Sorrel is a very small black wild rabbit who came to us from the RSPCA when it became clear that she wasn’t suitable for a pet home. She was born in 2018 and was with the RSPCA for about nine months after having been found in a hotel lift injured, …
Nix is one of the smaller shyer members of Red Currant’s litter. She is the closest to Sprinkle’s size and tends to hang back and is nearly always the one playing me up. She lives with her mother and sisters in a big area in the barn with an outside …
Blizzard is the most curious of Red Currant’s offspring. She is always the one watching you or chatting to the neighbours. The other 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 …
Flurry is one of Red Currant’s litter. She is fairly outgoing and active. She lives with her mother and sisters in a big area in the barn at night with an outside run for during the day.
Drift is the largest of Red Currant’s litter and is also one of the most outgoing of them. She now only weighs 200g less than her mother and they are difficult to tell apart. She lives with Red Currant and her sisters in a big area in the barn at …
Sprinkle is 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 …
Red Currant got increasingly agitated during the day yesterday (August 7th) after Strawberry had her litter and finally started giving birth to them at about 8pm just as I was putting all the other rabbits away for the night. As she was startling at every noise I left her to …
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 …
Alejandro, previously known as Eeyore, is a male black Abyssinian guinea pig with some interesting white markings. He is 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 …
