Yorkshire Rabbit Retreat

17/06/2026

Introducing two of our six most recent intakes...
Aspen and Denver. They join us due to a change of circumstance where they were previously. 5 and 3 years old.
Denver does have a weapy eye which will be checked at their vaccine appointment.

These are new in with one of our fosterers and will hopefully be available for adoption soon!

Rabbits are not something that should be taken on lightly, they are a high maintenance commitment. And a life long responsibility!

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14/06/2026

Yorkshire Rabbit Retreat would like to say a huge thank you to Elijah's Animal Sanctuary for welcoming us to their Summer Gala last night. We enjoyed a wonderful evening, including a three course vegan meal, and a charity auction, guest speaker Rohin from Channel 5’s “The Yorkshire Vet” and meeting Elijahs team. We’re overwhelmed with the generosity of you and your sponsers HayPigs Chewy Chews UK science selective Pet Remedy and others

Some thought provoking stories were told and some very generous people in the room helped raise some funds for a great cause.
Thank you and well done for your hard work arranging the wonderful event 👏👏

12/06/2026

World Cup sweepstake random team allocator.⚽ ⚽

Thank you so much to everyone who is taking part! We have just paid off a huge vet bill of £1500 so you have all helped towards that 🥰.

There are obviously 48 countries to allocate so this is a long video but posted for anyone who would like to see how it was done fairly.
Good luck to everyone and enjoy the football!

11/06/2026

Gone!

GET YOURSELF INVOLVED IN THE FUN FOR AS LITTLE AS £1. IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE 🥺🥺🙏🏻

Please interact with the post to help other people see it 😊

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The 4 year wait is nearly over and The World Cup is now just around the corner.
We thought what better way to help the bunnies by watching some football, in your local beer garden if the great British weather allows and cheering on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ... Right??

There are 48 spots to fill with our World Cup sweepstake for the bunnies.
You will be randomly allocated a team, if your team wins the final you are the winner! But remember you are all winners in our eyes as you will be helping the rabbits in our care. 🤩
The donation to enter is anything from £1-£50, the more you donate the larger your winnings!
To make it fair for everyone who enters, the fund will be apportioned according to the amount donated. For instance for every £1 donated that would represent a percentage of the prize fund, depending on how much was raised, the more we raise the larger the prize pot will be.

We appreciate 90% of our followers are women so if you aren't into footie as we know some people are not. We're counting on you to let your husband, partner, brother, dad, uncle and friends know about this fundraiser.

Please send funds via PayPal to [email protected] (please select the option 'friends & family' as otherwise we will lose some of the funding) Or contact us for our bank details.

Good luck ⚽⚽

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04/06/2026

For this week's "meet the fosters", it's the turn of these lovely lops. This is what they've got to say about themselves...

"Hello! We’re Bruno (the bigger harlequin) & Henry (the smaller beige) – two very lovely and lively brothers. We were born in August 2024, so are almost 2 years old.

We’d make excellent house rabbits as we love strokes, once we’ve got to know you and love to snooze in front of the TV.

We’re bold boys who love to explore (good rabbit proofing will be needed and put to the test!) and we would make the most wonderful companions – we come running as soon as we see our foster parents to say hi and hopefully get a treat!

Our favourite things are playing with our stacking cups and treat ball and of course, anything food related!
Size can be deceiving; little Henry is the boss of big Bruno and rules the roost, but Bruno doesn’t mind taking orders from his little brother."

These photogenic boys are looking for their forever home! If you're interested, please submit an adoption application form via our website.

01/06/2026

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The 4 year wait is nearly over and The World Cup is now just around the corner.
We thought what better way to help the bunnies by watching some football, in your local beer garden if the great British weather allows and cheering on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ... Right??

There are 48 spots to fill with our World Cup sweepstake for the bunnies.
You will be randomly allocated a team, if your team wins the final you are the winner! But remember you are all winners in our eyes as you will be helping the rabbits in our care. 🤩
The donation to enter is anything from £1-£50, the more you donate the larger your winnings!
To make it fair for everyone who enters, the fund will be apportioned according to the amount donated. For instance for every £1 donated that would represent a percentage of the prize fund, depending on how much was raised, the more we raise the larger the prize pot will be.

We appreciate 90% of our followers are women so if you aren't into footie as we know some people are not. We're counting on you to let your husband, partner, brother, dad, uncle and friends know about this fundraiser.

Please send funds via PayPal to [email protected] (please select the option 'friends & family' as otherwise we will lose some of the funding) Or contact us for our bank details.

Good luck ⚽⚽

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28/05/2026

With this hot weather forecast to continue we thought we'd remind you of a post we did last year:
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Summer Heat and Bunnies
It’s that time of year when temperatures are soaring and our buns need to stay cool. Extremes of temperature are not good news for our furry friends; and heat can kill!

Rabbits cannot sweat or pant like a dog would to lose heat; it takes them longer to cool down, most of their heat is lost through their ears.

Please note if you have artificial grass that rabbits have access to the temperature of that grass in the sun can be as much as 20C degrees higher than that of real grass!

Here are a few things you can do to help prevent your rabbits being affected:
☀️ For outdoor buns their setup needs to be in a shady spot if not already. Hutches act like ovens and retain heat!
☀️ Exercise time in the garden should be limited to cooler times of the day (if at all on really hot days) and ensure shade is provided.
☀️ Always have clean, cool fresh water in a bowl for them to drink from; bunnies can quench their thirst more easily from a bowl; which is a more natural way of drinking for them.
☀️ Very long haired rabbits would benefit from a trim.
☀️ If using fans to cool their area / room don’t have it directly blowing on them. If it’s facing them leave it on oscillating; and remember to rabbit proof any electrical cables. If you have air conditioning in their room then again if it’s portable protect the electrical cables.
☀️ Give them a cool surface to lie on. This could be a hard floor such as lino or tiles. A large ceramic floor tile placed in the freezer to cool beforehand is an easy way to cool them if they are on carpeted flooring.
☀️ Cool mats are useful too but not if you have a rabbit who chews things. You could use frozen water bottles for your rabbits to lean against but not all rabbits like them.
☀️ Rinse any forage / greens in cold water to help with their fluid intake too.

If you see any sign of heatstroke or your rabbit is obviously struggling with the heat you can hold a cold damp cloth against their ears to help them to drop their body temperature. It is important that you ask advice from your vet or get them booked in for an emergency appointment.

26/05/2026

🥳🥳 Aubrey and Wilbur have been keeping a secret......

For the last week they have been bonding with Mylo and they went off to their new home yesterday!!!
Some of you will know that this pair have been with us since 2024! With a brief trial in a new home over Christmas but the bond sadly didn't work.
Mylo was the perfect candidate to join this duo as like them he has the snuffles which is a respiratory problem.

Even in this red hot weather they chose to chill together 😍
We are so happy for them to finally have a home to call their own. Thank you so much Gemma 💚💜

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25/05/2026

Can we just take a moment to admire these tremendous whiskers?! 😍

Those whiskers belong to beautiful Maggie.

She came from a small hoarding situation resulting in her having two back to back litters in foster care. No more litters for you Mrs.....
Thankfully the babies have found rescue space elsewhere.

Maggie is due to be spayed at the beginning of June and then she can start searching for her forever after

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21/05/2026