In Reply to: Re: bourbon, alex doesnt' come out of pouch posted by Bourbon on February 18, 19100 at 07:15:11:

: Collette,
: here I need to ask you a few things, then i want you try something.. first off, what time do you go to bed? where is their cage? and what time do you generally see him? same question regarding her? do you see her eating? I know you said she uses the wheel alot, at night, is there a chance it may be him in there? As far as the lighht thing, well that is a strong possibility, they are nocturnal and some gliders, especially one like Alex that seems to still be a little leary, he may be real shy, or just light sensitive. What we did for awhile is we used a small desk lamp, and put a buglight in it, and placed it on the other side of the room. the idea was to simulate the moon light.., it is soft enough they still played, but yet light enough we could easily see them and know where they were and what they were doing. If their cage is in another room, for a few days, move it into your room, use a soft night light near them, so you can see them.. look to see what is up.. you may find he is up more than you think..I have noticed here, that Smokey does allow Baybe her "space" time away from him at night. They take turns sometimes, sometimes he just sits on the walls and watches her play..As far as the wheel, maybe something scared him, like maybe her getting in with him, and he feeling unstable, or the wheel itself, may be a little too floppy for him ..I am only guessing here.. Your right, I don't like the balls.. but I won't go into that, I have already..What are you doing when he bites you? next time, make a mental note of exactly, what it is he hates.. whether it is trying to get him back into the cage, or into the "ball". Or just when you are trying to stop him from doing something in particular.. but make sure you know exactly what it is he doesn't like.. from there we can work on that too..
: Good luck, let me know..

i go to bed early, around 8 and alex is up eating, with lucy,(they share food) they seem to get along well. sometimes i catch them in the wheel together, sitting there and bathing each other,(so cute!) and there are several feeding stations in the cage so they get enough to eat. right now their cage is in my room but we're building an add on where they will move and it has dimmer lights so i'll be able to sneak in on them. I'll try a night light in here though tonight. where the cage is now i'm afraid to get them out and have them get loose (and lost)in my bedroom so I use the hamster balls to transport them safely to the bathroom at about 3:40 a.m,(I let them run in the balls first while i get ready to play with them, i try to get some morning chores and obligations out of the way first.) I open a small door and lucy crawls into the hamster ball freely, then i have to open the big door to get alex's pouch, this is where he springs out with his head like a snapping turtle to crab at me and bite me.(and i think he's cute when he does this).and i empty him into the hamster ball.(sometimes if he is up he also crawls into the hamster ball from the small door) This is where i feel he gets his excersis. then i take them into glider proof bath room and play with them for 30 or so minutes. he'll crawl over me and snuggle in my cupped hands or nestle in the v of my crossed legs.

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