Please welcome....

[Aspen and Misty]

ADORABLE!!!!!

Congrats! I just love my Julian and am Always so happy when a responsible pet owner gets a new bunny! They are wonderful pets and such a Joy to have around. While just last night Julian had me laughing so hard I was in tears

Ingoy your new baby!


Ash

[*LabLoverKEB*]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! On Your new addition, to your family!!! Willow is sooooo adorable! What a sweet looking bunny rabbit he is! Great pics!

[CathyBogart]

He's beatuiful, and I love the name Willow, it suits him well!

[PayItForward]

He is a handsome bunny.

[Jessica12345]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how COMPLETELY ADORIBLE! I LOVE HIM! Awwww!

LOL! congratulations! again, he is the sweetest and the cutest little adorible fwuffy bunny i ever did see!

sorry, i cant really help you on bunny info though.... lol

again CONGRATULATIONS!

and just for the record: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! lol

BTW: great name!

[shellonabeach]

I'm glad zippy_cat said about him looking thin as that was bothering me when I saw the pictures. With all the fluff he must actually be a lot thinner than he looks (my angora's looked like huge fluff balls - round). I would check his teeth and perhaps be on the watch incase he doesn't put weight on and it is something more serious.

With mine I had to brush them everyday - I used a dog brush with bristles one side and the plastic teeth the other side - those would get to the bottom of the coat. It is easy to brush the top and not the coat next to the skin - so the mats form.

I don't know what you mean by burs - do you mean mats? These do need to be removed as they can be very irritating and can pull the skin making it very sore. If they are bad then they may need clipping off at the vets/groomers.

Finally shavings and angora fur did not mix for me - they got stuck in the fur and caused knots. Mine lived outside (this was many years ago) and they were bedded on soft barley straw. Carefresh or paper cat litter would work inside (paper cat litter such as yesterdays news).

Good luck he is adorable and the name Willow most certainly suits him.

[primabella]

Aww Willow is a great name. And he's so fuzzy Congrats.

[RockyRoad]

Wow, congrats! Willow is soo adorable, I'm so happy for you! He's such a fluffball!
Once again, congrats!!

[Tina]

Congrats!! Willow is very adorable!!

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by shellonabeach
Carefresh or paper cat litter would work inside.

No cat litter -- esp. not the clumping kind! The dust can cause respiratory problems.

When do we get to see more pics?

[wolf_Q]

Congratulations!!! Willow is adorable! He'll be an absolutely gorgeous bunny once he gets SPOILED like he deserves!

[Karen]

Miss Hoppy uses Carefresh - that's the recycled newspaper litter you can find at any pet store. That, covered with timothy hay, for munching and rearranging, works wonderfully.

You need a comb-type implement to deal with the undercoat - the brush she gave you is not sufficient for an Angora coat, which is why he's got mats - it's simply not thick/deep enough to reach it all, so it just smooths the surface.

You need a good bunny vet - go to http://rabbit.org - that's how we found Miss Hoppy's excellent vet, but I'm sure there's one closer to you than Wellesley, MA, where she is!

Willow is such a handsome bunny, I am glad he is in a good home now!

As for the wire mesh - we buy mats at Pier One (we like the maize mats) that you can buy in 1-foot squares. Those cover the floor of the cage so Miss Hoppy's feet don't get sore. Other people use carpet remnant squares, even just a sheet of cardboard to give those tender tootsies a resting place!

[Vermontcat]

Congratulations Cookiebaker on the new bunny!
Sorry I didn't see this thread sooner, it has been a busy week!
I still kind of like the name Karen suggested "Abominable Snow Bunny" or some kind of wintery name like Snowy or Flurry or Blizzard but Willow is a cute name too!
I remember you mentioned that you wanted to get a new bunny, I am so glad that you did! So what is the whole story on how you got Willow? Is there another thread about him? Congratulations again! I hope you can post some new photos of him soon once he is settled in and I can't wait to see what your other pets think of him!

[Cookiebaker]

I'm sorry if I'm boring you guys with all this, but it's so *exciting* around here!!

I've noticed several things today: Willow does *not* wish to explore anywhere but the kitchen. I don't know if the prev. owners "taught" him to stay in the kitchen, but he won't stray into the dining room even with the door wide open. Maybe it will just be a matter of time until he gets his courage up, though he doesn't seem shy about exploring every nook & cranny of the kitchen.

I went and got an undercoat comb, and suddenly Willow isn't too fond of my combing him! He put up a protest (peed all over me yech!) and bee-lined for the safety of his cage. I did get some trimming in as well (with safety ball pointed scissors) but he doesn't like that very much at all either. I'm thinking that when I talk to the vet tomorrow, I'll see if they will professionally groom him the first time, and show me how to do it. I'm pretty insecure afraid that I'm going to hurt him. He still looks pretty scruffy!!!

He *LOVES* it when I let him out of his cage. He does this little dance (it's sooo cute!!) and circles around and around my legs. He will nudge with his little nose to get me to move my feet apart, and then he will do figure eights. Silly bunny!!

Willow loves carrots but only BIG ones. I offered little baby carrots, (the already peeled kind) but he won't have anything to do with them. I have read lots of conflicting advice as to how many veggies per week you should give them. One source said only 2 carrots per week, and another said every day. One said only a few veggies a couple of times/week, and another said every day. Willow is really skinny (you can feel his backbone knobby through his skin) and I really want to get him healthy but am not sure of how much to offer without causing diarhhea. I just got some alfalfa today which I understand has lots of calories, but should be given in limited amounts because it contains lots of calcium. We also found carefresh, so no more nasty cedar!! I heard that un-neutered male bunnies smelled?? I dunno if it's just me but I don't notice a thing!! But that's a good thing, I guess!

He peed twice on newspaper today, and twice he missed by about 3 or 4 inches. But that's OK 'cause it's easy to clean up. You just got watch where yer walking in bare feet now.

I loved those cages that you pointed me towards Zippy, and so did Mark when I showed him. However, he wasn't too pleased with the $ (men!! ) so we went ahead and got a bigger, plastic bottomed cage this afternoon at a local petstore. Mark is working on fixing it up to be two storied on both ends, so at least for now it will give Willow more room, and no grate bottom!!!

And to answer your question, Vermontcat, about the whole story behind Willow....*ahem cough cough*...I don't think many people are gonna like this. He was for sale at a yard sale. I felt so bad for him sitting in the sun waiting for some kind compassionate person to pick him out between all the used books and stained sweatshirts. I dunno, I just couldn't drive away and leave him there. The lady said that her primary reasons for wanting to sell him were that she wanted to travel and not have to pay someone to take care of him, and she didn't have time to properly groom him the way that he needed. I knew that she wasn't committed to him like he deserves to have someone committed to love him. So ready or not, we brought him home, and know that this is his FOREVER home. So please don't think bad of me for buying him at a yard sale...I hope you can understand that I just couldn't leave him behind.

Whoops!! I guess this is kinda long....

[RockyRoad]

Good for you! I wouldn't be mad at you for getting him from a yard sale, you saved him! I would have done the same thing!

I think un-neutered male bunnies smell because they spray...but I may be wrong, never had a male before.

Good luck!