Tracybeakerisland
Mama Doe
At a loss to know quite what to do for Treacle.
Pumpkin suddenly died yesterday, I found her this morning hunched upright by the wire barrier next to Blossom and Jasmines side of the big kennel. Normally a state of sneering tolerance has existed between the does with Treacle being smug at having a buck. Blossom and Jasmine are my big buns with a very tight bond. They can be thugs towards other buns when the mood takes them. Jasmine is ignoring her whilst Blossom is not accepting any overtures to make friends- if anything based on her behaviour I would not trust her an inch if they did not have two wire walls with a nose proof gap between them. I removed the one barrier this morning and sat and watched. Blossom hearded Jasmine back in the big shed bedroom then swore and tried to lunge repeatedly.
Treacle is a mini lionhead. I have put extra bedding and a snugglesafe in the wooden bedroom in the giant hutch inside the kennel for Treacle so she has a warm quiet spot.
In the past I would have gone straight to find a new bond friend but my health, thanks to a chronic neurological disorder, is not so good and it is unlikely to ever improve so I am very hesitant to replace Pumpkin.
Any suggestions from other folk as to what might help Treacle get over the sudden loss of her bond mate?
Pumpkin suddenly died yesterday, I found her this morning hunched upright by the wire barrier next to Blossom and Jasmines side of the big kennel. Normally a state of sneering tolerance has existed between the does with Treacle being smug at having a buck. Blossom and Jasmine are my big buns with a very tight bond. They can be thugs towards other buns when the mood takes them. Jasmine is ignoring her whilst Blossom is not accepting any overtures to make friends- if anything based on her behaviour I would not trust her an inch if they did not have two wire walls with a nose proof gap between them. I removed the one barrier this morning and sat and watched. Blossom hearded Jasmine back in the big shed bedroom then swore and tried to lunge repeatedly.
Treacle is a mini lionhead. I have put extra bedding and a snugglesafe in the wooden bedroom in the giant hutch inside the kennel for Treacle so she has a warm quiet spot.
In the past I would have gone straight to find a new bond friend but my health, thanks to a chronic neurological disorder, is not so good and it is unlikely to ever improve so I am very hesitant to replace Pumpkin.
Any suggestions from other folk as to what might help Treacle get over the sudden loss of her bond mate?