Wild Roots Rabbit Sanctuary - previously Love Paws

05/01/2026

With the help of iPhone making stickers from photos😂🐰

Here is another way to show that we do not waste food.

A rabbit eats approximately atleast their own body size in good quality hay/roughage per day.

In this group there are currently 14 rabbits + colder weather.

I’m not taking the mick or trying to be awkward. It is honestly disheartening that people think something as basic as hay should be so limited. And that we would waste anything when our funding is so low.

Give your rabbits more hay! Allow them to be as selective as wild rabbits would be💚

05/01/2026

Happy Monday 😁

Hay is a minimum of 85% of a rabbit’s diet. No matter the weather. You cannot “waste” it. When you come to clean out, there should always be SOME hay left. If you’re coming to your rabbits every day and their hay is pretty much all gone, you’re not proving enough.

Every batch of hay is different. It is grown outside exposed to different weather and different drying conditions every year. Rabbits are very selective when eating for good reason, it’s up to us not to put too much limit on that selectiveness (literally could lead to GI issues).

I am big sad nerd on rabbit and other herbivore digestion. If people are genuinely interested in knowing more science and would like me to rant more I shall. I could also link some good reading content and studies?

04/01/2026

-5 degrees tonight, do you think this hay mountain is big enough?🙈

Rabbits are pretty good with, and often seemingly un phased by the cold whether.

If they’re out all year they will have nice dense winter coats.

If we protect them from the wind and offer lots of extra calories (because staying warm burns calories). Then our outdoor rabbits should be absolutely fine and go about their days as usual.

Bringing outdoor rabbits inside just for cold spells can do more harm than good. They cannot simply take that winter coat off like we can. It’s a lot more difficult to cool down than it is to get warm.

If you feel like your rabbits are acting differently. Not being as active, not wanting to eat/drink, looking withdrawn. Then a vet visit should always be the first step. Try to avoid bringing them inside and warming up without also getting a vet check to rule out illnesses.

01/01/2026

2025 income £9732

We didn’t manage to raise back our losses.
We didn’t make enough for our housing project.
But this isn’t the end.

Thank you to everyone who has helped care for these half wildies and the emergency intakes/strays we’ve had along the way. You helped save them too!

We finished the year the a bank account in minus numbers. But I’m determined that won’t happen this year.

These half wilds are just as worthy of a happy life as any other rabbit.

💙💙

01/01/2026

Hope everyone’s okay after the fireworks💚

30/12/2025

Sadly the vets had to cancel all 9 neuters last minute today due to staff illness. We hope they are feeling better soon.

We are waiting for a new date.

We still have around £800 left to raise to cover costs if anyone can help.

https://www.paypal.me/LovePawsAnimalRescue

27/12/2025

2 more days to go!

£247 in total from 15 people that were able to donate this week thank you + my £200 means £926 still needed

Can anyone help with a little bit more?

I’ve managed to make almost £200 on Vinted selling some of my own things.

We need less than 6% of our followers to donate just £1 to cover the rest of the neutering costs of 9 rabbits.

Why is neutering important?

•prevents breeding
•reduces the risk of cancer
•lowers hormone levels, meaning group relationships are more stable.
•rabbits can safely have conspecific companionship which is vital for their wellbeing and happiness.
•reduces stress
•means we can help more rabbits

https://www.paypal.me/LovePawsAnimalRescue

24/12/2025

A6 mini portrait commission. This was my first time using poloychromos pencils. I will be creating some rabbit art for fundraising once I’ve practiced abit more 💚

23/12/2025

Answering new followers questions!

22/12/2025

People dump their one female domestic rabbit and think it's just one rabbit.

If that rabbit is lucky, they're caught and saved by a kind person.

But often wild male rabbits have already mated with that female domestic rabbit. And then a few weeks later, a whole litter of half wild rabbits are born. Now there is not just one rabbit to vaccine and neuter. But 8+.

The vet bill to save one rabbit just went from a few hundred pounds to a few thousand. AND now there are a litter of feral half wild rabbits no one wants to adopt.

We are a sanctuary JUST for these feral half wilds. And we STILL have a waiting list that grows every month.

Which means people are still dumping their domestic rabbits. Please don't dump your pets.

22/12/2025

Please keep sharing, one week to go!

I’ve managed to make almost £200 on Vinted selling some of my own things.

We need less than 6% of our followers to donate just £1 to cover the rest of the neutering costs of 9 rabbits.

Why is neutering important?

•prevents breeding
•reduces the risk of cancer
•lowers hormone levels, meaning group relationships are more stable.
•rabbits can safely have conspecific companionship which is vital for their wellbeing and happiness.
•reduces stress
•means we can help more rabbits

https://www.paypal.me/LovePawsAnimalRescue