I have finally managed to get one of my neutered males back with his mum (speyed) and they have been getting on great, checked on them this morn and she was grooming him, just checked again and she's still grooming him so i watched for a while and shes licking and pulling out fur so much so he has a small bold patch on top of his head i dont want to seperate them as aprt from this thinks are going well. Advice please :?
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how much room have they got? What's the boy think of being plucked?
I used to cringe when Zinniea groomed her family - she was such a fanatical ear licker they used to have little bites inside their ears which looked really sore - but she stopped eventually, so maybe it's a stress thing with them being in a new situation together?
I used to cringe when Zinniea groomed her family - she was such a fanatical ear licker they used to have little bites inside their ears which looked really sore - but she stopped eventually, so maybe it's a stress thing with them being in a new situation together?
well I would just leave them to it and hope she calms down as she gets more used to the situation then - unless he starts to object. The thing is, she's now in a habit, and that needs breaking - maybe if you put some vaseline on it? I don't see how that could hurt her? Zinniea just stopped when she got settled more - hopefully it will resolve itself when she feels more at home with him.
Think i'll try putting vasealine on it as you said the trouble is he now has a bold patch on top of his head the size of a 10p and a small patch above one eye and the skin is looking abit red.He's going thought a big moult at the moment as well, brushing out big hand fulls of fur so hes looking very unkept. 
