Romeo Rabbit Rescue 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation

23/03/2025

Whelp…it looks like we will be postponing tomorrow’s tree felling BBQ after all. When I reached out to our tree team a couple days ago regarding postponing in the event of rain, there was a misunderstanding and our team thought we made the decision to postpone at that time. (Rather than a wait and see). Soooo…they’ve made other plans. Therefore, we will plan for one week from tomorrow and maybe we’ll have warmer weather (though the forecast doesn’t look too much better as of now). I apologize for the confusion and any inconvenience this has caused. We hope you will all be able to make it next Sunday! If you are not able to make it next Sunday and you marked yourself as going to the event, please update your status so we can have an accurate count for next Sunday. If it is raining next Sunday, we will postpone one more week. THANK YOU ALL for your understanding and flexibility!

22/03/2025

Concerning tomorrow’s tree felling BBQ:
Weather Update - Forecast says the rain won’t come until 6pm. We are tentatively planning on meeting at 10am and going until the job is done or until rainfall. It will be chilly. Dress warm and in layers. Gloves and hats recommended. Check back in tomorrow around 9am for a final confirmation post and address. We all know how predictable Michigan weather is! And if you plan on coming, please make sure you are marked as “going” on our FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1HNc6oWtjN/?mibextid=wwXIfr. If you don’t have FB, just comment below that you plan to attend. We will be feeding all our volunteers so we need to know how much food to bring! Also, join our project volunteers group here: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1A4s5DRAzw/?mibextid=wwXIfr

18/03/2025

We are on the hunt for corporate sponsors and need volunteers to send emails, anywhere from 10-20 emails per week. We will provide you with the cut and paste template to send and the attachments to send so you don’t have to come up with what to say. Each volunteer will cover a specific group or region (such as law firms in Romeo, or public schools in armada, colleges in Macomb county, etc). Send the emails, and in the event that you get a response with questions or interest, you would simply forward to us so we can follow up. We hope to send between 100-200 emails per week so the more people able to send emails, the fewer emails each person needs to send. Please let us know if you are interested in helping in this capacity.

18/03/2025

Congratulations recent adoptions and foster to adopts! Licorice and Tiramisu found their forever home, hopefully this time for real forever as they were adopted once before, then returned when their owners had to move. They came from The Lionhead Shed, which was the second bunny explosion case we worked on three years ago. Mochi, one of our “will never be dog bait brothers” and newest intakes, immediately found his forever home with a loving family (his look-a-like brother still needs a home FYI). Mochi went on a foster to adopt agreement as he is not yet neutered. We will have him neutered then his adoption will be finalized. Brûlée, one of our recent intakes from the injured meat breeder case of 27 bunnies, found his forever home with a loving FTA couple.
Our precious Oliver who stole hearts after he came to us skin and bones from a neglect case, went to a loving FTA home to be a husbun for a sweet bunwife. While it is too soon to start bonding sessions as she was just spayed, they already show a strong likeness for eachother evident by them flopping side by side through their adjacent pens. Finally, Genesis, who was one of our Dodge Park strays from a couple years back, found a wonderful FTA home with a super sweet husbun, Boba!
We wish these buns and their new fams a happily ever after with lots of bunny love and cuddles! And we pray all bonding will go smoothly so all FTA’s will end in adoptions!

18/03/2025

We took possession of our new property on Saturday, and today, two of our rockstar board members, Diane Bendig and Kelly Smalley went out to the existing pole barn and cleaned it all out! The concrete floor was covered with dry leaves and there were cobwebs all over. We took measurements to start finishing the inside, which is already wired for electricity. But we still needed to put a line out to the barn for both gas and electric which has been done today! Depending on what kind of a turnout we have on Sunday, we may put some of our volunteers to work in the barn. We’re optimistic we can get the job completed sooner than anticipated. Remember to add yourself as going to our event if you plan on coming to the tree felling BBQ on Sunday. We will feed you BBQ food, you help us clear trees and possibly some work framing for drywall in the pole barn. Click here to mark yourself as “going” for the event if you plan on joining us! https://www.facebook.com/share/167xDpdThe/?mibextid=wwXIfr

17/03/2025

I told our girl, Magnolia, to beg for some cleaning supplies for us and I think she nailed it! What do you think? 😆

Seriously though, people love to donate beds and toys and treats for our bunnies. Our bunnies LOVE to get them and we LOVE the enjoyment of passing them out. But sometimes we need to ask for the boring stuff! And considering the cost of cleaning supplies, we get just as excited (sometimes more) to receive the boring stuff as we do the fun stuff! With our move to Armada upon us we have so much extra cleaning to do! (Speaking of which we could use some extra volunteers over the next few weeks as well). And we are running low on cleaning supplies. Before we tap into our new rescue center construction fund, I thought we’d ask our community for some donations of cleaning products. I added the cleaning products we need to the top of our Amazon wishlist, LINK: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/J479A77FQXK7?ref_=wl_share But we will gladly accept donations of partial bottles or jugs of cleaners you may have around the house and don’t think you need, such as vinegar and bleach, as well as multi-purpose cleaners. If it’s on our wishlist or similar to an item on our wishlist, we can use it! Items ordered from our wishlist ship directly to us. PM us for drop off locations. THANK YOU!!!

16/03/2025

15/03/2025

Safe and secure from an unimaginable fate! We were asked to take down our earlier post containing text messages regarding these boys and we did. But our mission was accomplished. They have been rescued! We raised enough funds to cover their vetting (baring anything unforeseen) and we have received a couple promising foster apps. Last night we were contacted by a volunteer who was asked to rescue these boys from a breeder who was going to give them away to be used as dog bait - to train dogs to attack and kill. It is absolutely outrageous what horror humans can be capable of! Thanks to our supportive community, we were able to get them to safety! Now they will know nothing by love from her on out. These boys are reportedly 7 months old (but awfully tiny!) and bonded (though unaltered.) Thanks for helping is save them. Now help us name them! Drop suggestions in the comments below! ♥️♥️

14/03/2025

✨✨ATTENTION ALL FOSTER AND ADOPTION APPLICANTS✨✨

We have been experiencing technical difficulties for the past week and finally have it sorted out!! Unfortunately, these difficulties came at the worst time possible! As a result, we now see that TEN people submitted applicants in response to the 27 bunnies we took in last Friday and I am just now seeing them for the first time! Several people commented on our post stating they were submitting apps, but they never showed up in my inbox so I thought it was due to lack of follow through. I want to apologize for this situation. I am playing catch up today so if you applied to foster or adopt in the last week, you will get an email response from me today!

What’s even more concerning, scrolling back through our database, I can now see that over the past several months or longer, other apps have not shown up in my inbox. Some show up and some do not and that part we still can’t figure out. Now I need to login to our database daily to check for apps because they are not all getting funneled through. Therefore, if you sent in an application in the past and never received a response, I PROMISE it was NOT because we did not like your application. It’s because I never saw it. This is horribly frustrating for us to think about all the potential adoptions we missed! 😞

I just wanted to make you all aware of what is going on. We will never not respond to an app. Yes, when things are insanely busy, it may take us a while to respond, but we will always respond eventually. AND, GREAT NEWS, we are bringing on a new adoption coordinator whose sole job will be to process applications so we should definitely be more prompt in our responses from here on out! I sincerely apologize if you’ve applied in the past and never heard from us. And for future applicants, if you submit an application and 72 hours goes by with no response, please shoot us a message to bring this to our attention! We don’t want you to feel rejected nor do we want any of our bunnies to miss out on a forever home!

❤️

13/03/2025

How on earth this is even happening is beyond me!

In 2025, there is no room for animal testing.

https://chng.it/7VkRwDYfGJ

12/03/2025

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY- we need STRONG MEN and WOMEN to join us for a tree felling BBQ in Armada on March 23! The owner of J&E Tree Services will be volunteering his time to cut the trees down, but we need many more volunteers to cut fallen trees, chop and stack for firewood. You clear the trees, we feed you BBQ and drinks! We also have other projects on site, if we have a big enough turn out, such as hanging insulation in a pole barn on the property, and dropping and covering a culvert in the ditch where the drive needs to go. This is a great volunteer opportunity and a wonderful way to support a worthy cause. We are working on getting Fox 2 on site that day to cover the event - no guarantees. Anyone familiar with an Eagle Scout group who may want to join this cause?

11/03/2025

With our move upon us, we need as many storage bins as possible, all shapes and sizes, WITH LIDS. We are asking you all first, because bins are expensive and we’re trying to keep costs down as much as possible as we are entering into major renovations and construction of multiple buildings for our new rescue center! If you have bins with lids you don’t need, please consider donating them to our rescue.
Www.romeorabbitrescue.com
[email protected]
(Text) 586-233-3129

Thank you! We truly appreciate it!

10/03/2025

I would like to officially announce that we have CLOSED on 10.5 acres in Armada! If you’ve been following us for a while, you know we’ve been trying like heck to establish a permanent location, and we finally have! SOOOOO…we are FULL SPEED AHEAD making plans to renovate and construct our new rescue center! There is an existing 1000sq ft pole barn on the property we will use as a temporary holding site for the majority of our rabbits while we renovate and construct our new buildings. We just purchased a 16’x55’ building (880sq ft) which will ultimately be used as our bunny boarding house so boarding bunnies don’t have to share space with rescue bunnies. We will construct a new 3300sq ft building on the property to be our new spectacular rescue and adoption center! One of the things I’m most excited about? Every bunny will have their own room! Buy buy xpens!!! Rooms will vary in size to allow for the needs of different sized rabbits, energy levels, pairs, and trios, etc. from 4’x4’ to 8’x8’ Custom built rooms will allow us to provide significantly more sanitary conditions for our rabbits. No more p**p or urine sharing by waste running under to the pen into neighbor space! No spread of airborne illnesses, etc. I have attached an imagine of what the new rescue center may look like after construction, an image of the building we just purchased along with the purchase agreement so you can see this is legit! I have also attached a sketch of the floor plans for the new rescue center as well as a video of the property and our FIRST CALL OF ACTION. We need to build a driveway but there are some pesky trees in the way. SO LETS HAVE A TREE FELLING BBQ PARTY! We are looking for one individual who is proficient in safe tree felling and many strong volunteers who can help cut up trees once they have fallen, as well as chopping, moving, and stacking firewood from those trees. We need to act fast as we cannot have our building delivered without the drive. TENTATIVE DATES FOR TREE FELLING BBQ are March 16 or 23, praying for 16th if possible! You provide the labor, we provide the BBQ! Who can help?

07/03/2025

UPDATE: ALL 27 BUNNIES WERE RESCUED AND ARE SAFE THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE TRANSFERRED TO OTHERER RESCUES
WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING ON PLACEMENT FOR THE FEW WE HAVEVE LEFT WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHICAL DIFFICULTY WITH OUR BACK OFFICE. IF YOU SUBMITTED AN APPLICATIONTION TO FOSTER, IT WAS NOT DID NOT MAKE IT TO MY INBOX, BUT YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESUBMIT OUR IT PERSON CAN PULL IT OVER MANUALLY AS SOON AS SHE’S BACK FROM VACATION. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

Please help if you can! We just intervened in a hoarding case and we need funds and emergency foster who are prepared foster for 6-9 months! We seized 27 rabbits who were suffering from severe neglect. They were being bred for meat but the meat breeder suffered severe injuries and has been in patient for over a month. He signed them over to us today and we took them all…27 in total. This is the worst possible time for us as we have been downsizing, preparing to move (we closed on 10 acres in Armada and will be building a rescue center. We already purchased one building. - this was supposed to be an exciting announcement I was going to make later today, but now I’m slammed with this case. But now we are in desperate need to find placement. is taking quite a few and and are taking a couple. We still need placement for 10! We have mother daughter bonded pairs and siblings who have been housed together. A litter of American chinchilla rabbits and a litter of Californians - all 17 weeks old. And to our surprise, they are all friendly! Please submit an application (not a foster form) on our website at www.romeorabbitrescue.com if you can foster and please donate if you can! We need a lot of help with this case! Share, share, share, like and comment to increase engagement and if you are a prayer, pray! 🙏🏻

Venmo and PayPal (NOT Romeo’S Rabbit Rescue with an S - that is a different rescue in AU.

Zelle: (586) 233-3129

Or donate simply by clicking on this link!

06/03/2025

Can you believe how fast time flies?! Blueberry’s babies, sponsored by , are going to be six weeks old on Friday/Saturday! That means we only have two weeks to find homes for all 5 of them. I was concerned to see babies would be fearful because of how fearful the parents were when they came in, but I was concerned for nothing! These playful sweethearts are super social, friendly, love people, and love giving bunny kisses! They get excited when they hear my voice and come running! They are easy to handle and will make great additions to your family! Our bunnies must be spayed and/or neutered before they can be officially adopted, but they can move to a forever home at 8 weeks old on a foster to adopt agreement. FTA parents purchase xpen, supplies, food, everything needed for your new bun, but we continue to cover medical expenses up until and including their spay. Once they are spayed we finalize the adoption and that is when the adoption fee is paid. If you don’t want to keep a bunny long term but would like to help us by fostering a baby, then we provide the xpen, supplies, and non-consumables. Our foster families provide consumables such as hay, food, greens, and litter. If you are interested in fostering or fostering to adopt one or two of our babies, please submit an APPLICATION on our website at www.romeorabbitrescue.com. Please not the application is different from the volunteer form, which some people mistakenly submit when interested in fostering.

06/03/2025