Sadly....a common tale.....

[Holly]

...with Winter Whites it seems.....

Tonight we have had to separate Sparrow and Turner. I've been worried for a while about Turner's bullying of Sparrow and I've been watching them very carefully. Up until tonight no blood had been shed - they just seemed to squabble a lot, with Sparrow seemingly coming off worst. This evening, however, they were fighting as we went to get them out - and they didn't stop. After separating them Will noticed blood on Sparrow's tummy

We thought we were doing everything right - big cage, two of everything, scattered food, half-cage cleans and always handling them together - it hasn't worked

Sparrow is now safe in one of our spare Gabber Lux's and Turner will go into another one tomorrow. The one bright side is that we now have a Rex for one of our baby Syrians

We'll be keeping a close eye on Sparrow's wound - it looks superficial and he's been cleaning it so hopefully it will be ok. At least he's got a secure home where he won't be bullied anymore.