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Does a name make a difference....

I think that names without personality traits are better. Grumpy, fatty, dopey all give a negative personality trait to a rabbit. Unusual, wacky or enhancing names IMHO add to the appeal of the bun.

My rabbits answer to their names - when they're in the mood.
 
I must be really sad but I think its awful changing a rabbits name, my rescue does were Doris ands Lola, I loved the name Lola but Doris?? - honestly - the vets used to laugh at me when I rang up to book her in :oops: Still it was her name and what she'd been called for a whole year, it seemed unfair to change it just because I didn't like it. Her new owner has since changed her name though :rolleyes:

I give them whatever name occurs to me - sometimes this can take a few weeks but I'll invariable go out to feed and randomly call them a name - and thats it! Hence why I have a Janet and a Delilah! LOL I'm struggling with one girl at the moment, shes one I bred and has come back to me, problem is she was named after me so I can't keep that name LOL! Shes a REW and I keep flicking between Snow White and Crystal :? I'm sure I'll settle on one eventually!!

Back to the question though I can't see why a name would have any bearing on whether they wanted to adopt the rabbit or not. Pretty fickle if it does!
 
Why do rescues give rabbits names, rather than, say, a number? Do they stand more chance of being rehomed if they already have a name? Or is it because of vets procedures, etc?
 
We always give the rabbits a name..and they always have one we've not had before..which gets harder as the numbers we've taken in grow..
The reason I do this is if not we'd have had 30 Daisys and 30 Barneys and 30 Lillys and 30 Snowys..!:lol:

some are a bit unusual depending what mood I'm in when I name them..
I like them to have a name as you never know how long they will be here and don't like to just call them number 107,etc..

A name also gives a bit of personality to the bun

We actually had a bad tempered bun I named Grumpy Fred..by the time he left he was no longer grumpy but the name hadn't put people off..

I've found it's not the name that makes a bun stick it's the colour, as in poor Cole....although a soft, cutsey name does tend to make people go "ahhhhh "more!........alot of people change the names and that's fine..:D
 
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I think a name can effect the choice, we're all influenced by marketing but so long as its the right bun for the owner I don't think it makes a difference if they pick bun A or B.
 
If I liked a rescue bun [or any animal] it doesn't really matter what their name is.. if I thought it didn't suit them I'd change it :)
 
WalnutEarth626 said:
I must be really sad but I think its awful changing a rabbits name, my rescue does were Doris ands Lola, I loved the name Lola but Doris?? - honestly - the vets used to laugh at me when I rang up to book her in :oops: Still it was her name and what she'd been called for a whole year, it seemed unfair to change it just because I didn't like it. Her new owner has since changed her name though :rolleyes:

I give them whatever name occurs to me - sometimes this can take a few weeks but I'll invariable go out to feed and randomly call them a name - and thats it! Hence why I have a Janet and a Delilah! LOL I'm struggling with one girl at the moment, shes one I bred and has come back to me, problem is she was named after me so I can't keep that name LOL! Shes a REW and I keep flicking between Snow White and Crystal :? I'm sure I'll settle on one eventually!!

Back to the question though I can't see why a name would have any bearing on whether they wanted to adopt the rabbit or not. Pretty fickle if it does!
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I think it depends how long they've had the name. I changed my cat's name from Tilly as it was the same as my sister's dog and it's a horrible name IMO. The Worm is much better :oops: :lol: She was a stray though and had only been in the rescue a couple of weeks so she didn't know it. If she had then I might have called her Milly maybe.

I did find it odd when people changed my fosters names though, I'll always think of them with their original ones.
 
I think lots of people would be put off with names like Killer or lucifer because they'd want to know why!

I changed my adopted bunny name though :oops: :oops: It was a lovely name (Lakota) but I knew I'd end up calling her honey most of the time anyway as a term of affection so it seemed easier to do it from the start. I'm now having trouble though because I've got a rosie and I keep calling them by each others names.
 
I am awful with numbers...I would forget who was number 82 and 83 etc., they would need labels on their hutches or I would have to refer to the record book constantly.
 
Sooz22 said:
I am awful with numbers...I would forget who was number 82 and 83 etc., they would need labels on their hutches or I would have to refer to the record book constantly.
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Fair point, but I've know rescues forget names as well. My Smokey apparently did have another name given by the rescue, but the lady couldn't remember it :lol:

I think if I ran a rescue I would need to have details pinned to cages or in files with photos attached, because I would just never remember. :roll:
 
Sometimes if I change a name it takes me a while to stop calling them by the old name :oops: and othertimes I cant chose between a name and call them one but my subconscious protests and uses the other.

Phil never got over calling Caspian 'Kasabian' :roll:
 
i can't bring myself to change Dude's name - he's my little Dudey!! :love:

If he doesn't have any re-homing interest shown by Feb i *might* think about changing it! :roll: :lol:
 
a name would never put me off, probably cos i have changed both my rescues names though

matilda was originally molly
and cerys was called penelope
 
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