How to get involved

Whether it’s a one-off gift or you’d like to organise a larger collection with your family, workplace or school, we’d love you to get involved!

  • Take a look at our wish lists from each type of animal below
  • Wrap your present and clearly label whether it is for a dog, cat, rabbit, ferret, guinea pig, mouse, or rat (you can pick up pre-printed labels at our Martlesham Animal Centre or any of our shops or download/print out one from the link below)
  • Don’t forget to add your contact details so we can say thank you
  • Post or drop your presents into our Martlesham Animal Centre at Mill Lane, Martlesham, IP12 4PD to pop them in our sleigh; or drop your gift into any of our shops, but please don’t forget to check our opening hours in the run up to Christmas!
  • Got a lot of gifts to deliver? If you need help with bulk collection, please get in touch with fundraising@rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk or call Lorna on 07842 935938

HELP & ADVICE

Our animals' wish lists

What can I buy a dog for Christmas?

Our dogs would go barking mad for any of the following:

  • Wooden chew sticks (coffee wood or olive branch ones are great!)
  • Dog chews (just no rawhide please and in larger sizes)
  • Natural dog treats such as chicken feet or pigs ears
  • Dog pate or dog peanut butter
  • Small Wagg training treats
  • Schmackos
  • Dog toys for enrichment (snuffle mats etc.)
  • Rope/tugging toys
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

What can I buy a cat for Christmas?

Our cats would find any of the following gifts purrfect:

  • Lick-e-Lix
  • A new cat litter tray
  • Felix or Whiskas Cat food (in Jelly, not gravy please)
  • A cosy igloo bed
  • Scratching posts
  • Feliway spray
  • Woodchip cat litter
  • Activity toys such as sea grass balls, anything with a bell, or on a stick!
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

What can I buy a rabbit for Christmas?

Our rabbits would love any of the following:

  • Small wooden rabbit playhouse/hide for privacy
  • Rosewood chew bones
  • Toys made from natural materials – rattan rings, grass balls, bunny fun trees, willow sticks
  • Feeding stations or treat mazes
  • Cool plates for those hot summers
  • Hay forage cubes
  • Yummy dandelion delight treats
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

What can I buy a ferret for Christmas?

Our lively little carpet sharks love being entertained, so these are all great gifts:

  • Hanging cage swings, rope nets or hammocks
  • Ferret hive
  • Guttering/drain pipes/tubes for squeezing through
  • Malt paste with multi-vitamins
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

What can I buy a guinea pig for Christmas?

Our residents go wheeking mad for these special gifts:

  • Hideouts for privacy – the more flamboyant the better!
  • Wooden multi-level guinea pig house with cave stairs/ramp
  • Toys from natural materials such as rattan rings, grass balls, hanging toys
  • Treat maze
  • Forage cube
  • Leafy greens (but please mark your gift as perishable!)
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

What can I buy a mouse or rat for Christmas?

The mice and rats in our care would give lots of squeaks for any of the following gifts:

  • Any hideouts for privacy (houses, tunnels, wicker bridges etc.)
  • Rope bridges
  • Soft paper bedding
  • Coconut hides
  • Small puzzle feeders
  • Toys made from natural products such as wicker/grass/rope balls
  • Gnaw toys/treats
  • Sunflower seeds
For more ideas, view our Amazon Wish List

Can I donate second-hand pet products?

We are always grateful to receive donations of any unwanted pet goods at our Martlesham Animal Centre, Shops and Welfare Clinics.

So what donations do we need?

  • Unopened pet food (wet or dry) that is in date
  • Unopened treats for cats, dogs or rabbits
  • Scratching posts
  • Toys and other sources of enrichment
  • Pet carriers

When will the animals get their presents?

We will be giving out the gifts in the run up to Christmas.

Keep an eye out on our social media accounts as we’ll be posting some unboxing/unwrapping pics and saying thank you!

If you don’t already follow us, you can find us on social media at:

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If we are lucky to get more gifts than we have animals in our care, we may distribute parcels out to families in need through our Welfare Clinics.