Petco, Chinchilla's, Humane Society, Dylan and Espresso got adopted! NY TIMES, Bondings, adoptions & Zach blowing in the wind..

Wow, a very busy two weeks! We had our Petco Grand Opening, pretty good turn out! We adopted out 2 chinchilla's and took another 2 in. Christine is fostering the boy chins that came in. Another Chin came in the next day, a single female. We raised a little over $300.00 and got to chat with a lot of people. The Humane Society on the 22nd was a nice event as well. 4 buns left the Humane Society that day. I have been working on several bondings, the most current is Emmett (back for bonding) and he's with Snow White right now after trying Sunshine and Roxy. He tried to eat Sunshine, and Roxy tried to eat him! I am also trying Billy (back for bonding) and Joy right now. I hope everyone works out, they all look so beautiful together! Menouche (already an established bun) came in for a bonding with Venus. They are doing ok, but giving their mommy a run for her money. Magoo went into kidney failure and is now back in the safe zone again. He's on fluids and baytril for the month. A check came in for us from the Petco Foundation yesterday for a little over $800. We are excited as it will pay for any combo of things such as 5 neuters, or 4 spays, or 16 bottles of medication, a delivery of food and hay and then some... Daydreaming of bunnies... It's an illness.

Well, Linda and I had a talk today, and we currently have 27 cages at the Hollow, some with bonded pairs. Because we have had so many cancellations of volunteers to help recently, we are going to have to start turning away rabbits in need. Linda can not be expected to be out doing cages everyday. Unfortunatly it looks like it would be most reasonable to cut down to only 15 cages, therefore only helping and houseing 1/2 of the population we have now. We are sad about this, but it seems it is going to have to be done. I know every shelter has volunteer issues, so it's understandable, it's just overwhelming for the both of us, especially with all that is going on, and a baby on the way!

Yesterday Linda got a phone call from a woman who was looking for a place for a bunny to go that was running loose in a friends yard and handed the phone to me (we had buns being dropped off for bonding). I told her we couldn't take the bunny in at the moment, gave her the low-down on what they would need and then we hung up. She had called back a couple of times about traps and what, well, I guess animal control wouldn't lend them one because her friend (Maggie) whose yard the bunny was in went and spent $75 on a havahart trap. Maggie called for help setting the trap while I was around the corner having the oil changed in the car (yes, we do these things too!) so I was close. I went by, we set up the trap, then set the trap, and as I went to leave I saw the bunny next to the car basking in the sun... A couple of minutes later I had scooped up yet another beautiful albino bunny girl. Another friend is fostering until we have space. I will get the bunny in next month for a spay and we'll go from there. DYLAN AND ESPRESSO GOT ADOPTED TODAY!

We were in the NY TIMES Sunday paper this weekend (on Easter!) in the CT. section. The link is below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/23petct.html?_r=1&ref=nyregionspecial2&oref=slogin

Newly Bonded Bunnies

Above in this blog is Emmett the Lop and Snow White

Below is Jackson (gray lop) and Jeanie

Gia and Billy - a hopeful match in the making.

Drew helping us out as Hip-Hop at the Humane Society 3/22/2008

Christine below helping out as Hip-Hop at Petco on 3/15/2008

Minouche and Venus

Chelsea's Girls

Zach the Wack riding on a lawn chair & long board, catching a little wind!

Well, we have a few adoptions coming up this weekend, so wish us luck! We also have 2 bondings this weekend, one is a trio (Gussie, Elvis & Zorro) so really wish us luck! Have a wonderful weekend everyone! - Brandee

Petco Tomorrow! St.Joseph Students come visit!

Our Petco date is tomorrow, so don't forget to come on down. We will be holding a bake sale and doing nail clippings for $10! Also for $10, come and have your picture, child's picture, or pets picture taken with the Easter Bunny! All proceeds go 100% towards food/hay and vet bills. Any donations you wish to make such as garbage bags, vinegar, and paper towels, ink cartridges and old cell phones can also be brought down at this time. We will be at Petco in Norwalk from 11-3 and will also be holding small animal adoptions at this time, and we will have adoption papers for rabbits there to be filled out for review as well. Come show your support! If you can't make it tomorrow, we will be at the Humane Society in Westport next Saturday, also doing pictures and nail clippings along with brief 15 minute lectures every hour on proper rabbit care and handling. This event is also from 11-3 with adoptions being held. For any questions, please e-mail me direct at brandeesbunch@aol.com or call me at 203-767-1150. For directions to Petco tomorrow, please call 203-840-0331. For more information or directions next weekend to the Humane Society, please call 203-227-4137.

Magoo went in for follow up bloodwork today so hopefully all went well with the Marquis and his diet helped to correct his organ functions. We have a possible 3-4 adoptions tomorrow, and we have the girl chins that came in on Sunday going to their new home tomorrow and another 2 that are males coming in tomorrow. Don't forget that we will also have hamsters, gerbils and rats up for adoption at Petco tomorrow! The photographer for the NY Times article is coming over on Sunday afternoon!

I had some volunteers come by from St. Josephs School today. They changed all the litter boxes and cleaned out all the cages, then even played with the dogs for a while! Thanks guys!

Parsley and Major Snuggle at Bedtime.

Mitose and Chloe passed out on the couch...

Have a Great Weekend!

Pictures of Tabitha & Mandy's French Lop & Write up in the Norwalk Paper (FULL PAGE!)

Some Very Cute Pictures To Share!

Miss Tabitha in her new home, and below is a rescued French Lop (check out those ears!)

We have a write up in the Norwalk Citizen News! A full page! Check it out at:

http://www.norwalkcitizen-news.com/local/ci_8491721

Hollow Closes on Sundays, Charlie & Daisy, Chins and Gerbils

As of today, we are closing the Hollow on Sunday's for Family Reasons (we need to spend time with our families!) from here on out. All adoptions and the intake of donations will have to be done Monday-Saturday. The Hollow will only be open to the volunteers cleaning that day. We will post online a list of emergency vets to be reached in all areas that we can find.

I didn't sleep too well last night as Chris was away. I had a series of unfortunate events involving my dogs, a cat and my birds this morning that left me wanting to re-home all my animals (except the rabbits and chins that never give me problems!) and lock my doors and close my curtains. I guess I was a little cranky and overwhelmed this morning (pregnancy hormones?) and very glad to get out of the house and drive a bit. Charlie and Daisy are bonded and wonderful and going back home today or tomorrow. I think Asher and Celeste are doing great and hope that when they go home they will remain in the snuggle fest they have been in for the past 2 days. I took in 2 beautiful Chinchilla's today named Peaches and Vanilla and think we already have a home lined up for them with a girl that sounds like she'll be perfect! The owners dropped off so many items with them I was astonished. The gerbils that were here in Stratford left today. Linus, Cocoa and Penny came to stay with me today, and hopefully we can have a successful triple bonding with them by the end of the week! Venus came back to us, and we have a new black and white dutch bunny Benny that has just joined us from Cottontail Rabbit Rescue. Mystery is doing so much better, eyes are clearing up too! Annabelle is coming down to her last week on fluids and is now off her Baytril but still on her Phenbendazole.

Newly Bonded Buns!

Daisy and Charlie

Parsley takes the dog bed while Major takes the floor! Parsley is a wonderful and perfectly potty trained bunny that is residing with us again and looking for a free-range home. She is only baby gated in the kitchen at night when we aren't home and hasn't lived in a cage for 1 year.

Don't Sit Down at Brandee's House!

Brynne Hangs Out with A Fabulous 8!

My Very Understanding Husband....

Flash & Jewel, Asher & Celeste, Bugs & Moody, Indie & Honeydew Update! Chinchilla's coming, Gerbils going, busy bonding week!

I am so thrilled this week! Ali went away leaving her bonded pair Scout and Alex, and her single bunny Flash with me to bond. Flash is now very happily bonded to the beautiful lop, Jewel. They are going crazy doing binkies together! I opened the pens between Miss Moody and Bugsy yesterday morning, and they are just in love! I guess the month of trying to bond them and the between bars grooming sessions have paid off! Sunday I will construct a full pen for the both of them. I am so happy when I see bunnies in love! Asher and Celeste (formally Diamond) are staying with me until Tuesday and I'm attempting to bond them as well. It seems to be going quite well, but she's very possessive of things, she needs to learn to share! When their mom Terri dropped them to stay, she brought over bags of mixed salad for all the buns to share. We had visitors yesterday at the Stratford location. First, Pekachu's mom Michelle came and took me to lunch with her daughter Madison, then Rootbeer's mom (now Buddy) came and dropped food and hay. Asher and Celeste's mom dropped off all sorts of goodies, then Whitney from Critter Connection came by with more hay and goodies! Amy stopped by to pick up Juliet and Shadow (I was attempting to bond them) to take them home to keep them side by side for a week. All is well with them in the carrier, but give them a little space and she wants it all to herself!

2 Female Chinchilla's are coming in on Sunday that Christine will foster and will be looking for homes, and the 2 Gerbils should be going to their new home on Sunday. Penny, Linus and Cocoa should be coming on Sunday too for what we hope will be another successful triple bonding. Thank goodness they are small rabbits!

BONDING RABBITS!

Why bond your bunnies? Take a look! Bunnies love to clean each other, snuggle up to each other, and yes, play together!

Celeste and Asher

Bonding in motion!

Bugsy and Moody

A 7 1/2 year old male and a cranky bunny girl hit it off! See how happy she is to groom him?

Jewel and Flash!

These two buns are the binky king and queen! Two less lonely bunnies in the world!

Hi Brandee,

I wanted to send you a quick update on the buns. They are doing great! They get along so well and I am so happy that we decided to bond the two of them. Honeydew is an absolute sweetheart, and Indy is still a bratty bunny, but we love him anyway!!! They do everything together. We were excited to see their picture in your March flyer! I thought you might like these updated pictures. We will be coming to Norwalk for the Grand Opening, and if Indy will cooperate with me and I can get them both in the carrier I will bring them to get their nails clipped, if not I might be coming bunnyless! I have some old cell phones I will bring with me to Petco also if you still are collecting them.See you then...

~Stacey, and of course Indy & Honeydew!

Condolences to Jessica, Some Happy Bunnies

First off, on this rainy day, I wish to send condolences from all of us at the Hollow to Jessica, her mom, and their whole family on the passing of her step-father yesterday. They have had a very hard few weeks as her Grandfather also just passed away, and her step-fathers death was a very sudden accident and very unexpected. We all send our deepest sympathies to the whole family at this very difficult time.

I'm sitting and going through e-mails and voice mails re: rabbits. The birds are all going crazy chirping outside in the down-pour we are having (they sound happy!). We have two Chinchilla's coming in this week (females) that will be up for adoption and we also have 3 tan hooded male rats (sweet but scared), a pair of very sweet gerbils, a couple of guinea pigs, and a sweet little dwarf hamster all up for adoption. I have my feet up, my ankles look like they are getting a little swollen, and I have this little life bumping around inside my belly. Linda had a hellacious morning that we won't even get in to, I'm on Penicillin again for the 3rd time during the pregnancy, and we both have head colds. We have bunny bondings galore going on, which is great for both us and for the bunnies all getting new friends, but things are very hectic at the same time with all the swapping in and out of the rabbits that are cooperating and the rabbits that are being bratty bunnies! We also need to get a final count on who can help with the Petco date coming up and the Humane Society date coming up. These are two very important dates for us, both happening just in time for the Easter Holiday. We have people signed up for doing baked goods too, so anyone who can, please e-mail me direct and let me know what you will be bringing and what date you will be available to help. The dates are March 15 and March 22 both from 11-3 and we will take you as long as we can get you! If you have room to help with fostering any animals any time coming up, please let us know what you have room for and if you have a time limit.

Annabelle has been on I.V. Fluids once a day for about 4 or 5 days now. She is having kidney problems. She is also now on Baytril and Phenbendazole (spelling?). She will go in next Monday with Magoo as they both have their blood work re-done so we can see where we now stand with these little furballs.

Great Bunny Shots!

Newly Bonded Bonnie and Toby of Greenwich!

Above is Newly Bonded Tinkerbelle and Butterscotch of Stratford munching on some lettuce!

Below is Leila and Lightening of Shelton, the two bunnies that were left in a box on the side of a road with a third bunny that had died. They were covered with fleas and are now living the high-life together! Way to Go Buns!