Plan B for Miley girl - she is gone now...RIP Sweetheart

**Barbara** · 08-09-2007, 09:18 AM

Filou just says he is not happy with ot being considered an Aby thing. He says we are NOT spiteful

But I am happy that Miley as well as Tama get along with it.

**sasvermont** · 08-09-2007, 09:30 AM

Dear Fiolou,

My Mom didn't mean to hurt your feelings so. She was referring to the intestinal problems and not to the spiteful comment about Abys. Everyone knows that Abys are all very different, as I have two Aby sisters and boy are they "different"

.

So please accept my Mom's apology for having made us all sound "alike" .... actually, we are all alike in some ways....but only the positive ways.

Love to hugs to you and your family,
Miley girl

**Randi** · 08-09-2007, 09:38 AM

Sas, I'm glad to hear the arrangements work well, and Miley seems happy.

Perhaps after a while in there, she will not even consider pooping on the floor.

Best wishes and kisses to Miley. How old is she now?

**neko1** · 08-10-2007, 06:51 AM

And the funniest (well maybe that's not the right word) thing happened re: the pooping the other day. We left his cage door open during the day to see if he would 'roam free'.

That little stinker actually went over to Neko's litter box and pooped on the floor right in front of it!!!! (that was his usual poop on the floor spot)

Now when he's in his cage, he has no problems going to the bathroom in the litter box.

I've also found that he likes to eat in there too. I feed him and Neko together but Tama will only eat a few bites and then hops back in his cage. At that point I put his food dish in there and he gobbles it right up.

I'm glad I was able to make you feel better. I was so upset when I first decided to confine him- I felt like I wasn't doing the right thing, that I was a horrible person for doing this and that if I told anyone, they would think poorly of me. But with time, and since Tama seems to love it in there, I'm coming to grips with the fact that he may spend many years in there.

He's never given me any indication that he's upset or in distress over it.

**jenluckenbach** · 08-10-2007, 06:59 AM

I find this all so fascinating!!! I had to confine Sterling and Jim for a 2 week period while they were being retrained and starting on amitriptylin and Jim YOWLED 24/7 for 2 weeks straight!

They each had a tall multi-level cage, but I never considered it large enough for a permanent solution.

But hearing how both Tama and Miley seem to accept and even LIKE their "home"...................well, let's just say I am VERY VERY glad that this is working for you both.