Anybody want to adopt an adorable bunny?

Silver, a fluffy, two-week-old bunny, can fit in the palm of your hand. His neighbors include a tawny pair of siblings both named Daisy. Then there’s the grand matriarch, a grey, plump and, alas, blind rabbit named Honey Bunny.

These and 36 others, currently sheltered in cages and handmade hutches at the end of a residential driveway on Manhattan College Parkway, need loving homes.

Philip Selbon, the homeowner, said he had welcomed his housekeeper’s idea of moving in 16 rabbits in September. But it did not take long for the creatures to live up to their reputation for fecundity.

“They have what’s called a high reproduction rate,” said the housekeeper, Anaïs Magloire. “I’ll say it in a polite way. That’s a problem.”

“They’ve been multiplying. We’ve been trying to give the rabbits away, and it is impossible to give rabbits away,” Mr. Selbon, 74, lamented.

He said he has tried to give some of the rabbits to area schools, the local police precinct, a pet adoption agency called Bideawee, Petco and Animal Care & Control of NYC, among others, all to no avail. The groups either did not respond to him, said it was against their policies to accept rabbits or, in the case of AC&C, said they would charge $35 per rabbit. Petco said it only accepts animals from breeders.

“We’ve got to get rid of the rabbits,” Mr. Selbon said. “They’re overcrowded. There’s just too many.”

He and Ms. Magloire explained it is also becoming costly to feed them and difficult to continue cleaning the nine rectangular hutches and two cages that house them.

And, of course, the creatures keep multiplying.

“We try to separate them as best as we can, but it’s difficult to see who’s the male, who’s the female. Even vets have problems,” Ms. Magloire said.

Hence the birth of a litter including Silver last month.

Ms. Magloire described herself as a lifelong rabbit lover, saying, “I have always had an obsession with rabbits. I don’t know why. I love them.”

Asked if he has come to share his housekeeper’s enthusiasm for the pets, Mr. Selbon, a publisher, initially said no. But when probed, he pointed to a trio of rabbits huddled in one of the hutches and said, “I like the ones in this cage here. I like the floppy ears.”

Still, all of the animals are available free of charge. Ms. Magloire explained she would part with Honey Bunny, the blind rabbit, “if somebody really loves her” and is willing to provide special care. Mr. Selbon hopes to give away about 25 rabbits soon.

He said anyone who wants a rabbit can call him at 212-452-2100 to make an appointment.