Hi PG,
Thanks for the advice. Yes we are still bottle-feeding him. I don’t let him wander around alone, I just put him on the ground and sit with him while he waddles around, always supervising to make sure he doesn’t get into somewhere he shouldn’t. Otherwise I keep him in a safe place.
The vet said to start introducing them now since Stuart is so young, he won’t seem like a threat. I was a little unsure to begin with, I am more cautious of these things where my boyfriend is a little more “adventurous,” so between him and the vet I felt outnumbered. I guess I had this idea in my head that Safira would just take him under her wing and be sort of an adoptive-mommy, but maybe because she is still young herself, I was deluded. The last thing I would want to do is do this the wrong way and have them hate each other. So slow and steady definitely seems like the way to go. Would it be good to keep them apart for a few days? Since she already had a bad reaction? Or just go on with the introduction how you suggested, during feeding time, like everything is fine?