Iris has been bonded to Storm successfully. The only irking thing for him is when she decides to clean his one eye corner. I'm thinking that he's got a sensitive bit of skin there that opened when i last removed a booger from him, sometimes they get stuck hard. I'll check to see closer what's going on with that corner.
When i see her nibbling/grooming at his eye, i try to gently push her face onto his ear or shoulders, away from the eye but she's determined to clean him. It's not doing much harm, i suppose, it's only making Storm jolt, he doesn't seem to like it, and i think he might've been a bit irked as i saw her leaving him in a rush. Usually she would speed to lay next to him. Is she perhaps a bit too enthusiastic with her nibble grooming? Like, nibbling his fur as if to detangle it, not nipping his skin.
The most logical thing would be to keep redirecting her and if that doesn't do much, to keep them apart until Storm's eye is back to normal. But I don't really want to separate them, i see they're quite the duo. Any suggestions?
When i see her nibbling/grooming at his eye, i try to gently push her face onto his ear or shoulders, away from the eye but she's determined to clean him. It's not doing much harm, i suppose, it's only making Storm jolt, he doesn't seem to like it, and i think he might've been a bit irked as i saw her leaving him in a rush. Usually she would speed to lay next to him. Is she perhaps a bit too enthusiastic with her nibble grooming? Like, nibbling his fur as if to detangle it, not nipping his skin.
The most logical thing would be to keep redirecting her and if that doesn't do much, to keep them apart until Storm's eye is back to normal. But I don't really want to separate them, i see they're quite the duo. Any suggestions?