{"id":226,"date":"2016-06-20T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T05:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ohare.org\/wordpress\/?p=226"},"modified":"2016-06-20T06:52:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:52:29","slug":"pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohare.org\/wordpress\/pumpkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with sadness in our hearts that we share the news that our sanctuary rabbit, Pumpkin (AKA Mrs. Pumpy), has passed away.\u00a0 She was eleven and a half\u00a0years old.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pumpkin came to us\u00a0in November of 2005 from a mass rescue of “meat rabbits” by the Logan County Humane Society.\u00a0 Pumpkin never overcame her feral rabbit side and\u00a0always remained at a distance and unsociable with humans and other rabbits.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After several years in foster care, we decided that it would be best if Pumpkin remained in our home to live out the rest of her years and placed her into our Sanctuary program. \u00a0She stayed with us for over ten\u00a0years.\u00a0 In the time we had her, Pumpkin did become very attached to our dogs.\u00a0 She liked playing with them and teasing them at her level.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The last several months, her health began to slip.\u00a0 We went through several battles\u00a0with stasis, from which she always recovered.\u00a0 Arthritis made it difficult for her to get around.\u00a0 She passed away peacefully in the night.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you to all of Pumpkin’s sponsors.\u00a0 We will surely miss our dear old Mrs. Pumpy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sue and Keith\u00a0Zimmerman\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We rescued Pumpkin and seven of her siblings on November 26th, 2005, from the Logan County Humane Society after they had been seized from a meat rabbit operation that was operating under poor conditions. All of the buns were wary of humans since they’d never been handled as pets. Although the others were eventually adopted, Pumpkin had an attitude and was always skipped over. She was quite distant and would growl, charge, and box during any attempt to handle her. Sometimes she would scream when she was picked up.<\/p>\n

Pumpkin did, however, seem to like dogs, and since we have five of them, she had plenty of company. She would be completely at ease around them, even playing with them and teasing. At one point, we moved Pumpkin from our foster population in the outbuilding into the house, hoping that more frequent interaction with humans would put her at ease. It did not work. She is still averse to humans (and other rabbits).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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