From:
keldah99@yahoo.com
Date: 2002-12-17 19:21:26 UTC
Subject: Goku's hurting Lou-Lou... thoughts/insights???
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <11171501.1040152886009.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Hi everyone. This may get a little long so please bear with me. I'll star=
t at the beginning where his attitude started changing....About two and a h=
alf months ago, a friend came to visit and brought her ferret over to play =
with mine. Jack, her ferret, got along with them fine at first, then start=
ed getting really rough. All he has to play with at home are cats and he g=
ets pretty mean with them. I warned my friend that since Goku is the only =
male in the house, he thinks he's in charge and that since Jack thinks the =
same, they're going to fight. And they did. At one point Jack snuck up on=
Goku, pinned him by the neck, and Goku either was scared or had to go, but=
he just pooped right there. I snatched up Jack away from him and when I p=
ut him down, Kira came over and kicked his butt. Anyway, after that day, G=
oku seemed really down. I knew it was because of Jack and I felt even more=
like a heel because I couldn't get to him in time to save him. After a fe=
w weeks, he started becoming his old self again. Then as luck would have i=
t, Jack had to be babysat for two days due to an emergency. I kept him in =
a cage away from my babies when I wasn't there. When they were out and pla=
ying, Goku got his revenege and won every wrestling match. After that day,=
he seemed a little different, more defiant... He started constantly openi=
ng cabinets and getting into trouble. On Nov. 15th, we bought Lou-Lou. I =
let them slowly get to know each other and they all got along great, no sho=
wing who was in charge, no mean actions, they just smelled each other and r=
an off to play in the tubes and their toys. Goku would sleep with Lou-Lou =
and play with her and never showed that anything was wrong. About five day=
s ago is when it started to change. I watched him one day to see how it wo=
uld start and a few times I think it was because she was already where he w=
anted to sleep. The other day they were out playing and he drug her under =
the bed by her throat and was hissing while she sounded like a squeeky toy =
in the garbage disposal. He's not constantly attacking her, but when he do=
es get ahold of her, it's not like he used to do with Kira when they're pla=
ying, it's more like he's really wanting to hurt her. I have to force him =
to let go. When Lou-Lou would get back up, she'd go kick his butt. During t=
he day, he's in the small cage just in case. I hate having to do this, but=
I'm worried about Lou-Lou. Could it be jealousy, or him being territorial=
? I'm getting Lou-Lou her own little cup bed thing (Goku and Kira have the=
ir own seperate ones that they sleep in) to see if she's just in the wrong =
place at the wrong time. I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions. He stil=
l acts the same way he always has with Kira, and only goes after Lou-Lou at=
least two times a day. Other then when he does go after her, he still pla=
ys with her and loves on her, but I just can't figure out why he's being me=
an to her every now and then. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Keldah
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