mishellyshel
Chin Slave
One of my bonded pairs (Snickers & Oreo) must have had a fight last night.
I found Snickers hiding in a Capri Sun juice box and didnt want to come out.
When he did he let me pick him up right away, which is unusual.
There was fur flying around the cage and his fur was obviously "ruffled".
I took him into the bathroom to examine him and let him dust and I noticed a little blood on his ear. no hole but it is on the lower part of the inside and he was squirmy.
Since I had to get my son to school I didnt have much time but I let him stay in there for 15 minutes and brought him back to the cage.
Every time Oreo came near him, he ran away.......he was obviously scared.
I put an empty dustbath in there to give him a place to hide.
Then I got too nervous to leave them alone all day, so I set up the empy space in the FN super quick with food, water, hay, sticks. I put the black shelf in there, lined it with fleece, folded up some fleece for him to lay on and left him alone.
Questions:
1. Should I have removed Oreo? or was I right to remove Snickers? Or does it even matter?
2. How long should I separate them?
3. How do I try the re-intros?
4. Is it too late at this point to try the whisker trimming and vanilla on the nose thing..........as they have been living together for so long?
I have never seen them fight, they are usually piled on top of eachother, cuddling. I am really upset, because I dont want Snickers to live in fear but I dont want him to miss his buddy.
I have not had much success or experience in the past trying to bond chins.
Pretty much all of mine are separated except these two and my two new rescues.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I found Snickers hiding in a Capri Sun juice box and didnt want to come out.
When he did he let me pick him up right away, which is unusual.
There was fur flying around the cage and his fur was obviously "ruffled".
I took him into the bathroom to examine him and let him dust and I noticed a little blood on his ear. no hole but it is on the lower part of the inside and he was squirmy.
Since I had to get my son to school I didnt have much time but I let him stay in there for 15 minutes and brought him back to the cage.
Every time Oreo came near him, he ran away.......he was obviously scared.
I put an empty dustbath in there to give him a place to hide.
Then I got too nervous to leave them alone all day, so I set up the empy space in the FN super quick with food, water, hay, sticks. I put the black shelf in there, lined it with fleece, folded up some fleece for him to lay on and left him alone.
Questions:
1. Should I have removed Oreo? or was I right to remove Snickers? Or does it even matter?
2. How long should I separate them?
3. How do I try the re-intros?
4. Is it too late at this point to try the whisker trimming and vanilla on the nose thing..........as they have been living together for so long?
I have never seen them fight, they are usually piled on top of eachother, cuddling. I am really upset, because I dont want Snickers to live in fear but I dont want him to miss his buddy.
I have not had much success or experience in the past trying to bond chins.
Pretty much all of mine are separated except these two and my two new rescues.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.