OVER and NEVER AGAIN!
Well, you tried to warn me. I'm so angry at myself right now, and I feel so sorry for my baby.
Trousers was bitten. It doesn't look terrible, but she's seeing the vet first thing in the morning to be sure she's okay. Right now she is separated and in a different room of the house. She is playing on her wheel, eating hay, and drinking. She's acting perfectly fine, but I know that chins sometimes hide their injuries. I did get a good look at the wound, and it has scabbed over. There was very little blood on her fur, so I think it must have scabbed right away.
Needless to say, intros are OVER. Trousie will be a chinnie loner, and I think she's happier that way.
Things just seemed to be going really well between the three of them. They had stopped aggressively pursuing one another, stopped biting (or so we thought), and stopped spraying. They were either sniffing one another or ignoring one another. The only reason I noticed she was hurt was because I handed her a Cheerio and saw the bite when she bent her head forward. The wound isn't on her head; it's about an inch behind her right ear. It's definitely a bite because there is nothing else in the cage that could have caused that kind of wound.
Carmen and Minnie are doing well; they are buds just like old times - sleeping next to one another, grooming one another, etc. I will clean cages really well tomorrow, and I will be keeping a close eye on the two of them to make sure they don't turn on one another.
Thank you to all of you who offered advice and warnings. I really just hoped this would work out. At the very least I had the sense enough to end it before someone was killed. To anyone out there reading who is thinking of introing chins: WATCH THEM EVERY MINUTE UNTIL YOU ARE POSITIVE THE INTRO IS GOING PERFECTLY!!! Don't put a chinnie through what I put Trousers through. Read the warning signs, and remember you can't force friends, no matter how badly you want them to get along.
Well, you tried to warn me. I'm so angry at myself right now, and I feel so sorry for my baby.
Trousers was bitten. It doesn't look terrible, but she's seeing the vet first thing in the morning to be sure she's okay. Right now she is separated and in a different room of the house. She is playing on her wheel, eating hay, and drinking. She's acting perfectly fine, but I know that chins sometimes hide their injuries. I did get a good look at the wound, and it has scabbed over. There was very little blood on her fur, so I think it must have scabbed right away.
Needless to say, intros are OVER. Trousie will be a chinnie loner, and I think she's happier that way.
Things just seemed to be going really well between the three of them. They had stopped aggressively pursuing one another, stopped biting (or so we thought), and stopped spraying. They were either sniffing one another or ignoring one another. The only reason I noticed she was hurt was because I handed her a Cheerio and saw the bite when she bent her head forward. The wound isn't on her head; it's about an inch behind her right ear. It's definitely a bite because there is nothing else in the cage that could have caused that kind of wound.
Carmen and Minnie are doing well; they are buds just like old times - sleeping next to one another, grooming one another, etc. I will clean cages really well tomorrow, and I will be keeping a close eye on the two of them to make sure they don't turn on one another.
Thank you to all of you who offered advice and warnings. I really just hoped this would work out. At the very least I had the sense enough to end it before someone was killed. To anyone out there reading who is thinking of introing chins: WATCH THEM EVERY MINUTE UNTIL YOU ARE POSITIVE THE INTRO IS GOING PERFECTLY!!! Don't put a chinnie through what I put Trousers through. Read the warning signs, and remember you can't force friends, no matter how badly you want them to get along.
