In Reply to: Haven´t been here for long time / clipping nails, diet, pregnacy...(long post) posted by Denis on April 12, 2000 at 04:36:23:

Good to see you again, BTW I got an answer to your question we had discussed before.. regarding Caroline...
Congrats on the little ones, Let me see if I can help answer some of these questions..
: I was concerned about Mary being pregnant again (she just gave birth to two girls - "Silk" and "Velvet") and thought about dividing her and her husband for a while. However, I think they are so used to each other (and after all, the father is very important in raising the joey´s) that I decided to let them stay together.
Yes I agree there, pumping them babies out too close is a drain on mom, but separation is definitly not the answer, maybe try dropping the temps in the room a tad bit, not below 65 however. It has worked for many of us, they keep the temps up here now because of my new job, and it sure does show...

: Two things I have to ask, however and I hope someone can help me with that:

: 1st, all my gliders are bonded to me (more or less), but I am just not able to clip their nails without force - I tried twice, but had to stop when they started squirming viciously and I was VERY VERY afraid to hurt them. They don´t use their wodent wheel, so sandpaper is no alternative. Any advice?
As for the nail clipping, you can try to do it only a little at a time maybe only one foot at a time, while they are in your pocket or their pouch..I do have something else I have been working with if you wish to try , it does work for a couple of other people, but it takes extreme patience and practice.. I will put it on our private page,

: 2nd, they start making noises I didn´t hear them to make before (and I have them for about half a year now). Usually they do it during daytime, when sleeping in their pocket. It´s a little bit like that sneezing, but longer, a little bit "shivering", like sssshhshshshshshchchrabshshhshsshhcrab...(hope that line helps to imagine the sound). Anyone heard this before? (They are not constipated and seem to be healthy anyway...)
This could be the "get your foot outta my face" sound or ,, yes it could mean he has tagged her again.. I know have all but 1 of their sounds now on the SGI page, and that sound is so hard to get.. but go through them and see if you can find the sound that fits...

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