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So today I was out shopping and stopped in to Petland to get my daily fix of bunny cuteness. I promised myself I would never buy from them because A) puppy mill, duh. B) their rabbits are ridiculously over priced and C) I just don’t agree with them as a whole. Anyway, I walk in and see their last lop and lionhead had been sold. Boo, no bunny petting. But then I look over in the corner and there are two cages stacked together with a sign that said “Free to a good home (with purchase of basic supplies)”. I look in the top one and see a guinea pig. Meh. I look in the bottom one and see the most handsome brown eyes looking back at me and a nose twitching fiercely. SQUEE! A BUNNY!
I asked the manager if I could hold him, and she brought him to me in one of their little rooms. I sat their stroking him for a while and then let him hop around and explore. He let me pick him up with no problems, and I carried him around the store. It was perfect timing too, because a bunch of college kids came in looking for a rabbit (“omg, I should like… get a bunny! Aw! Look she has a bunny, I want itttt!”
) and I decided I had to take him home. I asked if I could just make a donation instead of buying their (CRAPPY) supplies, so I donated $10 to St. Jude’s and walked out the door. Buns doesn’t have a name yet. The boyfriend wants to name him Buns. He said his feet look like Twinkies, but I don’t think that makes a very cute name. He is 6 months old, from petland (sigh), and he was surrendered last night by a couple of college roommates who were moving and couldn’t take their pets with them. He is extremely docile, but not very adventurous. He definitely sees his cage as his home and doesn’t feel like venturing from it just yet. Not litter trained at all, and of course not neutered. Tomorrow I’m going to look for a vet for a check up. Right now I’m hanging out by his cage so he can get used to me. He’s definitely got a different personality than Tofu and I look forward to getting to know him
PS- I NEED A NAME!! HELP!
PPS- the friend who was going to give me her bunny got cold feet. Apparently her husband was feeling super sad about giving her away so she is more than happy that I have a new friend and she gets to keep her rabbit
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I decided to go with the name Finn.
The little tuft of hair on his head and behind his ears makes me think of a rock star and I think Finn is the perfect rock star name! Thanks for nixing the breed, Jerseygirl! I was basing it purely on his spots and the stripe down his back. I agree he probably has some lionhead in him, especially with the tuft of hair and the shape of his ears. Any idea what else could be in him?
He’s very shy. He won’t come out of his cage if I’m near him. He was exploring the house a little today but pooping everywhere so I put him back in his pen. The door to his cage is open, but he prefers to lay in his litter box than come out in the open :/ He really likes hay! He ate the whole hanger already! I am setting up a neuter for him next week along with a check up. The prices in Orlando are RIDICULOUS so I’ll be driving the 3 hours to Sarasota again. A $40 check up and $90 neuter with a vet I trust is worth the drive compared to a $70 check up and a $350-$900 (really!) neuter close to home.
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He’s so cute!! I want
I agree about petland! I hate going in there 
I prefer my local feed store but sometimes they’re out of her food so I’m sort of forced to go Congrats on getting Finn! And what a great deal for him, so glad he’s ended up with you :] I’m sure he’ll come around soon. He looks so silly in the cramped pic
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I always said that if I ever got a black and white spotted rabbit I would name it “Dice”. Plus when you’re scolding him “No, Dice!” sounds pretty fun. Lol. But! Since I had the exact same experience that you did with a bunny I fell in love with it first sight… At Petland. (ugh) I’d been wanting him for about 2 months straight and no one had come in for him so I picked him up and got to hold him and he hugged me. I swear it. I would put him on the ground and he would jump up onto my shoulder and chill out. How can you say no to that?! I’d been trying to get a shelter rabbit for ages but they were always sooooo farrrr away from my location… Plus they wanted a ton of references. I love my little Poe.
EDIT – Saw you went with the name Finn, which I ADORE. (That’s actually on my name list if I ever have another baby and it’s a boy
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