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?

I have 2 females

: 2. What do you use for them to sleep in. A pouch, nestbox, or a combination of both?

My gliders have 3 sleeping areas in their cage- a nest box that they very rarely use
anymore, I think they just eat in it, a ferret sleeping tube which is the most popular,
and a pouch which they use when they are with me in the evenings, but only sleep
in when they are feeling really snuggly. My gliders seems to like to sleep together, but
have more room than the pouch gives them.
When they only have their nestbox, they were never possesive of it-I personally liked the
nest box the best, I could check on them without disturbing them (the lid came off).

: 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.

I am very bonded to my gliders, they are very tame and sweet, like cuddling
with me, they seldom wake up and come to me-I always get to them first. I found
when I first had them, that I really felt bonded when they got scared and came to me
to protect them instead of hiding-i knew they trusted me.

: 4. Do you leave something with your scent on it where your glider sleeps?

No, I never tried that trick.

: 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?

My gliders do have a hampster ball, but they think its torture when we put them in
it (which is probably once every 6 months for a minute). They get really scared
that they are so confined in it and just end up peeing all over it and themselves.
they love their wheel, and a mouse finger puppet, a ball on a ribbon tied to the
top of their cage, and small stuffed animals that are about their size that they can
wrestle around with.

I think the key to bonding is just be persistant, spend a lot of time with them
at both sleeping and awake time.

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