Rose Campion is our latest arrival (April 2024) having been found with injuries and raised by a very kind human who then brought her here. She will eventually join one of the wildie groups but at the moment is still rather too small for the 'rough and tumble' so is doing some growing up first!

China Cat Sunflower has been with us since before 'Parsleys Warren' was created, when we were still just taking in rabbits in need. She is a magnificent woolly mammoth of a rabbit with a fine disdain for other more normal looking fellows. Following a stroke she is now blind and deaf and has recently been widowed after a fairy tale romance with Easter (a wildie), but we are hoping she will find a new love soon. She currently makes her own personal home in living room and repels all incomers.

Charles, or to give him his full name, Charles Guillaume Maximillian the second, arrived at Emmas Rabbit Rescue in Northampton as a very very malnourished young rabbit, with very little hair and no muscle, due to the very poor way he had been kept and almost starved. This sort of early neglect can lead to long term issue with bone structure etc and so we took him in and named him after the father of one of our Trustees! For many years he lived with Delphinium who sadly passed away in May 2025, but we are currently hoping he will bond with China Cat Sunflower as they are both so magnificent!

Burlington Bertie came to us via the lovely people at RSPCA Altrincham and One Bun At a Time. He had been diagnosed with severe heart and other issues and the RSPCA were given the option of put to sleep or find a long-term sanctuary. After a short while getting into a tizzy trying to be head of the indoor clan, he now has Parsifal as his not-so reliable side-kick! He has the most adorable curly ears and a slightly bemused expression much of the time!

Parsifal came to us from Essex Guinea Pig, Rat and Rabbit Rescue. He is that very rare thing at Parsleys Warren, a young and healthy rabbit! In fact we brought him in as support from Burlington Bertie (and the humans!) and generally to give a sense of 'normality and support' to all the indoor rabbits, who include some of our oldest and chronically disabled.

Atlas came to us via Bunny Angels, a nationwide network devoted to finding rescue space for in danger rabbits. Atlas has head tilt. vision issues and brain damage all related to EC a common issue with rabbits. He is THE most delightful, entertaining, adorable, wonderful chap and ALL the other rabbits love him! He lives in a trio indoors with Parsifal and Burlington Bertie

Florentino (and NOT Florentina as we first thought!) was another case of severe malnutrition, although as a result of a very sad family situation. He was meant to come to us on his way to a rehoming rescue but when we opened the box he came in we realised he was in a very bad way. Happily he rapidly made up for a poor start and is now happy and hopefully healthy. He will stay at Parsleys Warren just in case his early malnutrition has a long term effect on his health and has now been bonded with Pamplemouse (the 'Odd Couple'!)

Pamplemouse (it means grapefruit in French) is another EC rabbit. He has had head tilt in the past and now has the typical wobbly rear legs. We were delighted to be able to offer him a sanctuary space when he came into the Rabbit Residence Rescue. For many years he lived happily outside with Apple Blossom, but now he is an older widower he has found companionship indoors with Florentino, although he still loves his garden time!

Saffron came here with her sister Fleur from Northamptonshire Animals in Need, again because agouti rabbits were hard to rehome. This was before we were officially 'Parsleys Warren' and neither Saffron nor Fleur had health issues or were elderly, but they had been sat in rescue for too long so we took them in. In fact we now suspect they were older than the rescue had been told by their original owners, as we lost Fleur last year and Saffron is looking rather elderly and wobbly despite officially only being 9 years old! She has a wonderful partnership with Rosehip which keeps her happy!

Rosehip, seen here with her (female) partner, Saffron, is a half wild rabbit and joined us from BARC rescue because it is really very difficult to find homes for rabbits that look like . . well, rabbits! Up-ear brown coloured (agouti) rabbits are almost as hard to re-home as black rabbits and red eye white rabbits. We LOVE rabbits of all shapes and sizes but has a real soft spot for agoutis. They are also usually really healthy, and Rosehip is now 10 years old.

Fern is a shy wildie (wildies come in two types - bold as brass and confident, or shy and retiring in the extreme!). She came to us after being handed in at a vets, and is currently undergoing diagnostic treatments as she appears to have a problem with a molar which is very unusual for a wild rabbit and may be related to being caught (perhaps by a cat). She has been with us for a few months now and lives with Saffron and Rosehip. The molar problem was picked up on her vaccination having first been recognised by her sneezing and eating noisily

Lady Bute, named after the wife of 18th century plant collector Lord Bute, is a bit of a mystery. She came into the Baby Blue Bee Bunnies rescue in the normal way so to speak . . and then became ill with multiple internal adhesions. Major surgery saved her against all the odds, and she came to us as she could not be re-homed in the normal way in case the adhesions came back. She has been here three years now and thankfully all has been well! She is the perfect partner for Himalayan Balsam.

Himalayan Balsam is now 9 years old, and almost old enough to fit into our 'older rabbit'; category! Technically he should not be here as he is fit and well, but just as he was about to be passed on to a rehoming rescue, he managed to partner with Lady Bute and so got to stay! We always keep bonded rabbits together if they arrive together. or manage to do a quick bond themselves whilst 'passing through'!!

Bracken is an absolute scamp!! A real fabulous and cheeky wildie who came to us from Oxford Animal Sanctuary already aged 5. He now lives with Asteraceae and fern - his own mini harem and loves life . . He also loves humans - unless they are late with his food . . ouch!

Asteraceae is our youngest and most recent 'wildie'. Brought into an animal rescue in Kent, she had head wounds which suggest she had been attacked by a cat. These have now healed but as a single adolescent wild rabbit would have no chance released on her own, she has been bonded with Bracken and Fern to make a second 'wildie' group at Parsleys Warren.

Carrot is one of our oldest wildies now, having travelled down from Scunthorpe Rabbit Rescue back in 2018. He is the head of the main wildie group and very confident, having been hand reared by humans. Wild rabbits in domestic care can live to 10-12 years of age and so he still has a lot of life ahead of him as head wildie!

Brambleblossom came from a group of half wild rabbits (with one domestic parent and one wild) at Rabbit Residence Rescue, who we work with a lot. Sadly the siblings had a falling out and Brambleblossom needed a new home. She fits in well as one of the lead rabbits in the wildie group - along with Carrot.

Benjamin rarely seen (in this case hiding in a hollow tree!) Benjamin is the most reclusive of our wildies. Hand reared by the person who found him until he was too used to human company to be released, he has found his niche in our main wildie group with Carrot, Brambleblossom and Brambleberry. We hope to get a better image of him soon!

UPDATE Percy has now been adopted by one of our Trustees (Nicola) to partner with her disabled rabbit Disy. They make a perfect pair . Percy originally came to us with his partner Alice, named after Alice in Wonderland and Percy, the Dean of an Oxford College! They were already older rabbits when they arrived, and Percy is now in his ninth year, although sadly he lost Alice last year to inner ear infections which are so horribly common in lop rabbits. He has also joined the indoor group under the watchful eye of Parsifal and Burlington Bertie

UPDATE Cherry Garcia has now (Nov 2023) been adopted by one of our long term supporters to live with her two girl rabbits - and re-named Albus! We wish him well! Cherry Garcia was found dumped in a park at only a few months old. Confused and underfed, he has been with his finder for a few weeks but its not possible for her to keep him so he has come to us as his next stop on the road to happiness.

UPDATE Sadly Delphinium passed away unexpectedly and suddenly in May 2025. Delphinium, definitely does not suffer from lack of appetite! But does have a tendency to gain weight easily and we have to watch her. Delphinium was a 'direct rescue' from some one who was keeping her in a small bedsit along with a cat, dog, spiders, fish, etc etc and knew it was not suitable. Delphinium now has lots of space, fresh forage and Charles!

Cyrano (white out of control ears) spent a short while here whilst deciding whether he was really the supposed 9 years old he was claimed to be and thus suitable for a place at the sanctuary. He spent the time here bouncing and whizzing around . . and decided that actually he was probably much too lively and has popped off to bond with Edie at Nicola's instead!!

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