Charliesangel said:
Sounds lovely! I was just reading a thread where you were talking about his set-up and its sounds fab! Lucky bun!
xxx
Yeah he is, he does have a really lovely life...I sometimes wish I were him! :lol:
He's got woodshavings all over him in those piccies, because he was right under my feet whilst i were cleaning out the hutches :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Alfie came to me via a breeder down in Kent. The breeder had bought him to use as a stud buck...and had kept him in awful conditions...a dirty 3ft hutch. He was advertised on a free ads website, for £50. He was 18months old at the time. I phoned the lady advertising him, and agreed to pay for him (as I'd fallen in love with him...always wanted a blue frenchie, and at the time, wasn't as knowlegable about rabbit rescues)etc
I then organised an animal courier to transport him up to Yorkshire (another £50). (A super animal courier btw
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Alfie arrived in quite a state....losing fur because of a mite infestation and runny, sticky eyes
Just shortly after Alfie had arrived, I was contacted by his original breeder. She had found out I had now taken over ownership of Alfie (orginally named 'Dino')..and was contacting me to say how pleased she was that I now had him.
She was also interested to see how much I'd paid for him. When I told her £50, she was appalled, and confirmed her suspicions...
...apparantly the lady I bought him from, had bought Alfie, as well as other frenchies from their original breeder, for £25 each...kept them in appalling conditions for breeding...then sold them on for a profit!
She had only just discovered his, and was as appalled as me at this.
I do still keep in contact with Alfies orginal breeder (who has since given up breeding because of this, and other factors), who is always telling me how please that 'Dino'/Alfie, eventually made it to my home
It always makes me think of the others this lady used and sold on though that never made it here