Hi everyone,
So as you may have seen, Beatrice and Ham have been bonding today. I'm concerned for Beatrice's safety. I thought that after a few hours of bonding, Ham might calm down, but he has been continuously mounting her and pulling out her fur. She is running away from him a lot and hiding in her litter tray because he's so persistent. I noticed he was pulling the fur on her face around her eye, and pulled him off of her because it looked too violent. I noticed just now that there's a bump above her eye which is bleeding.
20171021_194548 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
She is looking battered and I feel awful. I think maybe he's being so persistent because she's acting indifferently to him. She did wash him hours ago, just the once on the head. He's thumping his leg a lot like he's annoyed and then mounting her and pulling fur more. They're just next door from our bedroom and I don't know if I should pull her out of there or not. I know you're not meant to split them up during bonding. Any help/advice is appreciated
So as you may have seen, Beatrice and Ham have been bonding today. I'm concerned for Beatrice's safety. I thought that after a few hours of bonding, Ham might calm down, but he has been continuously mounting her and pulling out her fur. She is running away from him a lot and hiding in her litter tray because he's so persistent. I noticed he was pulling the fur on her face around her eye, and pulled him off of her because it looked too violent. I noticed just now that there's a bump above her eye which is bleeding.
20171021_194548 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
She is looking battered and I feel awful. I think maybe he's being so persistent because she's acting indifferently to him. She did wash him hours ago, just the once on the head. He's thumping his leg a lot like he's annoyed and then mounting her and pulling fur more. They're just next door from our bedroom and I don't know if I should pull her out of there or not. I know you're not meant to split them up during bonding. Any help/advice is appreciated