Customers in general used to be rare. My experience, since the start of the pandemic, is that people are WAKING UP and really becoming interested in food security.
Since March I have sold more than 100 rabbits!
I have been raising Standard Rex rabbits on and off for the last 40+ years, consistently this time for the last 12 years. During all that time I don’t think I sold more than 100 rabbits total, until now.
The people who are getting in touch with me now have been so appreciative, dependable and willing learners. They seem grateful that I am willing to spend the time to help them get set up before they bring their rabbits home and a number of them have returned to buy additional rabbits after they have gotten started with just a pair or a trio.
I am so grateful to these people and see this transformation happening in other places in my world.
I know that this pandemic has been hard for SO many people, emotionally, medically, financially and in other ways. And, maybe because I am older now and have a had long time to examine my own attitudes and ask a Loving Power to help me to transform my character defects into assets, I have gotten to the place where the first question I now ask is NOT “Why is this happening?” but “Why is this a good thing?” And the answers that I find have transformed me from an angry, resentful, critical person, into one who experiences ongoing peace, serenity and joy. That has come over the last decade, despite the “facts” of: the death of my husband, the drug addiction & jailing of a beloved family member, and many other events that were definitely not on the “script” that I would have written for my perfect life.
I hope that rabbits, and the joy that they have brought will continue to be a part of my life for as long as I can walk out to the barn and feed & pet them. And I am so grateful to be able to share it with others.
