Adoption Process

Prior to adoption all our rabbits are neutered, fully vaccinated and thoroughly health checked by our vets.

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To help towards covering these costs, we ask for an adoption fee of £80 per rabbit. 

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We believe this is more than reasonable if we consider what each rabbit costs the rescue in terms of veterinary care. On average it costs £250 to spay and vaccinate a female rabbit and £200 to castrate and vaccinate a male rabbit. This does not include any other veterinary treatment we may have to pay for before the rabbit can be adopted.

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We are totally reliant on our supporters very kind donations to have funds for the rescue. 

Adopt Don't Shop!

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We're happy to see you here and appreciate you considering adopting your rabbits; many people don't actually realise there are centres where you can officially adopt rabbits.

 

Purchasing your rabbits from shops or breeders has many disadvantages; including lining the pockets of these establishments who don't have the best interest of the animals at heart and only care about making a profit from them. They don't usually have the current up to date knowledge to be able to advise people on the correct care and welfare of the animals; or know about the Five Welfare Rights of Rabbits. The rabbits won't have a clean bill of health passed by a vet or even ever have seen a vet, nor will they be neutered or vaccinated.

 

Ethical rescue centres take away the expense and worry of the neutering and vaccination for you, we ensure this is done before any rabbit is made available for adoption.

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There is a national rabbit crisis at the moment, too many unwanted rabbits and not enough homes. The most recent survey showed that over 100,000 rabbits passed through rescues in one year in the UK; this doesn't include figures for rabbits passed from home to home via social media and/or let loose to fend for themselves! Rescues are overflowing and have to turn away rabbits on a daily basis. Buying your pets from shops and/or breeders only creates more space for them to be replaced so they can increase their profits.
 

Many rabbits are mis-sexed by inexperienced shop keepers/breeders which means more unwanted litters with nowhere to go! So we urge you to please.... #AdoptDon'tShop

 

If you are interested in adopting one or more of our rabbits then please ensure you meet our adoption criteria outlined below and then complete our online Adoption Form. 

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If you submit an adoption application please do bear with us, we are a small team of volunteers who work really hard to keep things up to date. There may be a slight delay in hearing from us. The best way to contact us is through Facebook Messenger. Please do message us through that if possible if you'd like to chase up a reply.

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Adoption Criteria​

• Rabbits need permanent access to a minimum ​space of 3 metres by 2 metres by 1 metre high. Please see the housing information for ideas and suggestions of suitable set ups.

• The rabbits' space should be predator proof, meaning any mesh should be a minimum of 16 gauge; 12 gauge mesh is thicker and therefore more secure. We will not accept chicken mesh as this is too thin and I have personally seen a rabbit bite through this and escape.

• Runs or anything with no floor should be fully enclosed (with roof) and ideally placed on a hard standing or if on a lawned area measures should be put in place to ensure rabbits cannot dig out or any predators dig in. This could be mesh dug under the lawn and / or paved edging.

• If you're home is currently being rented we will need to see permission from your landlord that rabbits are allowed at your address. If they are indoors this must be stated within the letter of permission.

• No unsupervised outdoor free roaming. This means the rabbits must be in sight at all times when free roaming outdoors.

• We do not rehome our rabbits to live alone it is very important for them to have company of their own kind and it is included in the 5 welfare needs of a rabbit. Please consider adopting a pair or more if you don't have any rabbits. It would be irresponsible to keep one alone. We do offer a bonding service if needed. 

• Existing rabbits must be neutered and vaccinated before adoption. ​