Bunny Names Needed

Here are the first shots I have of my three new adoptees.  These are all German hybrid angora bunnies.  I've had bunnies before, but never angoras.  These I adopted from Woolybuns aka Chris in Connecticut.  I need some name suggestions befitting these lovely girls.  I will gift a skein of sock yarn (sufficient for a pair) for each of the three winning names.  My children will be the judges.  So, E-mail me your suggestions - humor, alliteration, puns welcome.

Three of my kids and I drove down to CT on Sunday and picked them up.  Originally, I thought I was going for the two black does, who are six months old and from the same litter.  The Opal agouti had been promised to someone else, but they lost contact, so she offered her to me.  She is about 18 months old, and very sweet!  My eldest DS latched on to her immediately in the car.  He uncrated her, and held her next to him or on himself for the entire ride.  And she never had an accident. 

The two black does differ only in that one has furry tufts on the tips of the ears, and her sister has smooth ears.  Chris took the time to demonstrate to me how to shear the bunnies with the furry eared black doe.  The Opal agouti had been sheared about ten days ago.  So, today I sheared the remaining black doe.  Given that it is the first time either of these black ones have been sheared, I am VERY impressed with the temperaments of all three of these girls.  The bunnies seem to essentially trance themselves while being sheared - they close their eyes and lay there passively in all sorts of positions - side, back, tummy - you name it!  I now have a pile of bunny hair - the portions that aren't spinnable I am offering to Kathy at my LYS (courtesy) as she does needle felting.  She can use what is helpful and offer the remainder to the birds and squirrels for nest building.

Comments

[vanessa]

between those bunnies, and the lambs, too much cuteness :-)

[Chris]

What fun - a naming contest. For the two black ones, the sire's name is Muffin Man, so following his lead, you could call one Cookie Doe. The dam's name is Lily and following that, you could name the other Dahlia or some other flower name.

I did name the opal doe Blue Angel, though you are of course free to change it to whatever you like (though if ever breed her, for the sake of accurate records, you should use the name I gave her).

[Ali]

You could call the two black ones Si and Am, they remind me of siamese cats. I hesitate to suggest "Bun Bun" because I'm a fan of the Sluggy Freelance comic, and Bun Bun is a psycho mini lop rabbit with a flick knife!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

[shelley]

I'm so original with names that we have a cat named Miss Kitty, so I'm not going to even suggest anything! The cages look really nice-did you build them? I'll be very interested in what you have to say about bunny-keeping.

[Pumpkinmama]

All I keep getting in my head for the Opal (I think - top photo) is Fluffernutter, because she's so fluffy. All are so pretty - lucky you!