In celebration of Valentines day I baked thegirls heart-shaped bunny cookies.I only gave them one each, and Sophiesaid I was being stingy and that she might consider flying to Canada,ifyou sign a contract saying she can have as many of these as she wantsevery day.
I wanted to get a good picture of them snuggling for today, but theyhad an argument Sunday night and just got over it today.It happenedwhen my cat Tokyo pushed their bedroom door open and Sophie got out. Iwent over to the door and Apollo watched Sophie hop back in the room,and then took an aggressive stance and lunged at her. She chased heraround the room really fast but didn't catch her, and Sophie hid in abasket in the corner. I'm guessing Apollo didn't know that Sophie hadleft the room, and when she saw her come in she didn't recognize her orsomething and thought she was an intruder. Sophie stayed in the basketa long time and when she came out, Apollo started chasing her again andpulled out some
of her fur. So I took Sophie and put her in the bathroom and let hercalm down, and then went and got Apollo and put her in there too.Apollo was perfectly normal and nice to sophie in the bathroom. I wentand got their litterbox and food and left them in there for a while.When I put them back in their room, Apollo went back to chasing Sophie,even though I put Sophie in there first and changed the room around abit. So, I put Sophie in the cage,and then Apollo, and they werefine,no aggresion at all. The next day when I opened the cage door,Apollo came out but Sophie was too scared to come out all day. Tuesday,Sophie came out after a long time,but then Apollo tried to catch heragain and Sophie ran back up to the top floor of the cage.
She came out again later that night, and Apollo
finally left heralone. Today was the first whole day since that they've been gettingalong. I'm so relieved. I felt really bad for Sophie because she didn'tunderstand why Apollo was suddenly mad at her and she was so scared. Ididn't really understand it either;it seemed like such a small thing tocause Apollo to react like that after they've been bonded for over 9months and lived in the same room, and they run around the rest of thehouse sometimes too; Apollo has seen Sophie come in the room before...Idon't fully get it.:?
Today Apollo has been nice to her though, she groomed her a lot butwhen she tried to get Sophie to groom her she got nervous and ran away.It will take a little time for Sophie to be fully comfortable aroundher,she's only a little wary of her and she seems relieved,she did adbf this morning. I hope nothing sets Apollo off again that makes hersuddenly not want to share her room. :sigh
