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Subject: Re: Survey... PLEASE respond
Posted by S on May 11, 1998 at 08:30:24:

In Reply to: Survey... PLEASE respond posted by Brenda on May 10, 1998 at 16:53:58:

I love my gliders to pieces-when I get home in the evenings I check on them before I kiss my fiance!
But.....they are a bit of a pain to take care of sometimes. Mine won't eat previously frozen fruit, so its fresh every
night-They get 4 bowls filled with different foods every night-one fresh fruit/veggies, one mealworms, sunflower seeds,
a peice of cat food and an almond, one of leadbeatter's, ane of juice and vitamins, and half of an orange. They have more
variety than I do!

Also, you really can never take your eyes off of theym when they are awake and free-they get into everything. I think I have glider
proofed my living room, but they are always finding a new hole to stick their heads into. They can not be house broken either, so you will
always find little presents no matter how much you pick up after them. Gliders are also demanding I find at times-mine want to be let out of the cage,
will keep nipping me if I want to finish a TV show and they want to be fed, if they want me to play with them, they don' t take no and will keep
jumping on you and them actually pout if you put them in their cage. They are definately not stick them in their cage and take them out when you
want to play kind of pets. They do take quite a bit of time and I'm always thinking about them if they are not in my eyesight.

When I got mine, there wasn't a whole lot of info out there-I had to do a lot of exerimenting with bonding, diet, toys, etc.
Now there is plenty of info, so just read up.

While I might sound like I'm complaining, I'm not, my gliders give me so much joy and are very sweet girls. You definately get out of them what you
put in. I would never give them up, but they are a bit time comsuming, you have to get into a routine in caring for them.

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