I've posted a few times but haven't properly introduced my rabbit Sammy yet (full name: Sesame).

I was walking down a street by my house on my way to Bevmo one evening last July to pick up wine for a wine tasting, and I was stopped by a man who I assumed to be homeless, who was holding a tiny bunny. He asked me if i wanted to buy the bunny, because he was going to San Diego and couldn't take it with him (what?). He was a firm negotiator and threatened to walk away several times, but we finally came to an agreement on an unspecified price for the bunny and he handed him over. All I found out from his was that Sammy was a boy, he'd had him for a bit already, fed him grass from the street, and that his name at the time was The Gingerbread Man (I don't think so). 

I had been thinking about getting a rabbit or cat as a pet for a while, and had a lot of doubts about whether it was the right choice for me. I'm not from the US... my family still lives in Italy and I'm here on a work visa, so I think I might move back to Europe eventually though not soon. I felt that Sammy just falling into my life like that was a sign, and either way I wasn't going to leave him to live outside.

Here he is on the night I brought him home (excuse the petco cage, it was what I bought on an emergency run that same night lol). 

A week or so later, I put a litter box in his cage and only put litter in there, leaving the rest of the cage with a towel, and he's been litter trained automatically every since. He has never peed outside of his litter box, and only very occasionally leaves one poop pellet somewhere in his pen (never in my apartment). Needless to say, it's been wonderful.

I brought him to the vet, who said he was 3 or 4 months old then, so about 5 months old or so now that I've had him 1.5 months.

He loves to sit by the window, behind my blinds (this is him a few weeks after I got him):

I switched him to a pen setup quickly because he's more than doubled in size in just this short time, and he's at home alone while I'm at work most of the day:

He's very very friendly, comes when he's called, greets me enthusiastically, eats like a pig and loooves to be pet lol

Also, just this past weekend he figured out how to get on the couch (using my legs or a pillow as a ramp), and now he come say hi when I'm watching TV all the time.

I have no idea what breed he is... but definitely a mix right? Maybe Netherland Dwarf and rex or mini rex? All I know is he has huge ears. The guy who I adopted him from told me he was a 'dwarf' breed but .... he's probably not even 6 months and rapidly expanding lol

 Yeah, not looking forward to any possible hormonal behavior so he's getting neutered most likely sometime in September lol

Milan - so jealous!  I love Italy...well the one time I was lucky enough to go.  We landed in Milan and spent only about a day or so there but would loved to have explored it more. 

The House Rabbit Society does have a chapter in Italy.  Here is their website:

www.aaeconigli.it/

hmmm hopefully he won't have the same problems with them because it would be pretty complicated to keep him from them... since they're along pretty much one entire wall in my living room (where he gets his run time at night)...

fingers crossed lol or that's going to be a hassle. They are *almost* always in 'closed' position though so they line up flat against each other and there is less chance of him running into their edges.

I've seen you've posted a few times but officially "Welcome" to you and Sesame. Love the name! Also loved looking at the gorgeous pictures, lots of awww's escaping from me.

I have to agree with Monkeybun, I think it's almost safe to say there's no netherland dwarf in your boy! Rexes also have a very reconizable velvet-like fur and crinkly whiskers though a rex mix might not display this I guess. To me he appears like a palomino. Though, this can be a breed name and a colouring name in other breeds...I think.... So that was helpful ! lol

Like most of us, I think you have an unknown mix breed. Main thing is he sounds like a love and was meant to be yours.

Yeah he doesn't look like a netherland dwarf lol I was hoping maybe he just had a little of one in him so that he'd stay smallish I guess we'll just have to wait and see, though obviously I'm going to love him no matter the size lol

Yeah I like his white parts too. he has white rings around his eyes that are super cute, and also his cheeks and the tips of his ears are tinged with a darker brown.

Thanks everyone for the welcome! This forum is proving invaluable already.

 Hi bunnymum16,

This is a nethie:

She is itty bitty, with tiny ears and a round face

Oh, I know what they look like LOL I've just seen pictures during research online of mixed rabbits that were half netherland dwarf and half mini rex, and they look a lot like Sammy does... that's why I said it...