So Thursday night, after work, I did some hands on time with Lady M ... took her out of the tank, let her walk hand to hand .... get some time getting to know me since it had been a while for her. I kept Ravyn out of reach for the time, only letting her get closer once in a while - but not too close. Lady M was all "whatever" ... no freaking out, no spazzing, no twitchy tail that would indicate stress etc ...
But MAN did that drive the poor cat bonkers! Funny but .... well funny mainly .... sorry kitty ....
Tonight, I decided it was Sylvia's turn ... oh, and she is not a he known as Sylvester ... I weighed her, and if she WAS a male, it would show by now. So she is now Sylvia, and is either gained a LOT of weight, or is getting ready to lay her first duds. Guess she will get the next big tank whenever I get one ...
Anyways, there was a lot more up close time between the cat and the gecko, but it still drove Ravyn a bit mad .... so close but not allowed to play with the "toy" ... poor kitty. Sylvia was all calm, chilling on my shoulder, doing the walking from one hand to another, not caring at all about the cat mere inches away. No spazzing or tail twitching either, even after Ravyn managed to get a paw onto the gecko.
So this may yet work ... she will learn to not see the geckos as play things when they are out, and the geckos will learn she will not hurt or hunt them. It will be a long work in progress thing, but it will get done. I have denied the geckos their time with me long enough ...
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