Taking Sarita’s advise Hunny & baby no name had their 1st date Saturday night at the “bathtub”, lol. Things went well, very calm but i think that had a lot to do with the fact that Hunny was just concentrating on trying to get out of the tub whole time. The baby on the other hand took right to Hunny, smelling her, grooming her & climbing up on her back (I imagine he thinks of her as a mother figure). So we kept them in there for about an hour till Hunny finally made her escape.

Date #2 we dicided to try the bathroom floor figuring Hunny would actually pay some attention to the baby… well we were right! Except it wasn’t the kind of attention I was hoping for… at 1st they both just slid around on the floor in their seperate corners, then baby made his way over to Hunny and at first she smelled him (nose & bottom) & just gave him a few light nips to show dominance, didn’t seem to bother him any so I thought to myself “this is a good thing” BUT then idk if Hunny just got fed up with being trapped in our tiny bathroom or what but she started to be mean… started with a couple more lil’ nips then musta got him good (didn’t actually break the skin or anything) cause he hauled ass & hid behind the toilet. After a few minutes he braved the waters again & came out & approached Hunny, again she wasn’t having it & again he ended up behind the toilet. We were trying to wait out the hour but Hunny laid there ears flat to the back of her head, beathing very heavy so we ended the session after about 30 min. (Should we have stuck it out???) Once we came back out to the livingroom they each went in their pens & took a break. Before I knew it they were eating “together” & laying close by each other in their seperate pens.

This morning I let Hunny out 1st for a couple hours to let her run & she was smelling, light nipping & licking him thru the bars of his pen. I gave her lots of praise & pets for ‘being nice to the baby”… Now he’s out running as we speak & she’s flipping out when he comes near her pen. I know it’s cause she don’t want him in her “territory” but I want her to know that he is gonna be allowed to run around that side of the room… Should I keep him away for now?? I don’t want her to think it’s all HER space cause that area has to be community property.

I’m gonna try the bath tub again tonight I think… Though I did read (idk if it was this site or another but…) that I should try a space that makes them both feel comfortable… So I was thinking maybe I’d try the hall way where there is rug & the space is more open. I’d just have to figure out how to keep Hunny from jumping over the gate…

Anyone??

As of yesterday I have decided on waiting to offically start the bonding process since our vet has told me that she is leaning towards Ashes being female but she is NOT 100% and wants to re-check in another month or so. So with that appt. I will schedule the spay (or neuter, if she turns out to be the HE the breeder & I thought he was, to me it still looks like boys parts but what do I know…). And once all heeled up we will try, try again. For now they will continue to have parallel pens & i will continue to switch out litter boxes & throw rugs so they will be familiar with each other.