Runaway rabbit, family reunited
Published: February 20, 2006
The question being asked by the Guevin family is where, and how, their very large pet rabbit Silvia survived the past six months on the lam.
The Guevins and Silvia were reunited last week after a picture of the lop-eared, 20-pound gray rabbit appeared in the Sunday Republican. Silvia was photographed in the arms of Southwick Animal Control Officer Patricia Frazer who had renamed the bunny Thumper after she was found wandering the streets of Westfield.
“Could it be?” Kathleen M. Guevin remembers asking herself upon seeing Silvia’s picture. A quick call to Frazer revealed that Thumper could be in fact the missing West Springfield rabbit.
On Feb. 13, the Guevins drove to Southwick to meet with Frazer and sealed the find.
“There were distinguishing marks on the rabbit that only the owners would know. There were other things, too, like the reaction,” Frazer said. “There was no doubt in my mind that owners and pet were reunited,” she said.
Martin Guevin, who celebrated his sixth birthday last weekend, says the best part of that birthday was the return of Silvia. “I am happy she is home. She is a good pet,” he said.
Silvia had escaped the Guevin home through a pet door installed in a rear screen door of their gray Cape. Kathleen Guevin said a clump of hair from Silvia’s tail was found in the driveway on that summer day she went missing.
“We thought the worst had happened and told Martin she had gone to live with the wild bunnies,” she said. “You can imagine my surprise when I saw the photo in the paper,” she said. “I can’t imagine she went that far on her own,” Guevin said when she learned the rabbit had been found in Westfield, about two miles away from home.
Silvia’s identity was confirmed when the Guevins brought her back home on Feb. 13. “She immediately went to her favorite corner in the living room. She devoured the Fruit Loops, and our cat, Homie, went right up to her and started licking her face. So that capped it; she is Silvia,” Guevin said.
The Guevins were a little concerned when Silvia was returned to the homestead, because of a new addition to the family. “She grew up with Homie but now there is also Bandit,” Guevin said. Bandit is a 6-month-old black, brown and white puppy.
“They also get along great and everything is just fine. The only problem left to solve is retraining Silvia to use the litter box,” Guevin said.
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