Adoption Events
Some rabbits never come across on a screen.
A photograph cannot show you that a rabbit follows you round the pen, or flops over the moment you sit down, or has opinions about being ignored. Every so often we have a rabbit in our care who is passed over online again and again, and who charms almost everybody who meets them face to face.
Adoption events are how we close that gap. We pick a rabbit or two who deserve to be seen properly, open a Saturday afternoon at The Hoppy Hub, and invite people to come and spend half an hour with them.
How Our Adoption Events Work
Each visit is booked in advance and lasts half an hour, and we take one household at a time. This is not an open day, and it is not a drop-in. Keeping it to one household at a time is what makes the afternoon calm enough for the rabbits and gives you our full attention.
When you arrive we will make you a coffee or a tea and sit down with you for a few minutes. This is your chance to ask us anything about adopting, about rabbit care, or about the rabbits themselves. Then we will take you through to meet them.
You will also meet some of the other rabbits at the hub who are looking for homes. If one of them turns out to be the right fit rather than the rabbit you came for, that is a good outcome as far as we are concerned.
Meet Worzel, Zachariah And Friends
Saturday 29 August 2026, 2:00pm to 6:00pm, The Bunny Bothy.
Worzel and Zachariah are two single boys, and both of them have been overlooked online for longer than they deserve.
Meet Worzel, Zachariah And Friends
Saturday 29 August 2026, 2:00pm to 6:00pm, The Bunny Bothy.
Worzel and Zachariah are two single boys, and both of them have been overlooked online for longer than they deserve.
What To Bring
Photographs of where your rabbits would live, and the measurements of the enclosure, both on your phone. If you decide you would like to go ahead, having those with you saves a lot of back and forth afterwards.
Children are welcome. We ask that everyone keeps voices low and movements slow around the rabbits.
Why We Do Not Hand The Rabbits To Visitors
Rabbits are a prey species and they hide stress well. A rabbit that goes still and quiet when someone picks it up is often frightened rather than settled, and there is no reliable way for a visitor to tell the difference.
So we do not do handling at our events. You will sit with them at their level and let them come to you, which tells you far more about a rabbit’s character than holding one ever does.
How To Adopt A Rabbit You Meet
Everything rests on the adoption application. You can fill it in before you come, while you are with us, or once you get home.
The deadline is 6pm on the day of the event. An application that reaches us after that does not go into the decision for the rabbits we have featured.
You do not have to come along to be considered. Send us the application by 6pm on the day and it carries exactly the same weight as one from somebody who visited. We are sorry that we cannot currently offer an alternative appointment for people who cannot make the date.
About Worzel
Worzel is just over a year old, confident, and endlessly curious. His foster carer gave him free run of the living room on day one and never had cause to regret it, so he spends his time on big binkies, laps of the room at speed, and long spells on the back of the sofa supervising the household. He is a tidy boy, a serious hay eater, and he will do almost anything for dandelion.
About Zachariah
Zachariah is a black lionhead lop cross and a big lad at 3.35kg. He lost his bonded companion recently and it has taken the wind out of him, so what he needs most is another rabbit to share his days with. He is not one for being picked up, but sit down on the floor near him and he will come over for a nose rub.
How We Decide
We do not take reservations on a featured rabbit between the day we open bookings and the end of the event. Every application comes to us by 6pm on the day, and we look at them all together afterwards.
We match on what suits the rabbit rather than on who got in touch first. That means the home that fits best, not the fastest finger, and it means nobody loses out for having a shift to work or a train to catch.
We come back to everybody within a day of the event, whichever way the decision goes. Where someone is already approved and everything is settled, a rabbit can sometimes go home on the day itself. We will talk that through with you if it looks likely.
What It Costs
We do not have a set adoption fee, but rather operate on the basis of a suggested donation value.
Rabbits that are ready for adoption have a suggested donation amount of £90 per rabbit.
Our suggested donation may vary if the rabbit has any additional routine or unplanned treatments outstanding, to help us with balancing rescue priorities against cashflow and priorities.
Where We Are
The Bunny Bothy
46 Eastside,
Kirkintilloch
East Dunbartonshire
G66 1QH
Tel: 0141 280 3272
Parking
The Bunny Bothy is in a mixed residential, retail and industrial part of Kirkintilloch.
There is ample FREE street parking around the venue, including marked bays directly outside.
There is also a local Lidl within walking distance, offering free short-term parking if necessary.
Public Transport
The Bunny Bothy is well serviced via Public Transport links.
The following buses from Glasgow City Centre can be used:
- X87 First Express, alight at Ledgate, which is a 2 minute walk to Beloved Rabbits.
- 89 First Bus, alight at Eastside.
- X85 First Express, alight at Glasgow Road/Birdston Road, which is less than a 5 minute walk to Beloved Rabbits.
- 88 First Bus, alight at Broadcroft Road, which is about 6 minutes walk to Beloved Rabbits.
Local Buses Include:
- 178, from Moodiesburn, Chryston, Stepps, Muirhead, Auchinloch, and Lenzie, alight at West High Street, which is about a 6 minutes walk to Beloved Rabbits.
- 84 from Twechar, alight at Eastside.
Local Taxi Services