purplebumble
Warren Veteran
poor wee maxine..her and elsee and melrin had stopped fighting thru their bars and merlin was washing ear tips thru the ladees cages
so we decide to try bonding them....omg it was awful..usual fights...broom used to separate them i had got halfway upstirs to get the huge cardborad box to put them in where theyd have less space and couldt jump out of like the little pen wed put up. I heard this horrible sound..my head registered it..my heart leapt into my mouth but i was in total denial..the only other time ive heard a noise anywhere like it was the sound bite of those poor bunnies in china being skinned alive that was played in protest to donna karen in NY.
shakily i scremaed whats that..nikki crying said omg its maxine..quick.
basically maxine and melrin had given up scuffling and were resting snuggling a bit...but then elsee decided to shake em up a bit..maxine went to run and elsee grabbed her and pulled her back..in this split second the screaming occurred
we found a teeny spot of blood on maxines hind foot and a narrow small smear across one cheek. no sign of wound tho:?
eventually after spending ages looking..we found it...a bit on her back across her spine..not wide open or looked deep...but it hurt like hell because theres no padding there. but after a long cuddle..which she expects and demands when tired or stressed bless her...nikki put her on the bed settee next to her to see if she could move ok.
her back end went all floppy.....her legs non responsive etc....omg shes done something to the spinal cord and shes paralysed her we thought...we were in tears..elsee had hidden peering round the divide...merlin was shaking like a leaf.....the scream had affected everyone...even bully bluebell came up to edge of settee to make sure maxine was still alive!!
suddenly dylan kitty jumped up to run round her...and sge suddenly sprang to her feet begging him to wash her ears aghain...and she was trying to wash his...again
what a relief!! shes ok......but she needs a vhd jab anyhoo and the vet can check,.,but its almost a scab already.
i left both ladees in the cages for 24hrs....and merlin in the pen......the stress made him have upset guts very badly..we had to wait for last night for it to dry a bit so it could be cut away and his fur shaved there
itys obvious both girlies are still hormonal....speying a shoret time frame before i got them from their rescues.
even so we could now see...maxine is a better match for merlin for now. I will have elsee running riot in my room in a day or so......maybe after 6 months mark both girlees will be less aggressive and we can make them a trio......if not..ah well elsee loves the cats..esp dylan and zuzu....so my room will be full of furry nutters:lol:
so we decide to try bonding them....omg it was awful..usual fights...broom used to separate them i had got halfway upstirs to get the huge cardborad box to put them in where theyd have less space and couldt jump out of like the little pen wed put up. I heard this horrible sound..my head registered it..my heart leapt into my mouth but i was in total denial..the only other time ive heard a noise anywhere like it was the sound bite of those poor bunnies in china being skinned alive that was played in protest to donna karen in NY.
shakily i scremaed whats that..nikki crying said omg its maxine..quick.
basically maxine and melrin had given up scuffling and were resting snuggling a bit...but then elsee decided to shake em up a bit..maxine went to run and elsee grabbed her and pulled her back..in this split second the screaming occurred
we found a teeny spot of blood on maxines hind foot and a narrow small smear across one cheek. no sign of wound tho:?
eventually after spending ages looking..we found it...a bit on her back across her spine..not wide open or looked deep...but it hurt like hell because theres no padding there. but after a long cuddle..which she expects and demands when tired or stressed bless her...nikki put her on the bed settee next to her to see if she could move ok.
her back end went all floppy.....her legs non responsive etc....omg shes done something to the spinal cord and shes paralysed her we thought...we were in tears..elsee had hidden peering round the divide...merlin was shaking like a leaf.....the scream had affected everyone...even bully bluebell came up to edge of settee to make sure maxine was still alive!!
suddenly dylan kitty jumped up to run round her...and sge suddenly sprang to her feet begging him to wash her ears aghain...and she was trying to wash his...again
what a relief!! shes ok......but she needs a vhd jab anyhoo and the vet can check,.,but its almost a scab already.
i left both ladees in the cages for 24hrs....and merlin in the pen......the stress made him have upset guts very badly..we had to wait for last night for it to dry a bit so it could be cut away and his fur shaved there
itys obvious both girlies are still hormonal....speying a shoret time frame before i got them from their rescues.
even so we could now see...maxine is a better match for merlin for now. I will have elsee running riot in my room in a day or so......maybe after 6 months mark both girlees will be less aggressive and we can make them a trio......if not..ah well elsee loves the cats..esp dylan and zuzu....so my room will be full of furry nutters:lol: