Allee Toler
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So, lets start from their first meet. After cleaning Liam to get the smell of the pet store off of him (store had him in isolation quarantine, and he's parasite free according to the vet I had check him out) I brought GiGi to him. I decided to let them meet in neutral territory. GiGi can be possessive.
The neutral territory was the living room couch. Brand new couch, so GiGi's never been on it. GiGi licked him. He licked her under her tail, she turned around and bit him right on the neck. Not a bite bite, a little nip. GiGi's not one to bite. So she licked him under his tail and he didn't do anything, then she bit his tail.
So she's bitten him twice, no marks.
I decided to separate them. So I took GiGi's playpen out and divided it into two, putting a piece of plastic between them so they can't get to each other. GiGi has a lot of toys and rocks, so I figured I'd give him some of hers to play with. She saw him and stared. When he climbed onto this one rock (given this is HER rock. She's slept on it every day. Its where she always is. Where ever the rock goes she goes) she went crazy. Climbed from the tree on her side, jumped to the pillow corner, crawled across the couch (in a furious path, when she wants to move fast, she'll move fast) and jumped into his side of the play pen. She climbed on top of him, bit him on the back, he bit her neck back, and then she hissed and bit his arm. He scurried away, she climbed onto the rock and curled up.
When I went to pick her up out of the pen, she bit me. So I had to move the rock to her side, where she followed.
So here is her, in her tank now, with this beloved rock of hers. It may look familiar, in almost all her pictures, she's on the rock...
So I let them cool down a bit. I took Liam and GiGi out to take some pictures together. Of course, GiGi did not cooperate. So here's my feeble attempt to get them in a shot together...
Giving up, I let GiGi walk off the "set". Where she fell asleep during Liam's photo shoot...
At least I managed to get some good ones of Liam. So... dun dun duuuunnn! Meet Liam!!! =D
Once GiGi woke up, and Liam was put away, I took one of GiGi. And it turned out pretty good too...
So, there's Liam and GiGi's dislike of him clear as day on camera.
He looks smaller than her, but he's actually not. He's about 8 1/2 inches long when you straighten out his tail kink, and needs to gain some weight. The pet store only fed him mini mealies. Not very many too. Since I've had him (4 hours-ish) he's chomped down 1.5mL of GiGi's high protein weight gain formula licking it clean out of a bowl (given by vet when GiGi was scrawny) and about 20 mini meals, and two dozen small-medium crickets. He should be fat in about two weeks. =]
The neutral territory was the living room couch. Brand new couch, so GiGi's never been on it. GiGi licked him. He licked her under her tail, she turned around and bit him right on the neck. Not a bite bite, a little nip. GiGi's not one to bite. So she licked him under his tail and he didn't do anything, then she bit his tail.
So she's bitten him twice, no marks.
I decided to separate them. So I took GiGi's playpen out and divided it into two, putting a piece of plastic between them so they can't get to each other. GiGi has a lot of toys and rocks, so I figured I'd give him some of hers to play with. She saw him and stared. When he climbed onto this one rock (given this is HER rock. She's slept on it every day. Its where she always is. Where ever the rock goes she goes) she went crazy. Climbed from the tree on her side, jumped to the pillow corner, crawled across the couch (in a furious path, when she wants to move fast, she'll move fast) and jumped into his side of the play pen. She climbed on top of him, bit him on the back, he bit her neck back, and then she hissed and bit his arm. He scurried away, she climbed onto the rock and curled up.
When I went to pick her up out of the pen, she bit me. So I had to move the rock to her side, where she followed.
So here is her, in her tank now, with this beloved rock of hers. It may look familiar, in almost all her pictures, she's on the rock...
So I let them cool down a bit. I took Liam and GiGi out to take some pictures together. Of course, GiGi did not cooperate. So here's my feeble attempt to get them in a shot together...
Giving up, I let GiGi walk off the "set". Where she fell asleep during Liam's photo shoot...
At least I managed to get some good ones of Liam. So... dun dun duuuunnn! Meet Liam!!! =D
Once GiGi woke up, and Liam was put away, I took one of GiGi. And it turned out pretty good too...
So, there's Liam and GiGi's dislike of him clear as day on camera.
He looks smaller than her, but he's actually not. He's about 8 1/2 inches long when you straighten out his tail kink, and needs to gain some weight. The pet store only fed him mini mealies. Not very many too. Since I've had him (4 hours-ish) he's chomped down 1.5mL of GiGi's high protein weight gain formula licking it clean out of a bowl (given by vet when GiGi was scrawny) and about 20 mini meals, and two dozen small-medium crickets. He should be fat in about two weeks. =]
