She would appreciate that compliment! I did not know about the different mutations before I made the decision to go find her (or
let her find me, as the case may be,
she more or less picked
me) but when I saw her coloring (ebony) I thought she was just
so beautiful. She spends a lot of time staring at herself in the full length mirror in my daughter's room, with good reason I should say.
I did not pick any of my animals except for my parrotlet, who I picked when he was an egg so that doesn't count!!
My rabbits came to me from rescue groups. My first rabbit was a total whim, I saw her with a rescue group a few weeks before Easter and had these visions of someone taking her home as an Easter bunny then never looking at her again, so I snapped her up real quick and spoiled her rotten. The only thing she didn't have was a friend, so I took her to another rescue group and let her choose a mate for herself, after which I promptly had her spayed
because we were NOT having babies!!!
Cheerio was at a breeder with about 10 other chins and she came up to me almost immediately when I crouched in front of the cages and I just knew my daughter would adore her. I took my daughter the following night to see how they got along and it was love at first sight. I could tell Cheerio was nervous, but they were a definite fit.
I have not smelled anything since I wrote this original posting (par for the course I suppose). Last night I was in the room with my daughter and we were both laying on the floor doing whatever we were doing (writing) and the little imp was all over us, climbing on our backs and heads and sitting in our papers with that "what gives??" look on her face. She is definitely finding her way to trusting us a lot more. I thought it might take her a little longer since she was older and lived with the breeder for a long time, so I am happy to see that she is coming around as nicely as she is!