In Reply to: SURVEY posted by Tim on June 27, 1999 at 21:29:34:

: 1. first how many glider do you have in the cage?
One - planning to get a second. Cage is 2x2x4

: 2. What do you use for them to sleep in. A pouch, nestbox, or a combination of both?
She has 1) a hammock, 2) a nesting box made of wood, 3) a fleece pouch from Clara's page, which is her favorite place. She does like to move houses periodically.

: 3. How bonded to you are your gliders. I know this is a broad question but for instance. Does yours come out of it's sleeping area when you go to get it? Do they bite you when you come to get them? Do they like staying on you (most of the time, I understand they don't during playtime)? stuff like that.
Very bonded & close...she comes to me when she is playing, but I have to get her out when she is sleeping. At playtime she checks in frequently and nibbles on me to get me to play. She does not bite in anger ever.

: 4. Do you leave something with your scent on it where your glider sleeps?
Not now, but I did for a long time when I first got her.

: 5. One that I just want to see on. Does your glider use a hamster ball? Do they like it? Or do they have another toy that they like alot?
Yes, she likes her hamster ball. She loves pill bottles, too with rice or something that rattles inside. And she loves her Wodent Wheel and puppet mice.

: Ok, the point of this survey. I have been wanting to know if a glider will become more bonded if sleeping in a pouch rather than a nestbox or combination of both. I have heard that sometimes gliders become possesive of their nestbox and then don't like coming out much or bite alot when trying to get them. Just wanted to base my cage design on what I get for answers. i only want the best for my 2, but anything to help me bond with them more easily would be a plus! thanks for your time and info.
I've always heard that gliders bond to the nesting box/pouch/whatever if they have that in there at first. When Eos was a baby, I put her in the pocket of the t-shirt I had worn all day, then put the t-shirt in the cage. No nesting box or pouch was available to her for the first month. (Now a bunch of people will jump all over me - sigh.) But that's what I did...and you saw how happy she is. Each day I changed out the t-shirt. That little guy my sister got bonded to his pouch at the pet store...they had to let her take it home and he's very fussy with her when she first gets him out. Different views, I know, but *I* think keeping that issue out of it for awhile is a good idea.

Tiffany

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