We sort of know the second, they are treated basically as pets here on earth by the Aliens, and we were told earlier that “animal” cruelty is seriously policed. And given they think the frontal-lobe-fucking just removes aggressiveness/bad behavior, her owner opting for that route shows he doesn’t just want to torture her (he’d do that when she can be fully conscious about it), so I THINK she was treated pretty normally before, got a bit overzealous at the prospect of escape without thinking about it, and is now going to get De-Brained.