Binky Flops Rescue

13/08/2025

Good morning! Whewwww it's already a scorcher here 🥵 and it's only 9am! CrazyRabbitLady has already been making and giving out cold beds for those buns in warmer rooms and for those who simply refuse to shelter indoors. 👀 we're looking at you, Marie!

Bunnies don't cope well at all in hot weather and can quickly succumb to heatstroke so it's essential we provide cool places to relax. Ways in which we manage this include:

Ceramic tiles in the shade (many tile shops will let you take discarded tiles for free).

Frozen water bottles wrapped in a blanket or towel.

Electric fans where we're able to guard the cable from nibblers 😬😅

Homemade cool beds (we tried buying cool mats but the destructobuns put holes in them all so they had to be binned 🙄)

Here is what you will need to make your own cheap cool bed as shown in the pics and modelled by the gorgeous Ice-bear 😍

Freezer blocks. A pillow case. A fleece blanket or towel. Cardboard to stiffen the base for ease of carrying (optional).

You can even roll up the edges of the blanket/towel as shown to create the "flop bed" effect which buns usually love ❤️

Simply layer the items - cardboard then blocks then blanket - inside the pillow case and pop it down in a shaded area. Place a treat or 2 onto the bed if you want to spark bun's interest.

Please do all you can to keep your pets and family safe in this heat 🤞❤️🤞

12/08/2025

Hey Everybunny!

Thank you so much to those who helped us to cover the cost of feeding for this week! This has helped us to look at our next vet appointments for when our monthly budget resets at the end of the week. We appreciate your generosity so much! 🥰

Next week we are looking to spay Thorn so that she can get on the path towards a hoppy ever after with a bunny friend/s of her own 🥰
We also need to book in both Dill and Smore for their routine incisors burrs!

Combined, these procedures will cost over £200 which wouldn't usually be a problem but we are still feeling the hit from Dora's recent emergency surgeries.

Please consider a small contribution to help take the pressure off from making ends meet.

Also, we still have pairs of bunnies desperately in need of loving furever homes so please get in touch if you're interesting in meeting them. Most of our pairs can relatively easily be integrated into a trio or fluffle with our support so please consider a pair if you were looking for company for your existing bunny friend 🥰

Thank you x

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

10/08/2025

We're really struggling again and even normal running costs are going to be difficult to meet over this coming week so if you can help us in any way please consider doing so 🙏 Contributions have all but stopped these days and we appreciate that the financial issues we're all facing are a major reason for this. However, just £5 will buy us 4kg of our cheaper nuggets or a large bale of hay to keep our bunnies fed in these difficult times. Please consider a contribution via PayPal or bank transfer of any amount to help see us through ❤️ Details are in the original post x thank you x

07/08/2025

Dora update!

She's doing so much better now and has been safely reunited with her big hunk! He missed her loads and it looks like she is well over being mad at him 🥰🥰🥰

We're really struggling to cover any more operations now and any further emergencies that arise are going to break us. So, if you can help us recover any of the £270 we spent on Dora every penny would be massively appreciated 🤞😭

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

30/07/2025

*Dora update*

Dora's procedures both went very well yesterday. As suspected, however, she did not cope well mentally with the ordeal or recover easily and is very upset 😢

She took longer than usual to recover from the anaesthetic and her temperature was dropping often in the vets. When we got her home she kept going into bouts of shivering and CrazyRabbitLady tried hard to find ways to warm her up without handling her too much as she was extremely stressed and abhors human hands. Later in the day, her state of terror turned into aggression and poor Banksy was having a horrific time of it. We reluctantly decided to remove Dora from the shared enclosure into a hospital crate (dog crate) to prevent injuries to herself and to poor Banksy. We set her up with essentials and covered her with a blanket spritzed with pet remedy and crossed everything that she would start to feel better soon 🤞🤞🤞

CrazyRabbitLady managed to get a couple of hours sleep before having to wake to check on her and was relieved to find the shivering has stopped and she is being still.
She is now just sitting quietly fuming (pictured) so we will continue to monitor and hope she calms down more 🤞😮‍💨

Although we advocate for always spaying girls, there are sometimes exceptions and Dora, until now, had been one of those. We knew the handling involved would have an enormous, potentially even permanent, effect on her mental wellbeing. She does, however, suffer from occasional phantom pregnancies and can be quite mean to her partner when hormonal so we jumped on the opportunity to spay while she was having to undergo essential dental surgery anyway. This is one reason for choosing such a gentle but physically robust bunny as Banksy to be her friend.

Her recovery crate is alongside Banksy's temporary enclosure so 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 hopefully we will be able to reunite them without too much drama when she's feeling up to it 🐰🐇

Send Dora calming and warming thoughts ❤️❤️❤️ we'll update on her progress soon.

And to whoever created her mistrust and sheer terror of being touched by humans before we collected her as a stray 2 years ago... we hope you're suitably ashamed of yourselves! Poor tiny traumatised girl 😢❤️

29/07/2025

That's Dora (the tiny black and white smudge next to Banksy) dropped off for her molar burr and spay 😭
Her emotional support hunk has gone with her as she'll cope much better if he's there.
We always, where possible and appropriate, recommend bonded bunnies take their friends along to any appointments but Dora is in particular need of the company. Dora doesn't like most humans and gets very upset being handled or even touched at all. This is why she is a permanent resident and had not been scheduled for spaying until she was to have anaesthesia anyway.

Please join us in sending love and positive thoughts her way! The vet stay and necessary handling during the recovery process are going to be a massive ordeal for her 😔🤗

We love you, Dora ❤️

Unfortunately, we have received no funding towards the £270-280 estimated for today. An amount that would otherwise have paid for 2 sanctuary spays. If you can help us recover any of the costs please consider a contribution via PayPal or bank transfer 🤞❤️‍🔥

Thank you, as ever, for any support you can offer 🥰

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

19/07/2025

Please help towards Dora's surgeries if you can and please share our posts 🙏🙏🙏 thank you ❤️

17/07/2025

Hi Everybunny!

Yesterday, we took Dora to see the vet as she has been being fussy with food lately in a way that suggests oral discomfort. She has been thankfully eating her hay so is overall quite well but is refusing larger sized nuggets, treats, etc, only accepting small/broken pieces. 😞

Dora is a very anxious bunny when it comes to humans and handling so she brought along her bodyguard, Banksy, for moral support. The vet confirmed that Dora requires the dental surgery that Banksy himself recently avoided having so she is booked in for the 29th July for molar burring.

Due to her stressful responses to handling, Dora was not on the spay/neuter schedule. While we usually advocate for spaying does wherever possible, it is sometimes best for a bunny to avoid anything that would cause unnecessary stress.

Since the dental work is essential, we have decided to spay while she's already under the anaesthesia provided her tiny body is coping well enough 🤞🤞🤞
Banksy will be joining Dora on the day as her emotional support hubby 🥰

Her surgeries combined have been estimated to cost £270 on top of the money we are already trying to raise towards other neuter ops and Dill and Smore's ongoing dental care.

Please consider helping us to cover the cost of Dora's care with any amount via PayPal or bank transfer. Alternatively, get in touch for details on how to contribute directly to the vet account.

Thank you so much for your ongoing generosity towards bunnies like Dora who, without caring people like you, would not receive the essential care they need and deserve ❤️❤️❤️

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bfr-sanctuary-spays?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

17/07/2025

Thistle was absolutely furious following his neuter yesterday! How darrrre we do this to his royal highness!

He is recovering well today though. All functions are back to normal and he will no doubt be back to his hyperactive self in no time at all 🥰

If you can help us to fund more of our essential bunny neuters please consider a contribution to our JustGiving pot or via the usual PayPal or bank transfer details.

Thank you ❤️

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bfr-sanctuary-spays?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

15/07/2025

One of our lovely helpers has made a little video of Dill (Dilly Cakes) telling us all about why he's here 🥰
How cute is this fluffy little snuggle bug? 😭

If you'd like to support Dill and Smore in their ongoing dental treatments and/or help to spay their lady friends, please consider a contribution via PayPal, bank transfer or JustGiving. Alternatively, get in touch for details on how to contribute directly to our vet account!

Thank you, Ste, for the cute video ❤️ and thank you to all our supporters for everything you do for bunnies in need 💖

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bfr-sanctuary-spays?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

14/07/2025

Please help in any way you can and share share share 🙏❤️

Iʼm raising money to help towards the Binky Flops rescue neuter fund.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

10/07/2025

Good morning Everybunny!

In our final push to get all remaining desexing ops completed before switching to the new sanctuary set up, we have created a new JustGiving page. We are looking to raise 50% of the £1k costs if possible to allow the team some breathing space for other procedures etc.

Please help us with a contribution of any amount if you can and share share share! You can also help via PayPal or bank transfer or get in touch for details on how to contribute directly to our vet account.

Thank you for everything you all have done so far for approximately 100 special bunnies that have been rehabilitated here since 2020 ❤️❤️❤️

https://www.paypal.me/BinkyFlopsRescue

Account name: Caroline Hudson
Sort code: 09-01-29
Account number: 10009040

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bfr-sanctuary-spays?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Iʼm raising money to help towards the Binky Flops rescue neuter fund.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.