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Long story.. I’ll make it short. I adopted a rabbit at least 10 hours ago. (he came from my local animal shelter) Yes I have three rabbits now.
I’m planning to have him bond with Romeo and Belle.
Anyway, I’m surprised at few things. For instance, I adopted him on Jan. 2nd 2012 and I checked his birthday date.. Jan. 3rd 2011. Wow, I just adopted him a day before his birthday. (right now it is Jan 3rd. So happy birthday to him, lol)
Other thing I was surpised to know about his breed. Nobody know what’s his breed. The previous owner didn’t know either. I checked several websites to see list of breeds with pictures. Nothing matched.
I looked at him.. He is very well blend with hiding places. I didn’t notiecd he was hiding in cardboard house, cage, on carpet. It is hard to recognize him cuz of color on his fur. (black, brown, grey, tan) I looked at his tail again. All white with V black shape at the edge of tail. The first thing came up in my mind is that’s a cottontail rabbit.
I have a wild rabbit in my house! I checked some pictures online. Yes cottontail rabbit look match to my rabbit. Wow.. IS IT LEGAL to own… “domestic” wild rabbit?
I know it isn’t legal to take rabbits from wildlife but that rabbit is well-tamed and good behavior. he is already altered. (fixed)The previous owner named him Thumper. (No thanks, too common name and not interesting name)
The local animal shelter named him Tait. ( I checked it up, and not support the name because I don’t believe in christian)
I think it is time for me to change his name. I never changed Romeo or Belle names.
Im thinking of somewhat romatic name like Romeo and Belle. (FYI, my third rabbit is MALE)
Google define:
Romeo: An attractive, passionate male seducer or lover.
Belle: A beautiful girl or woman, esp. the most beautiful at a particular event or in a particular group
Romeo is Italian word
Belle is French word
I’m thinking other foregin langauge in europe like dutch or something like that.
Any idea what good romatic real name?
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I don’t think it is illegal since you adopted him, he is tamed, most likely captive bred, and is fixed. He couldn’t live out there on his own now, so I think it’s fine. But be careful, he’s a wild animal! (I kid. I kid). He sounds beautiful, I’d love to see some pics.
I kind of like the name Tait… I’m not Christian myself, but it has a nice sound to it… Not sure for romantic names though… hmm…
Well good luck with him!
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There are domestic bunnies with the same coloring of the wild rabbits. If you could post a pic we could better tell you if he is a wild bun or not.
If he is a wild bun, it is illegal to own one. Hopefully he isn’t
Side note: did you change your display name? If so, we aren’t supposed to be able to, so the forum leaders ask that we not do so. It gets confusing.
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Congratulations on the new bunny
Can’t wait to see a pic! If he is a cottontail I would think it would be okay to keep him since he probably would have been taken as a baby or bred in captivity and isn’t used to living in the wild, but that’s just my opinion. 
I like your idea of using another romantic name.
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And I’d love to see him anyway!!
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