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We remind everyone that rabbits are life-long companions deserving of as much care, consideration, and attention as a cat or a dog.
Please take some time to think about the consequences of your purchase.
Due to the RHDV-2 outbreak in California and in neighboring states, we will only handle rabbits that have been vaccinated and can show proof of vaccinations for either nail trims or bonding. For the safety of our fosters and visiting rabbits, people will need to send in proof of vaccination in advance. You only need to pre-register once while the vaccination certificate is valid. Unfortunately, we will need to turn away people who bring rabbits without proof of vaccination. Please email your vaccination certificate in advance to nailtrim@allearssac.org
To pre-register, send an email to nailtrim@allearssac.org. Your email needs to include:
has been found in domestic and wild rabbits in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada.
More Information: Here's the link to House Rabbit Society's RHDV page. There's a section on how to protect your rabbits.
Vaccines: There are vaccines, but they have to be imported to the US by a USDA registered vet. Dr. Brick at Madison Avenue Veterinary Clinic in Fair Oaks is working to import the vaccine and is taking orders from new and current clients. The process of producing some of the vaccines is ethically difficult because it costs lab rabbits their lives. If interested contact the clinic by May 19, 2020. What to do: If you did not receive and respond to an email from Sacramento House Rabbit Society, contact Madison Avenue Veterinary Clinic directly at (916) 961-1541 by Tuesday, May 19 to get more information about the vaccine or be added to a list to order the vaccine for your rabbit(s). *Please leave a voicemail if no one answers during business hours.
Read the How to Protect Your Rabbits section of House Rabbit Society's RHDV page.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Announcement.
Infected rabbits in the Bay Area.
Nevada Department of Agriculture:
2 pet rabbits found infected in Las Vegas.
We provide Adoption, Behavior, Care, and Educational information about your companion rabbit.
The House Rabbit Society is a non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated to rescuing and finding loving homes for abandoned and unwanted rabbits. HRS is committed to educating people about the unique nature and proper care of these wonderful, intelligent companion animals. Find out more about the Sacramento House Rabbit Society.
HRS is 100% volunteer operated and all of our funds go to helping rabbits and educating people about how wonderful they are as house pets. Below is a chart of our expenditures for 2015 (rounding gives an amount greater than 100%). Your generous, tax-deductable gift to our 501-3(c) will go a long way to saving rabbits in our area. Donate safely and securely through our Razoo portal with the button on the left. Thank you.
If you are interested in adopting a rabbit, please submit a completed People-Pet Profile and return it to our Hotline email. We will check if the fosterer of the rabbit you are interested in is able to meet with you discuss adoption.
Our hotline gets calls from people all over the country. We have offered a lot of help with bonding, which often takes a lot of time and suggestions. We are happy to help people and rabbits make the most of their coexistence. However, over the past 6 months we seemed to have an had abundance of very misinformed people wanting rabbits for all the wrong reasons. Read about some of them here.
NEVER use Frontline if your rabbit has fleas. Frontline's FAQ page says this!
See our Flea page for help with fleas on rabbits.
Effective January 1, 2012, SB 917 prohibits the sale, display or offer for sale or give away as part of a transaction, a live animal on any street, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival, or boardwalk. SB 917 prevents animal suffering, safeguard the public, and reduce pressure on animal shelters and local governments. Text of the bill here.
Rabbits or other animals should not be sold at flea markets or by people on the street trying to sell off litters from their animals..
Unfortunately, the Sacramento House Rabbit Society cannot take in rabbits from private homes. This is because our first responsibility is to the rabbits at the local shelters -- they are truly "eleventh hour" rabbits and for them, the SHRS foster program may be the last chance. If you have found a rabbit, or if you wish to find another home for your own rabbit, take a look at our flyer Finding a Home for an Unwanted Rabbit. This will give you ideas for things you can do to find a loving home for your bunny.
Abandoning any animal is a misdemeanor under the California penal code section 597S.
If you cannot keep your rabbit, never turn them loose or abandon them. Pet rabbits are totally domesticated and depend on humans for shelter and protection. Do the humane thing and surrender your rabbit to an animal shelter. See our poster "Food; not Free"
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