Okay so I have had Berry for 10 months. It feels like everytime I have a break thru with him, he takes two steps back! I am really angry at Vince too! He is NOT helping at all. To the point I feel he is being mean.
I am working on Berry trusting me, and Vince is so irritating. It's kinda hard to describe, but Berry on his free run time likes to climb up things.
We have this one corner of the room that I try to keep blocked off, but every once in a while he gets up there. The problem with him being up there is he could potentially get behind the tv, and I would have a very hard time retreving him from there.
So last night, I went to take a bath, and Berry was out, I asked Vince to just make sure he stayed down from the one corner. (I didn't think it would be a problem, he's been getting better with them) 15 minutes later, the bathroom door opens up, and Vince is dangling my chin from the base of his tail (like I do when I'm grooming him, but I support his front legs on something!!!!) He said that Berry was being "bad" by repeatedly getting up in the corner and he was going to put him back in his cage. Okay fine and good, but don't freakin' carry my baby by his tail! He wasn't even supporting his body, just dangling him by his tail, like a rat about to be fed to a snake. I want to cry. Well, after I got out of the bathtub, I calmly explained to Vince that what he did was wrong, and that Berry is a rescue chin I am trying to build trust with him. Well he brushed me off, and said that Berry was a stupid rat. It really hurt my feelings. The worst part is he loves Chloe to death and will cuddle her for as long as she wants to, and he has never done anything mean like this before. I could hardly sleep, I had that image of Berry being dangled burned into my mind.
Today, Berry is frightened to death of me. Before last night I could approach him, and even hold him for a couple of minutes. Also before the "tail" insident he would climb the 5 foot cage and I could give him a "hand" getting down, now when I approach him to help him down he gets a spastic and freaks, and jumps.
I don't know what to do, I am in tears now. I was making so much progress with him, and I feel like it's been ruined.