House Rabbit Society: Other Animals Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

These funds directly benefited adoptable rabbits to reduce barriers to adoption. The funds helped cover exams, spay and neuter assistance, and surgical intervention. With help from the Petfinder Foundation, we were able to fund the spay and neuter of 12 adoptable rabbits, the extraction of four teeth from a rabbit with overgrown incisors that obstructed his ability to eat, and the removal of an eye that contained an abscess that was not responding to antibiotic treatment.

How many pets did this grant help?

12 rabbits

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

Scrambled Egg is a sweet and outgoing lop rabbit who came to House Rabbit Society from San Jose Animal Care and Control.

Though he was perfectly healthy, he needed his incisors removed. They had overgrown to the point where he had trouble eating, and the surgery at a typical private clinic would be too expensive for a regular adopter. Even if his teeth were trimmed, the likelihood that they would regrow crooked was high and the problem would recur.

House Rabbit Society was able to remove the incisors, neuter him and provide him with his RHDV2 vaccination. After a few rechecks, Scrambled Eggs was cleared for adoption. He wasn’t listed on Petfinder long before his new mom saw him, fell in love, and brought him into his fur-ever home.

We are so grateful for the Petfinder Foundation’s help in providing financial assistance to help make this lifesaving surgery possible. Included are photos of Scrambled egg pre- and post-surgery (photos 1 and 2), as well as one of his incisors (photo 3). We also have included photos of a few other rabbits who were provided medical care thanks to the Petfinder Foundation!