cirrustwi
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Well, I've been on the hunt for a husband forBasil. I searched breeder sites to no avail, but then foundone right under my nose. A customer of minehadrecommended that her friend call me a few weeks back when she washaving problems with her mini rex doe rejecting her kits (it was thefirst litter for both). I told her what I knew andrecommended she talk to the 2 vets I use. I hadn't heardanything else and had basically put it in the back of my mind becauseI've had a bunch of other things going on.
When I got home from my week at my brother's on Saturday, I checked inat work. My assistant manager gave me a message that thebreeder had called. I called her back and she said thatthings had gone really well. She had hand fed them and takenthem to my vet and they were given a clean bill of health.She asked if I wanted one. I told her I was currently lookingfor a buck, but I wanted a specific color. She said she wasso grateful that she wanted to give me one as a thank you, so maybe Ishould just come and look. I knew I shouldn't go, because Iwould fall in love and take one even if it wasn't the correct color.
I went over today and fell in love with a little buck. Heisn't necessarily what I wanted, but he will work...I think.He is a broken orange and white and she is a tri. I'm not tooconcerned about coloring right now because I have several people whowant a kit and aren't interested in showing. They just loveBasil. My niece wants to show and I'm going to let her showBasil and she'll take a kit if any are correctly colored.
Anyway, he is just a tiny sweetie. She isn't going to sellthe others yet, but they haven't been with mom since they were just acouple of days old because she refused to nurse and would kick them outof the nest, so she let me take him tonight...it was a 3 hour drive andI don't want to repeat that any time soon. He is eatingreally nicely and has already settled in. I'll post picturestomorrow, after I take some.
Jen
When I got home from my week at my brother's on Saturday, I checked inat work. My assistant manager gave me a message that thebreeder had called. I called her back and she said thatthings had gone really well. She had hand fed them and takenthem to my vet and they were given a clean bill of health.She asked if I wanted one. I told her I was currently lookingfor a buck, but I wanted a specific color. She said she wasso grateful that she wanted to give me one as a thank you, so maybe Ishould just come and look. I knew I shouldn't go, because Iwould fall in love and take one even if it wasn't the correct color.
I went over today and fell in love with a little buck. Heisn't necessarily what I wanted, but he will work...I think.He is a broken orange and white and she is a tri. I'm not tooconcerned about coloring right now because I have several people whowant a kit and aren't interested in showing. They just loveBasil. My niece wants to show and I'm going to let her showBasil and she'll take a kit if any are correctly colored.
Anyway, he is just a tiny sweetie. She isn't going to sellthe others yet, but they haven't been with mom since they were just acouple of days old because she refused to nurse and would kick them outof the nest, so she let me take him tonight...it was a 3 hour drive andI don't want to repeat that any time soon. He is eatingreally nicely and has already settled in. I'll post picturestomorrow, after I take some.
Jen
