Blanco Bun Bun

Blanco is still doing well! No biting and he even has been coming onto my chest when I lay on the ground and has been chinning my face! We both sure have come such a long way since those first few days when I was terrified of him! I was thinking back to when I would wrap my ankles in aluminum pans because I was so afraid he was going to bite me when I was cleaning his area. Look at us now!

As weird as this sounds, I have been laying on the ground a lot to try to bond a bit with Blanco. I figure if I get on his level it will help. Plus, I realized that if I look up I have an amazing view of the clouds passing by and this palm tree. No matter how long it's been since I moved to California, I am STILL fascinated by palm trees. To me they symbolize living in paradise.

My view when I am looking up from laying on ground

Chinning my face!

He hasn't sneezed up any more snot since the beginning of August and I am thankful Linda has been giving him antitbiotic shots every few days to help. His nose is green by his nostrils, but I can't help but think it is just stained, since he has not had a wet, runny nose or has sneezed at all. I really want to get him a friend soon, so his nose issues have to go away! :)

He started spraying again at times. I am trying to figure out WHY. The other day he sprayed so much pee on me I had to take a shower. Man, was I made but I never let it show. Instead I try to understand why.
My only theories are:
~still hormones from neutering
~territory (this is MY space)
~just habit...it's possible he was neutered so late that the spraying is something we need to deal with
~he gets mad at something I have yet to figure out.

So, whenever we let him out of his cage now, we stay away from him at first until he has a chance to run around on his own and pee somewhere (he ALWAYS feels the need to pee in the yard somewhere - mostly by the door to our house.) Craig is certain he saves pee just for when he is let out. Anyway, doing this has been helping with the spraying issue the past few days.