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Old 05-21-2018, 11:35 AM  
Velle
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Question Flora & Mallow; Taming, Nervousness and potentially deaf?

Hello all!

I posted about Flora and Mallow in the introduction threads but thought I'd start a fresh topic so I could talk about some of the progress and not so much progress with the pair. Flora and Mallow are both female, and between 10 and 12 weeks old. So Flora & Mallow were fighting and were separated on Saturday morning, and since Sunday we've had them two weeks. Since everything is up in the air, I'm not expecting much of them but wanted a bit more advice on them, individually.



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Mallow - White w/ head spot.

Mallow is currently in the original cage they were fighting in since she's the tamer of the two. It's also the largest of the cages at the moment. Mallow has always been a bit dopey and way more friendlier than Flora, she's usually very active on her wheel and did pop out in the day more before the fight. She's actually a pretty gentle ham, especially for pet store origin and will usually take food from your hand. She's a good girl.

I've not seen her come out in the day at all since they were separated. She's been hiding in her coconut refusing to come out, which is very unlike her. I might catch a peek at her around 6-7am when I come into my office to work but she's not wanting to go on her wheel.

I don't know if she's being lethargic/lazier because of the heat, or the shock of Saturday but it's worrying? I also don't know if it's causing issue with the cage still having the original bedding and if the smell of Flora could still be upsetting her.

We also suspect that she might be deaf. She's not really reacting to any noises and is pretty lethargic overall. She's always been non-phased from a lot of things, no idea if all the kids probably bashing on the glass desensitised her to hell, or if it could just be her personality.

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Flora - Agouti

Flora, Flora, Flora. She's always been a mixed bag but she's awfully cute. When we had the first cage she was the one who blocked herself into the tube, and when she was in the Eco Cage with Mallow (you can see a snippet in the image) you never ever saw her. She is absolutely terrified of everything including her own shadow.

She's currently in the smallest cage, with minimum bedding on the floor and her Tikki house stuffed to the brim with nesting material. She's got a ZooZone 2 cage coming soon so she's going to be upgraded again. I don't know if she's going to hate me from moving for the 4th time, but she's going to hate me.

Flora is absolutely impossible to catch even a glimpse and will absolutely 100% not come out in the day whatsoever. It's really worrying since it's starting to get really warm and being in the office it's just going to get warmer for her. I'm worried she's going to get pretty dehydrated. I've heard her shuffling around in the cage around 6/7am when I come into the office but she won't come out past that point. I don't think I've really seen much of her since we got her.

Another concern is that we're not ever going to have her Tame to the point where we can't open the cage without being so deathly fearful. We're not ever expecting Flora to be handled, or even petted we just want her to not feel like the world is out to get her. It's so disappointing since she was so sociable and alert in P@H, but now I'm questioning if it's because she was so high on alert.

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And finally, is there anything I can do which'll help them to be sort of their old selves, and more confident.

At the moment I'm having to wake up Mallow and bothering her with a meal worm to check if she's still alive since she's refusing to leave the coconut and is toileting in there. She's not gone on her wheel at all and is sleeping a lot.

And with Flora... Well, I just know she's still alive since her meal worm is mysteriously gone from her tunnel but it'd be nice to see her go on her wheel.
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