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Every year, we save hundreds of small pets from crisis. Small animals, like hamsters, rabbits and mice, are often seen as an ideal pet for young children or ‘beginner’ pet owners, often leading to inadequate care.
While they have different needs and wants from a dog or a cat, they’re certainly not a lesser pet! With wrongly sized cages and wheels, and decades of misinformation it’s all too easy for these small fluffies to receive inappropriate care without us even realising.
With your help, we can give these pets the love and affection they deserve, while providing proper care, housing and educational resources too.
Could you raise £1 for every small animal taken into our care in 2025?
Take to social if you love smallies as much as we do! Share your small's story on Instagram, Bluesky, X, YouTube, TikTok, Twitch or wherever you make your mark and ask people to donate to Blue Cross! Be sure to tag @BX_StreamTeam and @BlueCrossUK!
Rabbits came into Blue Cross care in 2025
292
Hamsters came into Blue Cross care in 2025
227
Other small animals species came into Blue Cross care in 2025
1,066
If you’d like more information, check out our FAQs or email us. You can also join Discord for regular updates about virtual events!
And you could also win these great prizes!
By taking part and raising money for vulnerable small pets who are facing crisis this year, you'll receive a bronze, silver or gold pin badge or a Blue Cross rabbit plush toy as a thank you from us and the small pets we take care of.
See our terms and conditions below for prize qualifications.
- This promotion is open to all UK residents and international participants aged 18 or over who have launched a Tiltify fundraising campaign and signed up via the Springtime Smallies event. Those under the age of 18 can participate with consent from a parent or guardian. Please note for participants outside of the UK there may be a longer wait to receive prizes and some countries may include a tariff upon receiving the prize.
- This promotion will run from 1 March 2026 until 30 April 2026.
- To receive one of our additional rewards packages after the promotion has ended, you must have signed up via the Springtime Smallies event on Tiltify and have created and published a fundraising campaign while the promotion was active. The total on the amount raised on your Tiltify fundraising page at 11.59am (GMT) on 30 April 2026 (excluding gift aid and offline donations as outlined in (6) below) will be used to determine which rewards package you qualify for. The thresholds for each package provided by Blue Cross are as follows:
(a) £84 and above – Bronze pin badge
(b) £198 and above – Silver pin badge
(c) £227 and above – Gold pin badge
(d) £250 and above – Gold pin badge and Blue Cross rabbit plush toy - The amounts raised in (4), (5) and (6) excludes gift aid and any offline donations except those which have been sent following the terms listed in (8).
- For any offline donations to be counted towards your total, you must contact [email protected] and instructions and reference details will be provided so these donations can be paid in and linked to your fundraiser. Funds paid in via the Blue Cross website or any other means cannot be linked to your fundraiser and will not be counted towards your fundraising total for the purpose of the rewards packages outlined in (4), (5) and (6).
- Final rewards packages listed in (3) are made to order once the promotion comes to an end. This allows the charity to order exact quantities of each item and ensure as much of the money raised can go to supporting the cause. This means that there will be a four to seven week wait after the promotion finishes until rewards will arrive with Blue Cross, ready to be sent to those who qualified for them as outlined in (3). We will endeavour to send all rewards as soon as possible once they arrive with us, this is provisionally expected to be by June 2026 but may run into July if delays occur. Participants who qualify for rewards will be contacted via email with updates about shipping and expected arrival dates and any delays once the event ends.
- If you are under 18 and wish to participate in the promotion you must ensure you have a parent, guardian or legally responsible adult consent for you to do so before you sign up. This can be done by confirming your acceptance of these terms and conditions via the sign up form on Tiltify. If parents and guardians would like to ask any questions they can contact [email protected]
- Illustrations of rewards can be viewed [here] (https://tiltify.com/LINK INCOMING). Please be aware these images of rewards used in advertising are artist renditions and prototypes of products and final products may vary from what is shown.
- All rewards are non-exchangeable and no cash alternatives shall be offered. However, Blue Cross reserves the right to replace any of the prizes with an alternative of equal or higher value at Blue Cross’s discretion.
- Blue Cross accepts no responsibility for rewards being lost, damaged or delayed in the post.
- By accepting these terms and conditions when signing up to this promotion you have accepted these terms in full. Blue Cross reserves the right to refuse rewards to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
- Insofar as is permitted by law, Blue Cross will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate, or accept any liability for, any damage or injury occurred as a result of completing your Springtime Smallies event, except where it is caused by the negligence of Blue Cross. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- Blue Cross respects your privacy and will keep your information safe and secure and will only use it in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We will not sell, rent or share your personal data with other organisations for their marketing purposes. We may use your data for profiling purposes to make future communications more relevant to you. To see more about how we will use your information visit bluecross.org.uk/privacy
- Blue Cross may contact you for marketing purposes by post pursuant to our legitimate charitable interests, or by email if we have your permission to do so. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by contacting our Supporter Care team on 0300 790 9903 or emailing [email protected]
- The Blue Cross Springtime Smallies promotion, these terms and conditions, and any dispute or claim between the parties arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
- Blue Cross reserves the right to make changes to these terms and conditions from time to time.
