Hi. I have two male gliders. One is 5 months and the other is 7 months. I have been trying very hard to bond with my babies, but I'm not sure if it is working. I feed them by hand, and they take the food but after a bit, they start crabbing. I also try to pet them in their pouch, but when they wake up they crab at me again. They do like to bite me when I stick my hand in the cage, but I just let them sit there and nibble so that they know it doesn't bother me. I am always startled when they crab at me though, so I immediately jump (unintentionally). They let me pick them up a coupld of times (I've only had them for 6 days), but once I get them in my pocket, it takes me almost 2 hours to get them out. I'm not sure if I should stop what I am doing when they crab at me. I don't want them not to trust me and I have been taking the crabbing as "leave me alone". Am I doing the right thing. Should I not pick them up until they come to me and stop crabbing? I have pleanty of time to spend with them at night (I just moved to Boston by myself) but if I can't pick them up, how am I supposed to spend a lot of time with them? I do talk to them a lot, but is this enough for the stage in bonding we are at? Please help me out because I am kind of stressing over the whole thing. I want my babies to love me as much as I love them. Thanks for your help!
Allie

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