As
a service to Rabbit Slippers Readers and to organizations that help
bunnies, Rabbit Slippers is sharing this place to help bunnies, those
that Binky Bunny helps and of course shoppers to get great gifts!
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Name of Business: BinkyBunny (BinkyBunny.com)
Links for Business: www.BinkyBunny.com
Contact info: e-mail and whatever else you wish to include: Info@binkybunny.com
What do you sell? Hay, Pellets, Treats, Toys, Books, Playhouses, "Surrogate" Bunnies (which is basically a real looking toy bunny to help keep single real bunnies company if need be).
Do you have any holiday specials, gifts, cards or other items available? We have a Seasonal Section that includes Holiday Binky Bag, along with some other seasonal themed items like a willow candy cane, soft tree and star chews, Vine Star, etc.
Describe your business: And educational and community based site that offer tips and tricks for living with house rabbits. It's supported by a great store that offers products that cater to rabbit health and behavior. (Though other animals like guinea pigs, chins and even cats have enjoyed some of our products!) We love rabbits and all of their goofy and yet challenging behaviors that make them wonderfully rabbity! If a rabbit is happy, healthy and distracted from chewing on "people" stuff, then humans are happy too. So it's a win win.
We didn't start out as a store - we
created a site to make it fun and easy to learn about what goes into
having a house rabbit as an animal companion. However, as the site grew
very fast and forum membership rose, maintaining a site became more
expensive and so we opened a store to help support the site. Soon we
discovered other vendors who loved bunnies as much as we did and so not
only did we create products of our own, we seek out businesses that
truly care about the well-being of the animals they sell for. From
Oxbow Hay company to other smaller companies that also take pride and
care in their work ethic, customer service and product quality. With
these wonderful partnerships, we have created a line of favorites and
unique products that bunnies love.
When should people order by for Xmas delivery? This depends on which shipping method they choose and where they live:
Fedex Ground & Fedex Home
: East Coast - Thursday the 16th
MidWest - Friday, 17th
West Coast Sunday the 18thFedEx Smartpost - (passed --Tuesday the 14th)Hawaii, Canada, AlaskaUSPS Parcel Post - (passed) Tuesday the 14thUSPS Priority International - Thursday the 16thUSPS Priority - Monday the 20th
Tell us a little about your own bunny/bunnies: Currently, I have one bunny, Vivian, who I adopted from SaveABunny.org. We lost our beautiful bunny Jack in May due to cancer and we miss him terribly. He was sort of our BinkyBunny mascot, but more importantly he was just a wonderful bunny who represented the "second chance" that rescue bunnies need. I also adopted him from SaveABunny.org and he would lunge and bite, but I knew that big lug of a bunny had a soft spot and it was all fear based, and that a little extra love and attention would soften him up. And it did. : ) He became a fun loving goofy character that found a special place in my heart. Vivian is a character as well and has a bit of a Vivatude. Her huffs and lunges may have played a part as to why she was in shelters and then at the rescue for two years, but like Jack, she is a big huffin' bluffer, and will just melt at being pet. She helped comfort Jack when he was sick by allowing him to lean on her, and she would stay by his side during his the harder times. I love rescue bunnies because you can see how resilient they are and how much they can come out of their shell with patience and love.
Are you an organization that helps rabbits such as a rescue? Feel free to elaborate how this organization helps bunnies. I volunteered for many years for SaveABunny.org and I really miss doing more hands on volunteer work, but we moved further away from SaveABunny, and then as our business grew, my time became extremely restricted. So we try and help out in other ways.
We help via our affiliate program. A rescue can sign up to be an affiliate and link to our site and receive a percentage of profits from those that were referenced from their site to ours.
We also get many requests for
product donations and financial donations from rescues throughout the
U.S. We can't help out everyone as we are small business ourselves,
but we help out about 10 rescues a year that way. We don't choose one
over the other, just happens to be the timing of the request and where
we are financially at the moment. We wish we could help out more, but
we are not capable of doing more than we already do. As we grow
though, our ability to help even further will also grow.
Do you help out rabbit rescues through donations, volunteer time or anything like that?. I think I incorporated this in the above answer. :)
If you do help out organizations, feel free to describe it more and to give them a plug also.
I
can add that most of the time organizations ask for funds or product
donations -- normally for an auction that will raise money to help
support their rescue efforts.
I hate to plug one organization over another because
I know how hard people in rescue work. It's never ending, can be
overwhelming, and it's a constant balancing act to make sure there are
enough funds, enough people and enough space to make it all work. To
mention one feels unfair in some ways, but I can at least tell you that
my first rescue bunny, Rucy, came from the House Rabbit Society in
Richmond. I have attended many of their seminars, classes, clicker
training etc -- as they have wonderful educational activities. And
their site is an incredible source of information that I am always
referring people to. My next two bunnies came from SaveABunny.org. I
volunteered there for several years. It was a wonderful learning
experience as I was able to see in action the dedication and passion
that it takes for someone to manage and run a rescue. Super human
powers are needed and Marcy, the owner of SaveABunny.org, seems to have
plenty. If it weren't for her, bunnies like my, Jack and Vivian, may
have otherwise been at risk for euthanasia, but she has a heart that
looks beyond first impressions. Because of that insight, Jack and
Vivian were given a second chance and were able to blossom into amazing
and loving bunnies, who enjoyed a fun and joyful life. (Vivian still
enjoying!)
LINKS: Main Site: www.binkybunny.com
Attached are some photos of Jack (white bunny who passed away in May 2011)
I didn't attach them in any particular order:
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| Both of these photos show Vivian caring for Jack when he was sick |
When Jack got cancer, Vivian would give him extra attention
and make sure she kept him warm and cleaned his face and ears. Not
that I want to display depressing photos but what is special about it
is that it shows how nurturing Vivian really is -- it says alot about
her.
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| Vivian Snoozing |
Vivian snoozing -- she loves to snuggle up
and she feels so safe that she will close her eyes when she sleeps
(many bunnies sleep with their eyes open). You have to remember,
Vivian used to be considered an "attack bunny" and many were scared of
her as she has a serious bluff. But she is one of the sweetest bunnies
I have had -- even though she's got spunk!
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| Playful Jack |
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| Jack playing in a box! |
Jack, who used to be a big
scaredy cat type of bunny and also would lash out and scare people came
out of his shell when given love and attention. He loved to run and binky
and explore boxes.
Just goes to show how much power that love and
patience have on other living beings -- amazing and beautiful things
can happen within the well-being of animals that were once were given
away and almost given up on.
Jennifer Sidle
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