Monkeybun 
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/02/2010 01:24 PM |
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Good to know  I'll get on them tonite, I got tons of time after my doc appointment this afternoon  |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/02/2010 01:27 PM |
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I forgot to add another thing.. we gave them raisins in the cube last night, and neither tried to steal the others raisins. Usually Moose doesn't go for the treats when in sessions, but he was a happy boy with his raisin last night. Monkey pretty much climbed over him to get hers, and he didn't bat an eye at that. It wasn't really til late in the session that he got really nippy, I'm thinking maybe he was just getting irritated at there being no hay or his potty. He dove for his potty when we let them back into their pens. |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/02/2010 06:02 PM |
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Held another session this afternoon after I got home. This time, we did the Cube in the living room, no dryer today. They did pretty good in the cube, only a couple little nips from moose. No humping from monkey. Sooooo... we set up our extra pen, and dropped the 2 into it. I sat in it with them tho  At first we had a litter box in it. Monkey was quite happy to sit in it and eat hay. Moose say in it with her briefly, then got all nippy... so out goes the litter box. Just them and me in the pen now.
Monkey is totally into the bonding, she adores Moosie even though she won't groom him yet without the assistance of nanners. Moose didn't lick her at all today, every time he turned towards her, he'd nip. Not having any of that, so they go back into the cube. Everything is fine again once in the cube... Moose even loafed in it for a few minutes.
...so now what? Should I keep up the cube? Should I go to the tub? Set up the pen elsewhere? Its Moose we gotta wear down, Monkey will cave easily once he does.
Edit: We switched cages and pens for them, Moosie is in Monkey's, Monkey is in moosie's. Monkey loves moosie's cage, Moose not as thrilled lol. We can't keep them in each toehrs over night, as Monkey's pen is less sturdy,a dn Moose can easily lift it. So we need to watch them. We'll keep them in there until we go to bed however. Gonna do another session before bed too. |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/03/2010 02:31 AM |
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Another update. Did another session, lasted an hour-ish. Moose groomed Monkey a ton, but nipped her every time afterwards. Sometimes it wasn't a little nip, either. Still no grooming from miss Monkey. Moose did demand a groom from her, shoving his face under hers, but Monkey didn't go for it. Monkey humped him some more again... randy little girl.
Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment, so I'll likely only get a session in before bed. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/03/2010 08:16 AM |
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You need to expand. Use the cube to start and end on a good note every time. If you have a new spot to set up the pen -- go for it. Don't make it too big in the beginning. No litterboxes, like you said, or anything that either may claim. A pile of hay, water and a few scattered pellets/treats are OK. You could add a random stunt double as well as yourself to the pen to distract them from each other and to give something to run around. Since you know it's Moose who needs to mellow out, you will watch his every move and stop him in his tracks by clapping your hands or squirting water or stomping your foot, whatever, when he wants to nip Monkey. |
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 "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/03/2010 12:24 PM |
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Thats what I figured. The cube doesn't do much for em now. They're fine in it, its outside it they need to learn to deal with each other. Moose did great in Monkey's pen too. After about an hour, he ran to Monkey's bed and flopped in it and just snoozed. |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/04/2010 11:50 AM |
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Only did a cube session last night. Just didn't have the energy for anything more exciting. They did fine once again. Moose licked, Monkey didn't. She gave herself quite a few baths, moose loafed, a fairly quiet session. Will do a pen session later. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/04/2010 12:03 PM |
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that's mainly why I made the cube. It gives you a session even if you're too beat. |
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| "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/04/2010 12:09 PM |
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Yeah, with me having a dentist appointment yesterday, and hubby not feeling well, the cube was definitely a good thing I'm just happy I'm finally done with all the dental work that needed to be done. Yay! |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/04/2010 03:19 PM |
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Did a session over lunch today with the cube. Little bit more nipping, nothing too serious. Monkey did alot of grooming of herself again. The big part this session was Monkey flopping in the cube next to Moose |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/05/2010 01:54 AM |
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Awesome session tonite. Set up the pen in the computer room on a fleece blanket, and with towels clipped onto the pen all around so it was totally neutral. had a pile of hay and a bowl of water in the middle. Went awesome! Both of them were happy to sit and munch on hay, Monkey had fun leaving presents everywhere, Moose as usual was a good boy with his, he waited til he went home to use the potty. Monkey is soo not modest. No mounting. Only a couple nips. And lots of flops. Moose flopped first. He just fell over byt he side of the pen and lay there, nice and comfy. Monkey later flopped next to the water bowl. Moose flopped again maybe 3 seconds after Monkey flopped. Monkey flopped again on my feet Lots of loafing. And Moosie groomed Monkey a bit too! Still no licks from monkey, not even for banana today. Oh wells. I took some pics and videos of it tonite, but my camera battery died part way through, so I have to wait til tomorrow to post them. Very proud of my babies tonite, they were in the pen for over an hour |
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Lintini
Bay Area, California
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| 03/05/2010 02:55 AM |
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yipeee!! |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/05/2010 02:35 PM |
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Ok, pics from last night.
Nice and comfy bunnies |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/05/2010 02:37 PM |
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More pics!
Monkey flopped on my slippers
Don't mind my bright red PJs
A close up of Moosie's pretty eyes... half blue, half brown!
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Beka27
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Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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| 03/05/2010 03:45 PM |
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I still can't get over how precious Moose is! He's a very unique looking dutch... not pure black markings, more like a speckled charcoal color... |
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Max & Meadow |
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jerseygirl
Australia
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| 03/05/2010 04:10 PM |
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Wow! Those eyes - very cool! Things look good MB....now you keep it up, else I'll get the poking stick out! If you can't, enlist hubby's help - once he's better of course. |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/05/2010 04:39 PM |
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He's been helping, he's feeling a bit better He was on camera duty for part of it last night |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/06/2010 12:22 AM |
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I'm doing a session in the pen right now.. and I had to update immediately. WE HAVE MUTUAL GROOMING!! With no help from me or bananas!! |
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Monkeybun
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/06/2010 01:03 AM |
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Ok, full update time. We started with the cube, we put them in the cube on the couch between us while we watched a show on dvd. Thats when the mutual grooming happened... several times. Monkey groomed his ears for a solid 5 minutes, and boy was Moose digging that!! They did awesome int he cube, so after our show was done, decided to put them in the pen for a bit. Moose got nippy then, even chased Monkey a bit. He did calm down for a bit, but there was no more grooming. Didn't get any pics tonite, as the pen session was rather short, and we were busy watching a tv show for the cube part I do wish I had my camera to capture a video of Monkey grooming him! Maybe tomorrow I'll get one |
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Lintini
Bay Area, California
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| 03/06/2010 04:02 AM |
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yaaaaaay!! I am so so so sos sooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you! |
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