Come on down to the shelter on Saturday, May 18, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes. From 1-3 p.m., potential adopters can meet the many small animals available for adoption from the shelter, including: rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, mice and more.

Volunteer small-animal specialists will be on hand to help adopters find the right pet for them. They provide information about each animal’s characteristics and needs, demonstrate basic care and handling skills, and answer questions. The Seattle Animal Shelter features Cool City Pets the third Saturday of every month.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Animals may be adopted by adults only. Adopters must be prepared to provide proper housing, food, water, toys and other materials necessary for the care and good health of the animal. The adoption fee for small animals ranges from $15-$40.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-7387 (PETS) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing.

The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.

Come on down to the shelter on Saturday, April 20, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes. From 1-3 p.m., potential adopters can meet the many small animals available for adoption from the shelter, including: rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, mice and more.

Volunteer small-animal specialists will be on hand to help adopters find the right pet for them. They provide information about each animal’s characteristics and needs, demonstrate basic care and handling skills, and answer questions. The Seattle Animal Shelter features Cool City Pets the third Saturday of every month.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Animals may be adopted by adults only. Adopters must be prepared to provide proper housing, food, water, toys and other materials necessary for the care and good health of the animal. The adoption fee for small animals ranges from $15-$40.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-7387 (PETS) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing.

The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.

Some things to think about:

• Every year, thousands of baby chicks and rabbits are sold as Easter presents.
• A few months after Easter, many of these pets are surrendered or abandoned and end up looking for a new home.
• Seattle Animal Shelter always has rabbits available for adoption, and we often have chickens too!
• Really want a baby bunny? Consider becoming a foster parent! Seattle Animal Shelter places baby bunnies in foster homes until they are old enough to be spayed or neutered and find their forever family.
• Rabbits live an average of 7 to 10 years.
• When your adorable baby bunny suddenly turns into a terrible teen they may show aggression, become territorial, and develop bad litter box habits – most of these issues can be fixed by spaying and neutering your pet rabbit.
• Seattle Animal Shelter offers low-cost spay and neuter services for rabbits.
• Is anyone in your family allergic to animals with fur or have seasonal allergies/hay fever? If so, a rabbit may not be the best pet for you. Rabbits need to eat hay on a daily basis, which can trigger allergies in some people.
• Chickens live an average of 10 to 15 years.
• Hens only lay eggs regularly until they are 2-3 years old, after that it tapers off.
• Did you know roosters are not permitted to be kept within Seattle city limits? Half of all the chicks sold at Easter will grow up to be roosters.
• The number of adoptive homes for roosters is very, very low since many cities do not allow roosters. Please consider this when buying unsexed chicks.

Come on down to the shelter on Saturday, March 16, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes. From 1-3 p.m., potential adopters can meet the many small animals available for adoption from the shelter, including: rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, mice and more.

Volunteer small-animal specialists will be on hand to help adopters find the right pet for them. They provide information about each animal’s characteristics and needs, demonstrate basic care and handling skills, and answer questions. The Seattle Animal Shelter features Cool City Pets the third Saturday of every month.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Animals may be adopted by adults only. Adopters must be prepared to provide proper housing, food, water, toys and other materials necessary for the care and good health of the animal. The adoption fee for small animals ranges from $15-$40.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-7387 (PETS) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing.

The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.

“Guinea pigs make great pets. Because of our tremendous success in adopting out cats and dogs, we are now entrusted with finding good homes for other animals when pet owners can no longer care for them. Adopting an animal from the Seattle Animal Shelter is the right thing to do,” says Shelter Director Don Jordan.

Guinea pigs (or cavies, as they’re sometimes known) are very social. They prefer to live with at least one other guinea pig friend and they spend lots of time interacting with their human companions. Guinea pigs like to live indoors, where they can be part of your daily family life. They require a roomy flat bottomed cage, hay, pellets, and fresh fruits and veggies. Many guinea pigs are vocal and will greet their owners excitedly with “wheeks, wheets and whistles.” Guinea pigs also require daily exercise in a secure playpen, as they cannot use exercise wheels or rodent balls.

Come meet the guinea pigs, and other critters, available for adoption from the shelter, located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. The adoption fee for guinea pigs is $15; adoption fees for other small animal range between $15-$40. The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-7387 (PETS) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The Shelter needs volunteers for a variety of important tasks, including: dog walking, 9-lives, Furry 5K event planning, adoption assistants, pet therapy and more. To learn more about the variety of volunteer opportunities, go to http://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/in-shelter.htm.

Come on down to the shelter on Saturday, Feb. 16, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes. From 1-3 p.m., potential adopters can meet the many small animals available for adoption from the shelter, including: rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, mice and more.

Volunteer small-animal specialists will be on hand to help adopters find the right pet for them. They provide information about each animal’s characteristics and needs, demonstrate basic care and handling skills, and answer questions. The Seattle Animal Shelter features Cool City Pets the third Saturday of every month.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Animals may be adopted by adults only. Adopters must be prepared to provide proper housing, food, water, toys and other materials necessary for the care and good health of the animal. The adoption fee for small animals ranges from $15-$40. The adoption fee for rabbits will be waived for this Cool City Pets event as it coincides with the shelter’s Hop To Adopt! event.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-7387 (PETS) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing.

The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.

With this special offer, made possible through a grant from the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation, adopters will not pay any fees for a rabbit during the promotion. Regular adoption fees are available online at http://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/adoption-fees.htm.

“This timely grant from the Foundation allows us to find loving families for our adoption rabbits so that my staff can focus on caring for the other various animals in our shelter,” says Shelter Director Don Jordan.

These discounts apply to rabbits in the shelter and in foster care. To schedule a meet and greet with a rabbit in foster care, please call (206) 684-0685 or email sasfostercritters@gmail.com.

The adoption package includes:

• Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians
• Spay or neuter
• Microchip

The Seattle Animal Shelter will also highlight the rabbits available for adoption at a Cool City Pets adoption event at the shelter on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 1-3 p.m. Volunteers will be on hand to answer your questions and help you meet the rabbits and all the other critters available for adoption.

Rabbits make excellent pets. They are intelligent, social animals capable of forming lifelong bonds with humans. Whether housed in an apartment or a home, the quiet, well-mannered house rabbit can be a welcome addition to any family.

Before choosing to adopt a rabbit (or any companion animal for that matter), the Seattle Animal Shelter recommends asking yourself the following questions:

• Am I ready to make a long-term commitment of owning a rabbit for up to 10 years?
• Is the animal right for my household or living environment?
• Who will be the primary caretaker for the animal?
• Can I afford the cost of food, pet supplies and veterinary bills?

Persons who cannot adopt a rabbit at this time but would like to make a difference can consider making a donation to Help the Animals Fund or contact the shelter to learn more about foster care opportunities for rabbits.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. for adoptions. It is located at 2061 – 15th Ave. W. The phone number is (206) 386- 7387 (PETS). Animals available for adoption can be viewed online at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

Come on down to the shelter on Saturday, Jan. 19, for Cool City Pets, an adoption event highlighting small animals looking for their forever homes. From 1p.m.-3 p.m., potential adopters can meet the many small animals available for adoption from the shelter, including: rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, mice and more.

Volunteer small-animal specialists will be on hand to help adopters find the right pet for them. They provide information about each animal’s characteristics and needs, demonstrate basic care and handling skills, and answer questions. The Seattle Animal Shelter features Cool City Pets the third Saturday of every month.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Animals may be adopted by adults only. Adopters must be prepared to provide proper housing, food, water, toys and other materials necessary for the care and good health of the animal. The adoption fee for small animals ranges from $15-$40.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is located at 2061 15^th Ave. W, about a mile south of the Ballard Bridge. If you would like more information or directions, please call (206) 386-PETS(7387) or visit the shelter’s website at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

The shelter is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. for adoptions and for licensing.

The Seattle Animal Shelter reserves the right to approve or deny any animal adoptions and limits the number of small animal adoptions to no more than three per household.