Well, it took two extra days to make contact with the current owner of the rabbit I'd been offered, but we finally went out this evening and met it. It's a sweet rex bunny, about four pounds, with a marten colored coat.
And he lives at my house now!
I'm pretty sure its a male (bunnies being notoriously difficult to identify -- I think I'm seeing particularly male parts on his underside). He'll go to the vet's Monday for a check up and to schedule his surgery. He seems to be in pretty good shape physically except his nails are extremely long. He seems much easier to hold and handle than Twinkles so I think we'll attempt a nail trimming at home tomorrow.
We've named him Orion. We thought his coat was very "evening-like" and then thought of astronomical names to go with "Twinkles". Hope he's really not a warrior.
The initial meeting was promising. Both rabbits were in completely unfamiliar territory and basically paid little to no attention to each other. Except Orion wanted in to Twinkles' carrier (the evil Pet Taxi). Twinkles kind of body-blocked that move, but other than that they were both more interested in the room than each other.
On the other hand, when we got home, it was pretty clear Twinks is made at me for smelling like that other rabbit. He would only take one of the mini carrots and turned his back on the second (usually his favorite treat). He'll get over it.
Orion will be sequestered in the upstairs bathroom until after his surgery. But I think both guys are aware of the other being around.
Have to drive around the state for state solo and ensemble day tomorrow, but I'll check back in tomorrow evening and let you know how it's going here.
Here's a picture of Orion starting to check out the new digs.
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