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Pashas story is the same as Orsas over in her thread, an unwanted children's pet she came to me at 14 months old in her tiny cage after originally being housed with and attacked by Orsa, Pasha has a very small scar on one of her ears from this but is otherwise almost identical to Orsa visually.
Orsa had made herself very known on the drive home, chewing the bars of her cage to get out, whereas Pasha has always been much quieter and more shy.
Initially I didn't think she would live very long once I got them home and set about moving them into their new housing.
I had been told that their cages had been cleaned out a couple of days prior to me picking them up which seemed to be the cage for Orsas cage, however there wasn't a shaving out of place in Pashas, not one single poop or patch of urine anywhere to be seen, her food bowl untouched. I must admit I was pretty concerned about her.
Upon opening her little plastic house to move her, it became apparent that she hadn't left the hide for days, the cotton fluff was soaked with so much urine it gave me a headache (Orsas was the same but not quite as bad) she had been urinating and pooping where she slept, her food store, bedding and poops gone mouldy and she was so greasy she looked wet. She was a great deal slimmer than her sister, and her neurological signs were much more concerning.
Luckily her first night with me she found her sand bath and cleaned and dried herself up, it became apparent why she was so thin as she had very bad neurological ticks due to the stress of her previous housing conditions, she would compulsively groom her face, even while holding food and trying to eat it, she obviously didn't have much control over this, but over the course of a few days as her stress levels lowered, this was replaced by random twitches, before disappearing altogether.
She has remained a very quiet girl, although she does not have the tenancy to nip nearly as much as her sister, she more curiously nibbles. She is still slimmer than her sister and still does not eat as much, however has a clean bill of health after a recent vet visit to check on some weight loss which she has pretty much regained now.
As with Orsas thread I'll include the first pictures of her I saw and took to start with.
And more recently!
Orsa had made herself very known on the drive home, chewing the bars of her cage to get out, whereas Pasha has always been much quieter and more shy.
Initially I didn't think she would live very long once I got them home and set about moving them into their new housing.
I had been told that their cages had been cleaned out a couple of days prior to me picking them up which seemed to be the cage for Orsas cage, however there wasn't a shaving out of place in Pashas, not one single poop or patch of urine anywhere to be seen, her food bowl untouched. I must admit I was pretty concerned about her.
Upon opening her little plastic house to move her, it became apparent that she hadn't left the hide for days, the cotton fluff was soaked with so much urine it gave me a headache (Orsas was the same but not quite as bad) she had been urinating and pooping where she slept, her food store, bedding and poops gone mouldy and she was so greasy she looked wet. She was a great deal slimmer than her sister, and her neurological signs were much more concerning.
Luckily her first night with me she found her sand bath and cleaned and dried herself up, it became apparent why she was so thin as she had very bad neurological ticks due to the stress of her previous housing conditions, she would compulsively groom her face, even while holding food and trying to eat it, she obviously didn't have much control over this, but over the course of a few days as her stress levels lowered, this was replaced by random twitches, before disappearing altogether.
She has remained a very quiet girl, although she does not have the tenancy to nip nearly as much as her sister, she more curiously nibbles. She is still slimmer than her sister and still does not eat as much, however has a clean bill of health after a recent vet visit to check on some weight loss which she has pretty much regained now.
As with Orsas thread I'll include the first pictures of her I saw and took to start with.
And more recently!
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