List of gerbil rescues (UK)

[LilyandDaisy]

I have compiled a list of small animal rescues in the UK which take in gerbils. Many of these only occasionally have gerbils for adoption and others more often. I hope this list will be useful to anyone looking for gerbils in the UK. If you know of any not listed, please comment below so I can add it to the list.

Nation or country-wide organisations with multiple locations:

RSPCA (England and Wales) - www.rspca.org.uk/

SSPCA (Scotland) - www.scottishspca.org/

USPCA (Northern Ireland) - www.uspca.co.uk

Bluecross - www.bluecross.org.uk/


South East

Mimi's Rodent Rescue Stratford, London - www.facebook.com/MimisRodentRescue

Gerbil and Rodent Rescue - Croydon, Greater London - www.gerbilandrodentrescue.co.uk/

Starlight Trust - Wallington, Greater London - starlighttrust.org.uk/

Animal Rescue and Care - Twickenham, Greater London - animalrescueandcare.org.uk/

Raystede - Ringmer, East Sussex - www.raystede.org/

Foal Farm - Biggin Hill, Kent - www.foalfarm.org.uk/

Crittery - Abingdon, Oxfordshire - www.crittery.co.uk/

Second Chance Animal Rescue - Mansbridge, Southampton - www.secondchanceanimalrescue.co.uk/


South West

Cheltenham Animal Shelter - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - gawa.org.uk/

Mickelmarsh Mouse House - Bristol - mickelmarsh.webs.com/

Bath Cats and Dogs Home - Bath - www.bathcatsanddogshome.org.uk/

Somershire Hamster Rescue - Somerset - somershirehamsterrescue.vpweb.co.uk/

St Giles Animal Rescue - Taunton, Somerset - stgilesanimalrescue.co.uk/

Woodside Sanctuary - Plympton, Devon - www.woodsidesanctuary.org.uk/

Maria's Animal Shelter - Truro, Cornwall - mariasanimalshelter.com/


East

PACT Animal Sanctuary - Hingham, Norfolk - www.pactsanctuary.org

Suffolk and Essex Small Animal Welfare - Leavenheath, Suffolk - www.sesaw.co.uk/

Wood Green Godmanchester - Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire - woodgreen.org.uk/
*This is the only Wood Green branch which has small animals

Aunty Animal - Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire - www.auntyanimal.me.uk/


Midlands

Furrytails Hamster Rescue - Oswestry, Shropshire - www.facebook.com/furrytailshams

The Animal House Rescue - Birmingham  - www.theanimalhouserescue.co.uk

Burrowed Hearts - Nottingham  - www.burrowedheartsrescue.com/
HARC Hope Animal Rescue - Nottingham  - harchopeanimalrescue.co.uk/

Animals in Need - Little Irchester, Northamptonshire - http://animals-in-need.org 


Yorkshire and North East

Austin's Hamster Haven - Doncaster, South Yorkshire - www.facebook.com/Austinshamsterhaven/?ref=page_internal
*Also transports animals to new homes country-wide

Hull Animal Welfare - Hull, East Riding - hullanimalwelfare.co.uk/

Pink Rose Rescue - Wakefield, West Yorkshire - www.facebook.com/PinkRoseRescue

Wetheriggs Animal Rescue - Barnard Castle, County Durham - www.wetheriggsanimalrescue.co.uk/

Pawz For Thought - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - www.pawzforthought.org/

Brysons Animal Shelter - Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - www.brysons.org.uk/

Eden Animal Rescue - Penrith, Cumbria - www.edenanimalrescue.org.uk/


North West

Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary - Edenfield, Lancashire - www.bleakholt.org/

Tiny Paws MCR - Sale, Manchester - www.tinypawsmcr.org.uk/

Tails Animal Rescue - Northwich, Cheshire - www.tailsanimalrescue.co.uk/


Wales

All Creatures Great and Small - Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran - www.allcreaturesgreatandsmall.org.uk/

Greenacres Rescue - Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire - www.greenacresrescue.org.uk/

[Markpd]

Wow! Nice job

And a much bigger list than I would've guessed, did you compile that from just Google, or from other sources too?

[LilyandDaisy]

I started out with the handful of rescues I personally knew of, then expanded it just by googling "small animal rescues UK". There are more than I expected but the vast majority of these take in gerbils only incidentally as general small animal rescues or all animal rescues. There's only one rescue that actually focuses on gerbils and reliably has them.

[Markpd]

Cool.

The Croydon one?

[LilyandDaisy]

Dec 29, 2020 5:58:52 GMT -8 Markpd said:

Cool.

The Croydon one?

Yes. Gerbil and Rodent Rescue is to my knowledge, the only gerbil-focused rescue in the UK.

[Thea]

Thank you so much for this LilyandDaisy !! Really useful. I'm in the south west and Bath dogs and Cats home is only 20 mins away or so, but sadly I've never seen a gerbil there in my 9 years of living here I'm sure there has been at some point as I'm not CONSTANTLY checking, but just wish there were more rescues around me!! I would love to set one up in a few years, that would be amazing... but probably won't ever happen haha.

[Markpd]

This great list is somewhat hidden here in 'Other posts' and deserves to be in the 'Rescues and Adoptions', board, so I'm going to move it there [edit] done.