In Reply to: Wow!! A few more questions about the coolest pet.... posted by Narmi on June 30, 1999 at 22:56:31:

Narmi,
I think you are doing really well with your little girl. It sounds like you have got the diet thing down pretty good. But, it would be a good idea if you found some other forms of protein to provide variety if nothing else. You may want to try some of the meat baby foods mixed with a little of the fruit baby foods, or you could also try to offer her a small amount of a high quality, dry cat food, I use one that is made for kittens, because it is higher in protein than that for adult cats. If you don't mind cooking a little, I have posted a recipe on the Glider Info Tree Board for Chicken Pot Pies for Gliders. Everyone that I know of who has tried it says their gliders love it.
There are a couple of things that you may want to ease up on however. The corn is one of my little guys favorites too, but it has an extremely high amount of phosphorus and it can block her calcium absorption if she gets to much. So, give her only a few kernals, and don't do it to often. The other thing I would suggest is that you only use the vitamin supplement on her food. There is no need to give her two supplements, in fact you could actually overdue it. The reason why I would pick the food one is that she will probably eat all her food, but they don't usually drink all their water.
As for the glide and jump things, just be patient. She has to work up the courage to take the "leap of faith." To help her get used to walking on other surfaces such as material. you could hang something in her cage. I have a ferret hammock that is made out of denim material that my little guy loves. If you don't want to go and buy one of those, you could just hang an old T-shirt on one wall of the cage. Hope this helps you out!

Happy Glider Chatter!!!!
Lea

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