hey, clown husbandry blogs
i’ve got a bit of a situation and i was hoping someone more experienced might have advice.
i have a horror clown named spindle. they’re well-trained, fully adult, had them since they were born. great temperament, good with doorbells, only growls at religious symbols on tuesdays.
a few months ago, i took in two shelter clownlings—one mime breed (dusty) and one jester (tizzy).
they’re both very young. i think they were imprinting, and spindle kind of… took them under their wing? they play together, they nap together, and i thought everything was fine until i realized:
spindle has apparently decided dusty is a baby horror clown.
now they keep trying to feed dusty raw meat and “teach” them how to hunt the neighbor’s garden gnome.
dusty is a mime.
dusty flushes the meat.
i have no idea what to do. spindle looks so proud when they leave a “treat,” and dusty always does a little thank-you pantomime before running off to the bathroom.
this has been going on for two weeks.
should i intervene? or just… let this play out?? i don’t want to hurt their bond but also i’ve had to call the plumber twice and i think the pipes are haunted now.
any advice would be appreciated.
and, if any of you were worried about the normally solitary mime breed being housed with a jester and a horror clown, here is a picture of them playing so you can see that dusty is perfectly happy and relaxed while playing with them.
yes, i am aware that spindle dresses pretty brightly for his particular horror breed, and that tizzy has more black accents than people expect from a jester... but they like matching and what kind of clown dad would i be if i didn't let them bond.
- marceau 🩸 (burrito chime graveyard shift, clown dad in distress)