Living with Anteaters

Eldorado and the impossible shelf

Eldorado fails at the shelf

Silly boy can't pull yourself up if you anchor yourself down with your tail, lol. I did go help him with a hand under his foot and he backed down to the cage again.

Upset about the shelf failure

A cheese pick me up

Pua goes after Eldorado

That's not far enough away dude

Pua becomes a bully

Guess her mommy never told her it's not lady like to back a guy into a corner then keep whaling on him. Was going to pull her off of him but then she backed off. No injuries were inflicted and he came back later to the other corner of her castle and she came at him again. He tried to stand his ground some that time but had to retreat to his cage. Pua celebrated by digging in her dirt box and picking at her wood.

Jupiter enjoys anteater wood leftovers
I do have wood shavings for him but he really enjoys having dirt.

Looks like the scene of a terrible accident
but I believe this lamb was MURDERED

So why do I think it might work better with another guy. Well with a more mellow guy even if Pua reacts like that I could hold him and pet and reassure her. Part of it is jealousy, or in less anthropomorphic terms, she's defending what is hers. When he got stuck behind the TV I had to go move the TV stand to let him out. Well she didn't want me near him and bellowed and would start to come over. If I came and pet her she would mellow. So I moved it a little then come back to her till I'd let him out.

So reassure her while I've got a mellow guy on my other hand could work. Kind of how it worked with Stewie. In a short time I got to having one on each hand playing with me even though they avoided each other at first, then next thing ya know they were playing with each other.

I think Pua likes being a bully though. She wants to play with me after. Tonight she chased him to under the bed. I stopped her so as not to have a fight under the bed.

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