Application to Become A CO-HRS Permanent Fosterer

Application To Become A CO-HRS Permanent Fosterer
* Only an adult who holds the title or lease to the home should complete this application.

Please do not apply to become a permanent fosterer, unless:

Your situation is reasonably stable (people right out of high school should postpone animals until they are well settled and have a stable job);
You are committed to keeping the rabbits for their entire lives, maintaining time for them, and solving any problems that occur
You understand children (even teen-agers) haven’t the maturity to be responsible for another life. You, as an adult in the family, are the one who will be responsible for the care and keeping of the rabbits
You understand children may grow tired of any animal, but an animal brought into the home is part of the family. An animal is not a toy to be discarded, and is never to be removed from the family for any reason that a child would not be removed from it.

Please answer the following questions and submit the form to us. You can also e-mail your answers to co-hrs@comcast.net (by copying and pasting them to an e-mail message) or print the form, fill it out and mail it via US Mail to:
Colorado HRS
P.O. Box 238
Broomfield, CO 80038
(Note: Mailing your application will significantly impact our ability to reply in a timely manner. Please allow two weeks for us to be able to receive and process the application. We will still want to proceed with our reply using email if at all possible.)

1. Personal Information

Name

Street Address

City

State Zip
Primary Phone Number

Alternate Phone (if available)

E-Mail (required so we can respond to you)

2. Do you own or rent your home? If you rent, do you have written permission to have a pair of rabbits in your home?

3. Are there any smokers in your home?

4. Who all is in the family (or shares your home)? Please give the names and ages of any children, and what part they are playing in getting rabbits (i.e., rabbits are primarily for this child, or this child wants to be able to carry the rabbits around, etc.)

5. Are all of the adults in the family in agreement about getting house rabbits?
Yes
No
Not Sure
Put additional comments (if any) here

6. If you have children, do you understand and agree that:

children, even teen-agers, lack the maturity to take full responsibility for the well-being of a living animal;
you will be primarily responsible for feeding, cleaning, grooming, and giving physical affection to the rabbits.?
Yes
No
Not Sure
Put additional comments (if any) here

7. Have you had a rabbit before? Have you had any experience with rabbits?

8. Why do you want to get rabbits?

9. Describe what you expect rabbits in your home to be like. How you expect them to behave toward you? What problems you think you might have, etc? We want to be sure to educate you if your expectations are unrealistic.

10. Do you have other animals? If so - who, what, how old, etc. Rabbits do fine with many animals of other species, so this is not usually a problem. Some animals can be a threat to rabbits. Of course, we won't place rabbits where such animals live. If you do have other animals, we will work with you to teach you how to introduce them.

11. Have you had other animals as an adult that you don't have now? If so, what? What happened to them?

12. Where in your home would you plan to keep your rabbits' own home ("cage")? We recommend it be in a family room or kitchen, someplace where people tend to spend most of their time, so even when the rabbits aren't out, they can be part of what's going on. Don't buy a cage until after you've chosen your rabbits, or else get one that would house the largest of rabbits. If you have rabbits of your own, foster rabbits should be kept in an entirely separate area to avoid territorial urine marking.

13. Do you know for certain no one in your home is allergic to rabbits or hay (the primary item in their diet)? Please have everyone in the family spend enough time with rabbits to verify this. You may come to our foster facilities for this purpose, if you wish. Or have everyone tested by an allergist before adopting.

Yes - certain no one living here is alleric to either rabbits or hay
No - not certain if anyone living here is allergic to rabbits or hay
Put additional comments (if any) here

14. If you become so busy that you felt it wasn't fair to the rabbits to keep them, what would you do? (Think about this in the same terms as if the rabbits were children).

15. If someone with whom you were sharing your life was severely allergic to rabbits or became allergic to them, how would you deal with the problem?

16. If you were to have a baby sometime in the future, would you be able to deal with keeping the rabbits in spite of the extra workload, and solving the problems associated with having both babies and rabbits in the house (we will help you with this if you need us)?

17. Are you willing to limit any animals you get in the future to those who would not be a threat to the rabbits (no terriers, dachshunds, chows, pit-bulls, snakes, ferrets, etc.)? Are you willing to limit the number of animals you have so you could always afford vet care for the rabbits, should they need it?

18. Are there any circumstances in your life which would make it probable that you would not be able to keep your rabbits for their entire lives (international moves, etc.)?

19. Are you committed to keeping the rabbits, solving any problems that come up, moving only where the rabbits are allowed, etc., for as long as they live (usually 8 to 12 years, but possibly as much as 16 yrs.)?

20. Are you willing to transport the rabbits to an emergency clinic at any time, day or night, if needed?

21. Do you need us to supply the crate, pen, and other supplies needed to establish the rabbits’ home?

22. What made you decide to adopt at this time?

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