Sorry this is a long post, but you need ALL the details. (For some who forgot or do not know, Sterretjie was abused and her leg was broken and just left to grow back abnormal - she luckily escaped and flew to my house)
PROBLEM 1:
The last time I posted I told you that Sterretjie got into a habit of climbing down her tree and went surging for me through the house. She stopped for a couple of days and reverted back to screaming when she does not see me and now she is back to climbing down her tree.
I honestly feel that I give her enough attention, please tell me if I am wrong. Hubby wakes her up in the morning and switch all my reptiles lights on while I get dressed, make-up etc. I then go to greed her (she acts like a baby and I scratch her head) and then she immediately hops onto my hand. She spends an hour + with me in the kitchen while 'we' make the food for all my other companions. I barely get time to greed my 3 reptiles in the morning. After begging her she finally climes off my hand and onto her cage and I am off to work. (I leave the tv on animal planet and we did put a huge mirror up for her.)
When I get home I immediately say hello to her first, she acts like a baby and I scratch her head. I then have to take my iguana outside for his toilet routine and say hello to my dragons. If the weather permits I also fetch Sterretjie and she sits outside in the sun until my iguana is finished. My reptiles get a bath 2-3 times a week, depending how dirty they are from playing outside, obviously Sterretjie has to wait until I am finished. After that she gets ALL my attention, at least 2 hours of it.
On weekends she maybe spends 3 hours on her cage maximum and the rest of the time with me.
This is not good enough for her anymore, she now immediately clime off her cage when my hubby opens her in the morning and walks down the passage to my room, clime up my leg and 'help' me with my hair!
In the afternoon when I get home she does not even give me a chance to take my iguana outside anymore, after I say hello and then turn around to go to my iguana's room -there she is on the ground following me!
She refuses to clime on her cage on weekends and even sits and sleep on me!
And believe me, when she is on me she refuses to clime off!
I dont know what to do anymore.
PROBLEM 2:
She hates my husband and draws blood when ever he is close to her. When he is in the kitchen in the morning she will run on the counter towards him and bite him. He is not allowed to sit next to me and eat or watch tv, she climes off me and onto him and starts to bite him. I can not sit next to him anymore.
PROBLEM 3:
From advice of other people I did close her in her cage yesterday and spend the time with my other animals outside where she could not see me. She is obviously not stupid and knew that I was home. She screamed and screamed and screamed. It absolutely broke my heart and I did cry, I felt SO sorry for her. After about 3 hours she went quite, it felt like a lifetime! I pushed through, thinking that I was doing right, the vet said it was the right thing to do. Another hour went past and I could not handle it any longer and went inside to go fetch my baby. She was sitting in a little heap in the corner of her cage. How can I EVER forgive myself!!!!!!!!!!! I am even crying now, writing this, I broke my baby's heart!
I was against locking her in her cage from the beginning, I refused, why, WHY did I let a vet convince me?
I dont know what to do anymore? All my other animals are suffering and I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART and I cant spend any time with my husband until after 19:00 and almost nothing on weekends.
Is there a solution?
PROBLEM 1:
The last time I posted I told you that Sterretjie got into a habit of climbing down her tree and went surging for me through the house. She stopped for a couple of days and reverted back to screaming when she does not see me and now she is back to climbing down her tree.
I honestly feel that I give her enough attention, please tell me if I am wrong. Hubby wakes her up in the morning and switch all my reptiles lights on while I get dressed, make-up etc. I then go to greed her (she acts like a baby and I scratch her head) and then she immediately hops onto my hand. She spends an hour + with me in the kitchen while 'we' make the food for all my other companions. I barely get time to greed my 3 reptiles in the morning. After begging her she finally climes off my hand and onto her cage and I am off to work. (I leave the tv on animal planet and we did put a huge mirror up for her.)
When I get home I immediately say hello to her first, she acts like a baby and I scratch her head. I then have to take my iguana outside for his toilet routine and say hello to my dragons. If the weather permits I also fetch Sterretjie and she sits outside in the sun until my iguana is finished. My reptiles get a bath 2-3 times a week, depending how dirty they are from playing outside, obviously Sterretjie has to wait until I am finished. After that she gets ALL my attention, at least 2 hours of it.
On weekends she maybe spends 3 hours on her cage maximum and the rest of the time with me.
This is not good enough for her anymore, she now immediately clime off her cage when my hubby opens her in the morning and walks down the passage to my room, clime up my leg and 'help' me with my hair!
In the afternoon when I get home she does not even give me a chance to take my iguana outside anymore, after I say hello and then turn around to go to my iguana's room -there she is on the ground following me!
She refuses to clime on her cage on weekends and even sits and sleep on me!
And believe me, when she is on me she refuses to clime off!
I dont know what to do anymore.

PROBLEM 2:
She hates my husband and draws blood when ever he is close to her. When he is in the kitchen in the morning she will run on the counter towards him and bite him. He is not allowed to sit next to me and eat or watch tv, she climes off me and onto him and starts to bite him. I can not sit next to him anymore.

PROBLEM 3:
From advice of other people I did close her in her cage yesterday and spend the time with my other animals outside where she could not see me. She is obviously not stupid and knew that I was home. She screamed and screamed and screamed. It absolutely broke my heart and I did cry, I felt SO sorry for her. After about 3 hours she went quite, it felt like a lifetime! I pushed through, thinking that I was doing right, the vet said it was the right thing to do. Another hour went past and I could not handle it any longer and went inside to go fetch my baby. She was sitting in a little heap in the corner of her cage. How can I EVER forgive myself!!!!!!!!!!! I am even crying now, writing this, I broke my baby's heart!
I was against locking her in her cage from the beginning, I refused, why, WHY did I let a vet convince me?
I dont know what to do anymore? All my other animals are suffering and I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART and I cant spend any time with my husband until after 19:00 and almost nothing on weekends.
Is there a solution?

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