Smudge GP7/18
Smudge came to us in November 2018 after losing her long term companion. Her people didn’t want her to be on her own.
Smudge came to us in November 2018 after losing her long term companion. Her people didn’t want her to be on her own.
Nix is one of the smaller shyer members of Red Currant’s litter. She is the smallest and still lives with her mother and Flurry, her more confident sister. They live in a big shed with an attached run and get free roam around the paths at the bottom of the …
Blizzard was the most curious of Red Currant’s offspring. She was always the one watching you or chatting to the neighbours. One day I discovered her sitting on their hutch because she had managed to scramble over the fence between them and then had jumped up there to get away …
Flurry is one of Red Currant’s litter. She is the outgoing and active sister, far more confident than any of the others. She lives with her mother and sister, Nix in a big shed with an attached run at the bottom of the sanctuary. Every morning they get free run …
Drift was the largest of Red Currant’s litter born August 7th 2018 soon after we rescued Red Currant from a meat breeder. She is one of the most outgoing of them, apart from Flurry. She used to live in the big group of sisters with their mother but there was …
Sprinkle was the smallest of Red Currant ‘s babies. She was less than half the size of the other babies and struggled to feed so I used to hold her up to Red Currant for an extra feed when she was tiny. She was later to leave the nest than …
Corinth is the larger of Red Currant ‘s two male offspring. He was born on 7th August 2018 and is a New Zealand White buck. Red Currant arrived at the Sanctuary pregnant having been rescued from a meat breeder. It was obviously her first litter as she appeared not to …
Xante is the smaller of Red Currant ‘s two male offspring. He was born at the Sanctuary on August 7th 2018 as his mother was pregnant when she arrived. It was obviously her first litter as she appeared not to have a clue what was going on when they were …
Crystal is the smaller of the two does who survived when RHD killed their mother Strawberry and the rest of their littermates when they were just over ten weeks old. They were vaccinated as soon as we realised the disease was present but it wasn’t soon enough for the rest …
Frost is a New Zealand White doe who is one of the two survivors of Strawberry’s litter of ten. The rest of the litter and Strawberry herself succumbed to RHD just after the babies turned ten weeks. We vaccinated them all as soon as we realised the disease was present …
Clementine was a little fluffy grey lionhead doe born in 2015. She came to us in August 2018 because she has a very bad coat that matts easily and she is also inclined to pounce on people so when her owner no longer had an appropriate place to keep her it …
Pablo was a tricoloured male guinea pig with a medium length coat born in 2012 who was neutered late (July 2018) after his brother died. He had come to live in one of our new sheds with our maleless group of lady pigs and had free run of the shed …
Jostaberry was a New Zealand White buck who came to us in July 2018 from a breeder who had planned to sell him as meat but was convinced of the error of his ways. So Jostaberry and 37 other rabbits got away that day. Nine of them came to us. Jostaberry …
Loganberry was a New Zealand White buck who came to us in July 2018 from a breeder who was producing meat but who had a change of heart and let a rescue organise their removal. He was born in May 2018 and can be distinguished from the other four young bucks …
Cranberry was a New Zealand White buck who came to us in July 2018 as part of a group taken from a breeder who had been killing them for meat. We took 9 of the 38 who were lucky enough to get out alive after the breeders mother convinced him to …
Wineberry was a New Zealand White buck who came to us after his owner had a change of heart and a rescue in Bristol organised their surrender. We took in nine of the 38 who were reprieved. He was born in June 2018 and had only just come away from his …
Tayberry was a New Zealand White buck who was bred for meat but was lucky enough to come here after a change of heart by his owner. He was born in June 2018 and Cherry is probably his mother as she still had milk when they all arrived, but we didn’t …
Cherry was a New Zealand White doe who came to us in a big rescue from Bristol of a group of rabbits who had gained a reprieve from being slaughtered for meat. We took in 9 of the 38 that were lucky that day, the others going to other rescues. When …
Strawberry was a New Zealand White doe who came to us in July 2018 from a breeder who was giving up in a big rescue from Bristol on the hottest day of the year. She is heavily pregnant and will produce her babies very soon unless I am very mistaken. She …
Red Currant is a New Zealand White doe who came to us in July 2018 as part of a big group of rabbits surrendered by a breeder who had been convinced to stop producing them for meat. We took in 9 of the 38 rabbits who were granted a stay …
Bigwig the Elderberry was a gorgeous big New Zealand White buck that was sadly used for breeding rabbits for meat. He came to us in July 2018 with eight other rabbits from a breeder who had been convinced to stop the slaughter by his mother. Apparently he had lately been kept …
Alejandro was a male black Abyssinian guinea pig with some interesting white markings. He was a very handsome little chap. He was born in April 2018 and came to us because he had foolishly been rehomed with two other males and they inevitably fought and so had to be separated …
Ginger Tom was a mostly ginger harlequin buck who was born in 2012. He came to us in July 2018 because his owner had had to move and was having to keep him apart from her. He had lost his partner and had dental problems last year and she was …
Black Currant was an English marked black and white buck born in 2012. He came to us via the Blue Cross in June 2018 because his brother Raspberry is in very poor condition and although Black Currant is not as bad he is six and not a very good candidate …