Specialist care for your littlest ones
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A specialist care facility for rabbits, we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of care to rabbits who come to stay with us. We offer a boarding service to ensure peace of mind for rabbit savvy care givers, and also as a way to assist with our welfare work. With over 20 years experience in the industry and a team of passionate experts, your littlest ones couldn't be in better hands.
- An ethical and welfare focused team who pride themselves on ensuring welfare is at the forefront of every decision made. As a BABBA approved organisation, ethics are our top priority. This comes down even to the types of litter we use, bedding and diet we provide rabbits.
- No hutches/cages - our custom housing for rabbits is designed with their needs in mind and exceeds the welfare guidelines. We have the largest and safest housing for rabbit boarding in Scotland.
- Safety is important to us. Ensuring your rabbits are safe at all times includes us having fully secure, predator proof housing, padlocks and CCTV. Every rabbit room/cottage has their own camera and play spaces are floored with washable flooring for infection control.
- Rabbits have their own cottage/room and do not come into contact with any other rabbits during their stay. This is absolutely essential as rabbits carry many pathogens and are highly territorial animals.
- Your little ones health and wellbeing is a priority to us. We have our own dedicated veterinary team and on-site rabbit only vet practice. We are the only rabbit rescue in the UK to have this and are proud to have an excellent working relationship with the countries leading exotic vet specialists. We really have the very best on hand!
- We offer hospitalisation and post op / nursing stays as well as boarding for special needs rabbits and rabbits with complex medical needs. We have state of the art equipment so rabbits never go without being nebulised, medicated, or weighed. We also offer diet plans, professional grooming and behavioural assessments.
- One Hop Shop - if you didn't already think we were a one stop shop for all things bunny, don't forget to visit our rabbit supply shop when you pick your bunnies up. Our retail store the One Hop Shop has everything you would need and only sells pre-approved products which are welfare led.
People travel to us from all across the country for our boarding service and we have an excellent reputation. Don't just take our word for it! Read our reviews or speak with any vets on the Scottish rabbit vet list about our services.
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What's Included
Our boarding service is all Inclusive which means you don't have to pack anything!
All set ups are regularly cleaned (daily spot cleaned and deep cleaned every three days) and thoroughly disinfected and sanitised between stays. This includes all bowls, toys, etc. Runs and tunnels are all pressure washed using Anigene & F10.
- 8 types of top quality feeding hays and grasses including our famous Scottish Timothy hay, sweet green orchard hay, alpine hay and oat hay
- Fresh and dried picked home grown forage and home grown herbs all straight from our organic garden and allotment. As natural and wild as possible! We also provide safe branches to gnaw chopped straight from our trees.
- Species suitable toys (wooden, willow, tunnels, balls, seagrass, boredom breakers, puzzles, snuffle mats) - only welfare approved toys
- Treats (100% natural) from the One Hop Shop including fenugreek crunchies, woodland loops and dandelion root.
- Litter tray & litter (we stock a variety of litter for whatever they are used to): Back2nature, wood pellet litter and Fitch/carefresh
- Bowls and water dispensers - if water bottles are provided this is always in addition to bowls and usually only as a back up in run spaces where water bowls are easily tipped
- VetBed, rugs and blankets to suit a variety of needs and texture preferences
- Cleaning using vet grade disinfectant (we use F10 and Anigene)
- Snugglesafe heat pods and cool pods can be provided. We also have Air conditioning for during very hot days
- Updates using your own pet boarding account
- Spa bunny treatments - nails, professional grooming and full health checks
- Medicating, nebulising and special need care
All set ups are regularly cleaned (daily spot cleaned and deep cleaned every three days) and thoroughly disinfected and sanitised between stays. This includes all bowls, toys, etc. Runs and tunnels are all pressure washed using Anigene & F10.
Additional Services
Supplements are now able to be added when you book your boarding stay including rearguard (flystrike treatment) and full vet bedding for rabbits with hock issues, this price is to subsidize the laundering costs. You can choose to add additional services to your booking using the drop down box.
We can also offer professional photo shoots on request. This has to be submitted at time of booking to ensure our team have time scheduled to do this during their stay. The cost for this is £50. Your high resolution photos are edited and emailed to you after their stay.
We can also offer professional photo shoots on request. This has to be submitted at time of booking to ensure our team have time scheduled to do this during their stay. The cost for this is £50. Your high resolution photos are edited and emailed to you after their stay.
Taxi Transport
Don't drive or need help getting to us? Take the stress out of juggling things before/after your trip by having us collect or drop off your buns. Now offering our bunny taxi service up to a 60 mile radius.
Special Needs Care
We designed Moon & Heart Lodge in order to cater to rabbits with medical needs or contagions who stay with us. The lodges are available year round to book for special needs rabbits, equipped with nebulisation, scrubbable walls and flooring, triple wall insulation to keep the temperature consistent year round and low entry accessible litter trays and fully custom ramped hides. These are suited to arthritic buns, those with EC or who are more physically infirm.
2025 NEW coming soon - Special Needs bunny rooms for short/long term stays
2025 NEW coming soon - Special Needs bunny rooms for short/long term stays
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Minimum stay: 3 nights
*During peak holiday times we will not take bookings less than 1 week*
*During peak holiday times we will not take bookings less than 1 week*
Appointment Times
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Check in/outs are limited to 30 minute appointments unless otherwise arranged.
Unfortunately we cannot do appointments out with these times. Please bare this in mind when booking boarding dates. Drop offs and pick ups must be done at the drop off point at the gate, this not only maintains peace and quiet so that rabbits are not disturbed, but also helps to keep our home private. Please be sure you are happy with this arrangement BEFORE making your booking. |
Updates & Pictures
We spend an abundance of time daily with each guest to make sure they are happy, clean, fed and adored. We are very devoted to the quality of care that each rabbit gets while staying with us and being treated as our own. Unfortunately we are not able to spend hours daily responding to individual update and picture requests during your holiday period. The amount of admin takes us away from being able to care for the guests and rescue and our priority is always the care of the animals and to spend as much time with them as possible. Updates are now given via the Pet Activity page on your boarding pets account to ensure you get updates but that are reasonable to us and the time that we have daily. We always promise to be straight in touch if we have any concerns, so please enjoy your holiday and trust us to care for your precious pets. They really are in the safest hands and adoring their holiday too.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I go about booking?
A:Use the link at the top of the page to check availability and book. If you are flexible on which dates you need, you can always email us and enquire about what we might have available. email is [email protected]
Q: What do I need to bring?
A: An appropriate hard shell carrier and vaccine certificates for proof of having up to date vaccinations for Myxomatosis, VHD1 & VHD2. Your carrier must be labelled with both rabbit and owners name.
Q: Can I come and visit beforehand?
A: We used to love visitors and welcomed people in with open arms. However when the pandemic hit, in order to remain open we had to create a safe outdoor drop off point at the side of the property where we could do appointments without people entering the property. We have found that this has made things safer for both us and the rabbits due to the increase levels of VHD2 in Scotland (fatal rabbit virus) and the rabbits have greatly benefited as many rabbits are anxious and nervous when visitors come in. For this reason, we are still not allowing people in to visit (please remember this is our home and we also deserve some privacy and safety as people are coming and going almost all day everyday for appointments from all across the UK). We are however, loving doing virtual video calls with new clients to show them around and answer any questions they may have, this has also been great to see what type of set up their rabbits have at home. If you are a new client, please feel free to enquire about having a virtual walk through, we would love to meet you and your bunnies before booking you in!
Q: Do you cater to indoor bunnies?
A: Yes, most of our clients are indoor bunnies. All our accommodations are adaptable, please see above for which set ups are suited for indoor buns at which time. We have accommodations which are fully indoor and suited to bunnies who are used to their home luxuries all year round.
Q: What if my bunny has never been outside before?
A: Studies have been done that show that all rabbits need safe outdoor time if possible for their health and wellbeing, it is essential for them to get sunlight for Vitamin D and their calcium absorption. Therefore, we encourage all owners to consider taking advantage of boarding their indoor bunnies in a set up which allows outdoor access as all our set ups are fully secure and safe and some indoor bunny owners are unable to offer this at home. It will do your rabbits the world of good to have some time enjoying the fresh air and being a bunny. Rabbits natural instincts kick in and they display natural behaviours which we encourage. We make sure that your rabbits are comfy, cosy and happy at all times and we guarantee your bunnies will have a blast!
Q: Can you board my disabled/special needs bunny?
A: Yes, absolutely! We cater to all types of bunnies are all fully qualified and equipped to deal with rabbits with special needs. We have lots of experience with disabled rabbits and can do any medicating / syringe feeding needed, we also have an onsite nebuliser and special litter trays for disabled bunnies.
Q: Do you cater for giant bunnies or large bonded groups?
A: Yes we do indeed. All of our accommodations are very large and suitable to house giant rabbits and large bonded groups and we often have some staying (we also have our own large sanctuary resident group which includes a giant bun!)
Q: Will my bunnies be left for a long period of time?
A: No, there is always someone here looking after the bunnies. We do not leave the bunnies for any length of time there is always someone to care for them as we have rescue special need bunnies that require 24/7 care. We also have cameras covering everywhere to watch over the bunnies, even during the night!
Q: Is there security in place?
A: Yes, although we have someone here and things monitored 24/7 there is CCTV in place, 6ft security fencing securing the whole gardens and padlocks on every accommodation. We are lucky to be situated in a small, quiet, rural village and be part of neighbourhood watch but we can never be too careful in todays world. Every accommodation is fully secure and predator proof.
A:Use the link at the top of the page to check availability and book. If you are flexible on which dates you need, you can always email us and enquire about what we might have available. email is [email protected]
Q: What do I need to bring?
A: An appropriate hard shell carrier and vaccine certificates for proof of having up to date vaccinations for Myxomatosis, VHD1 & VHD2. Your carrier must be labelled with both rabbit and owners name.
Q: Can I come and visit beforehand?
A: We used to love visitors and welcomed people in with open arms. However when the pandemic hit, in order to remain open we had to create a safe outdoor drop off point at the side of the property where we could do appointments without people entering the property. We have found that this has made things safer for both us and the rabbits due to the increase levels of VHD2 in Scotland (fatal rabbit virus) and the rabbits have greatly benefited as many rabbits are anxious and nervous when visitors come in. For this reason, we are still not allowing people in to visit (please remember this is our home and we also deserve some privacy and safety as people are coming and going almost all day everyday for appointments from all across the UK). We are however, loving doing virtual video calls with new clients to show them around and answer any questions they may have, this has also been great to see what type of set up their rabbits have at home. If you are a new client, please feel free to enquire about having a virtual walk through, we would love to meet you and your bunnies before booking you in!
Q: Do you cater to indoor bunnies?
A: Yes, most of our clients are indoor bunnies. All our accommodations are adaptable, please see above for which set ups are suited for indoor buns at which time. We have accommodations which are fully indoor and suited to bunnies who are used to their home luxuries all year round.
Q: What if my bunny has never been outside before?
A: Studies have been done that show that all rabbits need safe outdoor time if possible for their health and wellbeing, it is essential for them to get sunlight for Vitamin D and their calcium absorption. Therefore, we encourage all owners to consider taking advantage of boarding their indoor bunnies in a set up which allows outdoor access as all our set ups are fully secure and safe and some indoor bunny owners are unable to offer this at home. It will do your rabbits the world of good to have some time enjoying the fresh air and being a bunny. Rabbits natural instincts kick in and they display natural behaviours which we encourage. We make sure that your rabbits are comfy, cosy and happy at all times and we guarantee your bunnies will have a blast!
Q: Can you board my disabled/special needs bunny?
A: Yes, absolutely! We cater to all types of bunnies are all fully qualified and equipped to deal with rabbits with special needs. We have lots of experience with disabled rabbits and can do any medicating / syringe feeding needed, we also have an onsite nebuliser and special litter trays for disabled bunnies.
Q: Do you cater for giant bunnies or large bonded groups?
A: Yes we do indeed. All of our accommodations are very large and suitable to house giant rabbits and large bonded groups and we often have some staying (we also have our own large sanctuary resident group which includes a giant bun!)
Q: Will my bunnies be left for a long period of time?
A: No, there is always someone here looking after the bunnies. We do not leave the bunnies for any length of time there is always someone to care for them as we have rescue special need bunnies that require 24/7 care. We also have cameras covering everywhere to watch over the bunnies, even during the night!
Q: Is there security in place?
A: Yes, although we have someone here and things monitored 24/7 there is CCTV in place, 6ft security fencing securing the whole gardens and padlocks on every accommodation. We are lucky to be situated in a small, quiet, rural village and be part of neighbourhood watch but we can never be too careful in todays world. Every accommodation is fully secure and predator proof.
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Special Needs Bunnies Set Ups
Photos
Photo Gallery
Professional photo shoots like these are available on request. These no longer come as standard while boarding due to the time involved.
