Post by Pooka on Apr 6, 2005 13:46:40 GMT -5
Hi all,
Well my newest addition, Skittle, has been cleared by the vet for
introduction to Pooka and the larger tank. Skittle started with a parasite infection
but that has since been medicated and showed as cleared up. We took him into
the vet this morning and the vet said he was all clean and looking good to go
for co-habitation. The suggestion from the office was to make sure we have
plenty of basking areas and hide spots when they moved in together.
Now on to the questions.... Does anyone have any last minute tips to share
with me about introducing these two? I plan on doing a cage cleaning and
changing of decor to maybe throw Pooka off the 'my territory' tangent a bit then
introducing skittle. I will be monitoring this closely and likely will wait
until the weekend to do it so I am there constantly for the first 14 hours
or so. Feeding should be easy, I will make up 2 meals like I do now and take
pooka out for some free roam time while I offer skittle his food then take
skittle out and offer her food while skittle roams. I am hoping this will
minimize any failure to feed response brought on by Pooka trying to dominate
skittle. I guess all I can do is observe and adjust accordingly. Any advice or
suggestions would be great though. Thanks for reading my rant.
Well my newest addition, Skittle, has been cleared by the vet for
introduction to Pooka and the larger tank. Skittle started with a parasite infection
but that has since been medicated and showed as cleared up. We took him into
the vet this morning and the vet said he was all clean and looking good to go
for co-habitation. The suggestion from the office was to make sure we have
plenty of basking areas and hide spots when they moved in together.
Now on to the questions.... Does anyone have any last minute tips to share
with me about introducing these two? I plan on doing a cage cleaning and
changing of decor to maybe throw Pooka off the 'my territory' tangent a bit then
introducing skittle. I will be monitoring this closely and likely will wait
until the weekend to do it so I am there constantly for the first 14 hours
or so. Feeding should be easy, I will make up 2 meals like I do now and take
pooka out for some free roam time while I offer skittle his food then take
skittle out and offer her food while skittle roams. I am hoping this will
minimize any failure to feed response brought on by Pooka trying to dominate
skittle. I guess all I can do is observe and adjust accordingly. Any advice or
suggestions would be great though. Thanks for reading my rant.
Zekey
