Yes, I am planning to get her spayed. I lost one to uterine cancer this year and am not keen on letting it happen again. She lives in a large pen in my bedroom, I believe it’s six by four feet.

We have two dogs and one cat outside of the bedroom. She has never seen either of the dogs (the room is down a hall with a pet gate so the dogs can’t get into cat food or litter), but I probably smell like them often. My cat occasionally wanders into my bedroom—he has swatted at her once, but I’ve carefully prevented it from happening again and no damage was done.

I avoid picking her up—it scares her—and aside from what I’ve previously said, she really is very friendly. She’ll gladly hop straight into my lap when I get on her level, and she loves getting pets. I’ve done some research on my own, and it seems she’s territorial, so I am planning to bunny proof the room and let her free roam a lot more often in hopes of bonding with her before I get her spayed. She likes me interacting with her as long as  she can see where I am—for example, if I reach across her back to get one of her bowls, she will growl or nip my arm.

We’ve actually had very few problems since a couple days after I made this post, haha! She’s stopped growling and nipping at me when I put my hand in her pen. I think having her free roam for a little while daily for a few days has helped. She still lunges and growls at my cat, but I make sure they don’t come in contact while she’s out. I still plan to get her spayed, but we’re doing pretty well for now!