Beth’s Surprise Birthday Present

Cheryl thought that it would be nice for Beth to have a pet here in the US as she had been missing our cat, Cleo, who was being looked after in the UK. She had been looking on the Internet at pets for adoption from rescue centers & found a rabbit on the Missouri House Rabbit Society website that she thought would be ideal. They had an upcoming open day at the Missouri Humane Society so we went along to have a look at the rabbit.

As we were talking to some of the volunteers, Beth started stroking a black & white Dutch Bunny that was up for adoption. This was a really scared looking, unnamed rabbit that had apparently been cowering in the back of its cage with no-one being able to coax him out. As soon as Beth reached in & started to stroke it, the bunny came forward to the front of the cage & just let Beth stroke him, much to the surprise of the volunteers.

So it looked like we had found our bunny, or rather he had found us. Beth wanted to take him home there & then, but we wanted to surprise her for her birthday so to make her feel better she was allowed to name him. She called him cookie, since he was black & white & so looked a bit like an Oreo cookie.
The House Rabbit Society makes sure that the adopted rabbits are in good health before they are allowed to go home with their new ‘parents’. Although Beth’s Birthday was rapidly approaching, it looked like there would be enough time for Cookie to visit the vets for his health check & to be spayed before & still be here to surprise Beth when she woke up on her birthday. Unfortunately, he needed some extra tests to make sure that he was OK & so he didn’t come ‘home’ until a couple of day after Beth’s Birthday. She was still really excited to have Cookie & is doing a great job at being a ‘bunny mummy’!