. Please Join us and Meet The Buns!

I don't even know if I can remember all the things to share in the updates for the past month. Fuzz-butt, who has no use of his hind legs and has to have his bladder expressed for him everyday, is doing well. We are going to have him on the butt cart starting 15 minutes a day to build up some muscle and get him use to it! Very exciting! Johnny got adopted, Floppy (aka Randy) has come back for bonding and the two attempts I made went sour. Camille came back but was bonded to Pickles and now has a boyfriend. Hoodie (now named Benny) and Isis were both altered today. Hoodie has a new home it seems with volunteer Linda and her bunny girl Daisy.
We are now in the Petco Milford location and absolutely loving that store! It is huge, clean, and well taken care of. The animals look great, the staff seems to know what is going on, and the managers have been awesome to work with! We have Dandy and Tess (born to Trixie who was caught running loose in Stratford, CT) there now. It's so funny to watch them do Binky's in their hex there. Ali, Christine and Jim have all been wonderful at helping out at the store so I don't have to drag Katie up there with me often. The staff has been big help making sure the buns have a fresh supply of food and water. THANKS EVERYONE!
I just don't know what else to write about today other than we have people calling left and right to dump rabbits, quite sad, and the Humane Society - God Bless Them! They have been a wonderful group to work with and have helped us with rabbits coming in off the streets by putting them up, having them altered and making sure they have a safe place with food and water. That's all I can think of right now, I'm going to try to take a nap. Katie has a fever and I am wiped out! OH! We have 11 baby rats looking for homes! Brandee