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Subject: Re: Jane..Anti-Glider ?? NOT !!
Posted by Tara on July 12, 1998 at 20:42:28:

In Reply to: Jane..Anti-Glider ?? NOT !! posted by Bourbon on July 11, 1998 at 02:30:07:

: Anyone who thinks that Jane is ANTI-GLIDER must also think I am as well. The simple fact is TOO MANY people buy gliders because they are cute and cuddly and already well bonded with their owners. Only to later find out they were too much trouble, expense, and time comsuming. The sad fact is the gliders get shifted and sold, sometimes after the emotional abuse of not being socialized with. Many times unsocialized gliders who were even once nice, sweet and docile become mean and won't trust humans. These gliders are either given away, sold cheaply or just left in the cage to await a emotionally painfull death. As many people on here that really cares about gliders, I can't imagine who would think of calling anyone "ANTI-GLIDER" for trying to save yet another glider. How many of you have heard the same post.. "My glider carbs at me" or "My glider won't bond with me" or "my glider is using the bathroom all over the place", "My glider is biting me", "I can't hold my glider" and "my glider smells".. these questions come from people who don't do their research before buying a glider. How many times have we heard "I just got my glider and what do I feed it or does it need a cage" No one would ever consider going out and buying a car and driving it home, without first knowing how to drive. Why not? Because it is dangerous, so is buying a glider and not knowing ANYTHING about it. There are great web pages out there but Janes is the only one other than here That I have seen (there may be others) that tells people the downsides in a nutshell. I am on my own crusade to try to get EVERYONE that is looking to get their first glider to research them. This has nothing to do with age. This is a responsibilty factor. If people don't have the time to research first, they MAY not have the time to spend with their gliders later after the newness wears off. Please if you have a web page regarding gliders, please link Janes page to it. There will be people that don't take the time to research, but if it looks like they don't need to research that they can learn what they need to know later, there ARE going to be more and more unwanted gliders. Just think.. Would you give your glider to someone who knows NOTHING about it? Just imagine that every new glider owner may be getting one of yours. The best advice is letting them get the downsides as well as telling them to research.. We are not ANTI-GLIDER we are PRO-GLIDER, we just want the glider to not only be wanted when it is cut and sweet but also 6 months, a year or 5 years down the road when the newness wears off. Not just when it is cute and docile, but when the bonding process is hard, painful and time consuming. Love all gliders as if they were your babies, someone has to protect them, since they can't make that decision for themselves.

: I Love all God's creatures,
: great and small...
: Children and gliders
: there is room for them all.
: Babies crawling, gliders gliding,
: watch them as they roam
: See that all Gods creatures
: have a good start right at home.

Bourbon,

Love the poem! How about saying that instead of ANTI-GLIDER, its ANTI-IGNORANT OWNERS? Not that anyone is stupid, that's not what "ignorant" means. We were all ignorant of gliders before
we started researching, right? But, we learned and learned and we're still learning. You Go, Bourbon!

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