Thanks again everyone
Today has gone pretty well. Shadow tried to do a bit of mounting this morning so they had a scuffle. The rest of the day was good with the odd little chase here and there. Hazel did lots of grooming of shadow today, he did jump back a few times but they had a lot of fairly long sessions which I was delighted to watch
Unfortunately this evening Shadow has been a bit 'jumpy' like he is full of energy. He started nuzzling or nipping at her back very roughly which she tolerated a bit but then it looked like he was trying to mount her so they went into a whirlwind, they stopped when I clapped loudly and sprayed some water at them, then started again but stopped when I did the same. Then I put some more food down and they were distracted eating that together. They are now sitting near each other but both breathing quite fast. I don't know if this means I should hold on longer with the same space or extend it tomorrow. There have been so many positives but that bit wasn't great. I also feel that shadow could do with a good run around. Hazel likes a bit of a run but shadow is super fast, every day he normally has a run into the bedroom, up onto the bed back out and repeats very very fast. He also runs up and down the stairs. But I don't know if that's a bad idea to take him out for a run or not? Also I'm not sure if I should be stroking them at all, especially now they seem stressed. I haven;t been stroking them other than the odd pet of their heads as I didn't want to interfere with their bonding!