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Issue # 2, Febuary 2004. Dear Friends, The latest edition of Carrot Chronicle is here with fantastic news, updates and stories. Does your bunny want to feature in CC? If so drop us a line at carrot.chronicle@btopenworld.com - all pictures and stories related to bunnies are very welcome. Best wishes, Susie.
Well the news you have all been waiting for is who has been rehomed and where! From 20th December 2003 to 2nd February 2004 we have rehomed a phenomenal amount of rabbits. Look who has gone… 
Ren and Stimpy are pictured right in their new home with Paul and Rachel. They are now much loved
house bunnies with two wonderful people as their carers, who adore bunnies. Latest news from the parents:
“The boys are doing well. We have started letting them around the full top part of our house rather
than just their room and they are loving it. Ren is still very timid but likes to go off discovering
new places but the slightest noise will see him legging it back. He is perfectly litter trained though.
Stimpy is obviously the boss between them but seems to Bob, pictured left, has gone too! He has gone to live on a farm in Wales with a gentleman who has been involved with the sanctuary for over a decade. Most of his other animals are ‘challenging’ so one more has made no difference! Bob’s new owner said, ‘the animals misunderstand that I am wanting to look after them!’ So let’s face it grumpy Bob has found the right home! 
Malindi, beautiful Malindi, has finally found a home after near on a year of being with us. Not only has she found a luxury house-bunny-pad but also a boyfriend called Boris who is just drop-dead gorgeous! Boris was VERY interested in her and she was so calm and loving to him from the off. She accepted his sexual demands and they have been best friends ever since. Latest update from their fab bunny mum Paula, is that Boris has calmed down now, they get on brilliantly and they are now ready to live with each other full-time. Apparently Malindi thinks the stork is coming though, as she has been running around the house with hay in her mouth and making a nest in Boris’ bed. Yes she is neutered but we suspect the introduction to sex and her first ‘spring time’ as an adult may have set off her natural instincts – bless her! 
Mary- wonderful, gentle Mary has gone to live with dear supporters of ours, as reported in last months CC. A recent update on the renamed Miss Maltester Valentine (left) and her boyfriend Branston – tells us that they are two lovebirds, and absolutely adore each other. The family adore Miss MV and enjoys her bedtime snuggles with mum! She is even getting used to the 3 doggies, and the two buns are just inseparable. What a wonderful bunny-love story. 
The Captain! I am delighted to report that ‘the big guy’, pictured right, has found love and is living as a free-range house bunny with a lady friend. His parents are related to our Karen Scott, so picture updates I hope will be imminent. His parents’ report that he has been a ’true gentleman’ to his new lady-wife and bonding took no time at all. I love The Captain! Ivobelle – the beautiful timid lady who didn’t want a bunny friend has been given a home as a single house bunny. She is finally happy and seems very well settled and her new family are reported to be “delighted with her”. 
Flower has been adopted by Susie and finally initiated into the existing clan of 4 bunnies. Her partner in crime has become Badger and they tear around the house together looking for trouble! Flower is the Dutch bunny on the far right. The other two reprobates are Moo-Cow and Lamby-Bear. Chilli and Cinnamon- were Ginger’s remaining two babies. They have gone to live together in a fabulous outdoor set up and have settled in very well and seem very happy. 
Ollie was one of the bunnies that came from Wales. A lovely local family fell in love with Ollie and he has been rehomed as a single house bunny and enjoying every minute of his new life. The picture doesn’t do him justice I’m afraid. Jarvis was another of the 19 Welsh rescues and when he arrived that day he was taken straight into foster care and there he has remained as the whole family fell in love with him and could not be parted from him! His mum Kate also has our Holly. Can we have pictures please Kate! Flufty bunjie Teddy has been rehomed with a smashing lady, who also has a female angora rabbit. Mum is very in love with Teddy and he is doing really well. A huge thank you to Gilly and her dad for driving all the way to Barnsley to do the homecheck – thanks guys! In the same week Susie and her husband went all the way to North Leeds to do a homecheck for flufty bunjie Bill. His new mum is a as nutty as the rest of us and also has two gorgeous bunnies – Fiver (a male agouti upeared) and tiny little naughty princess called Dandelion who is a mini lop lionhead with white, orange and brown markings. Whether or not she can introduce Bill to the other two she will be keeping him – fab! Handsome Harpo also from Wales found love with a wonderful animal-obsessed family, who also happens to be friends with one of our volunteers. The family fell in love with him instantly and he took to their lady bunny really well and was very quickly in his new home. Yummy big agouti guy Bungle-bum has gone to live as a single house bunny and is a very happy chappy indeed. 
Little cutie pie Elmo has gone to live as a single house bunny with a family. They are all delighted with him and he is proving to be a little star. We were all so pleased when he had areserve because we find it so hard to rehome black upeared rabbits, but the family just fell in love with him instantly - yay! And finally….Karen Scott has stolen yet another bunny from me! Yep, she has adopted little sweet pea Whisper (pictured left). He had gone into foster care soon after arrival at the sanctuary because of his poor eating habits and horrible poos and there Karen and her husband fell in love with the little guy- ahhh. The total number of bunnies rehomed in this period is an unbelievable 18 rabbits! It also means that we have been able to almost close down the temporary stable unit. We just have one bunny left in there as he is being kept in ‘isolation’ from the others pending test results.
New Arrivals in JanuarySparkle was dumped on us because her owners were fed up with her ‘destroying’ the shed and they said they no longer had time for her. Sparkle is the most gorgeous lop eared cutie bun with burnt orange and brown markings. But she is also a babe with attitude! She is unneutered and we are all desperately hoping thatonce she is spayed this will turn her around as her favourite trick is to sink her teeth into you. How something can be so beautiful yet such a tinker I do not know! Aggy and 6 babies – rescued from the same home as Elmo, after their owner abandoned them all when they moved away. The neighbour has been caring for the furry guys and we’ve been taking them in one at a time as space has become available. The situation became urgent after Gilly went to sex the remaining rabbits and discovered a female bun amongst all boys. She took her home with her and one week later she gave birth to six beautiful bubs! There will be a full picture update next CC. Jet also came from the same home as Aggy, and he has settled in really quickly and is a very handsome black upeared bunny just like Elmo and Aggy. Only one bunny remains left for us to take in. We will keep you posted. Flufty Bunjie arrived just this week after being found on a busy main road in Hulme outside a school. She was picked up by one of the parents and the teachers brought her along to us at lunchtime. Despite still being over capacity on bunnies we took her in because she is dreadfully boney on her back, she was drooling from her mouth and nose (though no evident teeth problems), and because she is a flufty angora bunny! She is a little girl with big fur, she has typical Himalayan markings a bit like previous resident Mischief. She is just a dinky little princess. Her slobbering has now stopped and she has really settled in well. After just a few hours of being with us she was stretched out snuggled in her hay having a well earned snooze – she looked so content it was wonderful. Movers and JumpersBlizzard is back in the ‘isolation unit’ after pulling a 'sicky' and getting to be pampered at Karen’s house. Ginger’s eyes/tooth roots continue to cause her discomfort and so she has returned to foster care for the foreseeable future where we know she will be happier and much loved. Movers and JumpersSparkle – was named by volunteer Michaela for her birthday. She chose the name sparkle because she likes all things that sparkle! New rabbit volunteers! You can join the Bunny Birthday Club for free by leaving you name, address and d.o.b. either with Gilly on reception or sending it via email to carrot.chronicle@btopenworld.com If you foster rabbits, do homechecks or work on the cleaning rota then you can join the birthday club and receive a birthday card from the sanctuary buns and a chance to name a rescue rabbit. Appeals and IdeasTAYLOR RICHARDS BALL
Raised the phenomenal sum of £1100 for the animal sanctuary and a further £1100 for Clare House Hospice for Children. 
As you can see we all had a wonderful evening out and donned posh frocks and all! From left to right – Helena (Sanctuary Manager), Susie (rabbit person) and Julie (mate). BOOK FAIR – Saturday 31st January
Well the weather may have been terrible but people still kindly came along and supported our efforts and we managed to raise £109.53. Thank you for all the staff and volunteers who helped out on the day lifting all 59 boxes of books, thankfully we went home with quite a few less. Next up...CLOTHING SALE!On Saturday 28th February we will holding a ‘Good as New’ Clothing Sale, 2pm – 4pm. It will be in the same venue as the Book and Xmas Fair – Trinity Methodist Church Hall, off Northenden Road in Sale. It is a must for any bargain hunters, but get along early as they go quickly. Do you fancy volunteering on the day? There is no hard maths to do or anything like that as we will be operating a till system like we did at the Book Fair. What we need are volunteers to mind the clothing, break up those elbow fights, pick up clothes, answer questions and/or serve refreshments. We really need help on this one so if you can help please get in touch asap.
Hello, my name is Tamsin and I run www.rabbitrehome.org.uk 
I've got two bunnies, Jasper (aged 6) and Alfie (aged 3). They’re both castrated males and
live together after a very smooth bonding a few months ago. Jasper, who is a lop most of the time
(you know those ears have a mind of their own) is a real character. He loves attention and nose rubs
I started Rabbit Rehome after seeing a couple of successful rehomings organised through email groups. I realised that there are thousands of rabbit lovers that use the internet and lots of rescues that don't have the resources to make the most of it. I run my own business building websites so it seemed the perfect way for me to use my skills to help out. 
There was a lot of finger crossing at first. Would anyone use the site? Would any rabbit find homes? When the first rabbits, Thumper and Linley, were rehomed after the site had only been online a week I knew the work had been worth it. Now just over a year later over 800 individual rabbits have been on the site, over 140 of which have found homes directly through the site and over 250 more are still listed ready to find theirs. On average 40-50 new rabbits are listed each month! We also have appeals usually involving large groups of bunnies totalling more than 320. That’s over 1100 bunnies, and unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg! It can be very sad at times, I’ve been sent photos for appeals of neglected rabbits that I’ve had to
‘censor’ because I think they would be unsuitable for the younger people that visit the site. The amount
of rabbits given up because people didn’t research what owning a rabbit really involves before getting
We've had some lovely success stories like Camille whose story was in CC. She found a lovely new mum
and a boyfriend called Lewie. Another pair Cassie & Bart (left) have finally found a home after waiting
I have lots of plans for 2004, new articles on care particularly things like getting a second rabbit, and something I'm asked about a lot. I'd also like to add some educational resources for younger visitors/parents and lots more to our spot light section, which looks at the work of individual rescues. I'm always open to ideas/suggestions from visitors as well, if you have any suggestions on things you'd like to see, something that you thing needs improvement or you want to write me an article - send me an email on tam@tamdesign.co.uk. We featured in a few magazines near the end of last year and this year I hope we'll get some coverage in the press so even more people can find out about all the wonderful rabbits waiting in rescues. And finally I’d like to thank you to everyone whose helped - writing articles, correcting my awful spelling, adding rabbits, telling rescues, answering appeals and adopting the bunny’s. Your all stars! SPECIAL FEATURE
Oscar and Ringo –when cat met bunny!
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always follow Ren when he goes off on his adventures. He has had the odd accident when it comes to litter
training but nothing we can't handle. Rachel originally said that they were not allowed in our bedroom but
I let them go in when she is at work and I am working at home because they seem to like it in there.”
Ooops, hope we haven’t got Paul into too much trouble! We are delighted these boys have been rehomed because
they had been with us close on one year, and for no obvious reason at all.
but can be really cheeky at times. We had to swap to plastic bowls after he smashed so many ceramic
ones throwing them around. You have to watch you bum when your cleaning out, if your not paying him
enough attention, he sneaks up behind and gives you a nip! Alfie isn't so much a people person (bunny),
he won't ask for cuddles, he does enjoy watching what’s going on though. He's much better behaved than
Jasper, he eats up his hay like a good boy and doesn't get into nearly as much mischief.
one is astounding. I have also met some wonderful people though, those that would go to the ends of the
earth just to make a difference to one rabbits life and many who treat their rabbits like children.
over a year. Sometimes new owners have travelled miles after spotting their perfect bunny! Patch’s new
owner travelled from London to Wiltshire after seeing Patch (right) wait week after week on Rabbit Rehome,
he’s now happily living as a house bunny. 
