In Reply to: casey thinks i am a teething ring posted by kirsten on May 14, 2000 at 17:50:19:

: hello all, yet another question for all of you!well #1 is that some days when casy is awake he tends to like to bite me everywhere!!! and nomatter how much i tell him no and point the finger at him he grabs it and bites it again!! now....he may be teething or something???i dont know ive had him for about 6 wks and he was 8wks oop i think when i got him...so if anyone could help me out here??it cant be the soap i use because some days he doesnt bite at all!! its like he is playing with me when he bites me?? and hes not hungry because its after hes eaten and drank water????

: #2.... the other day i took casey for a ride with me and he has a little mini back pack he travels in that he loves....and i was petting him and looked down and noticed that his little pee pee was ALL the way out and he was holding it in his paw i think? i read all about glider mutilation and im so scared he might hurt himself!!! he should be very happy...hes usually loving! i took it out of his paw and tried to keep his mouth away from it and finally it went back in! i know how silly and gross thins sounds...but i dont think the vet i use would know what im talking about...all you guys are so educated on gliders from experience and all...what should i do?...is he just discovering he has one???please help...thanks kirsten!!

Hi, I'm a new owner, but I just thought I'd try to help. The only time my gliders try to bite me is when I've been handling something (like fruit) they can smell on my fingers. I have to wash my hands after cutting up any kind of food really good before I can hold them, or I'm in for a good bite. LOL All the things I have read though say that you should never try to(for lack of a better word)disaplin them. What I've read that sounds like a great idea is to sort of trick them. Like one person wrote that every time their Glider would bite them, they would blow (because they hate this) gentely in their face or at them. This makes the glider think that every time they bite a bad thing happens. Or one person had a similar idea which was to get a bike horn or something loud, and do that every time they bite. It startles them (as you probably already know) and makes them thing (again) that something bad happens when they bite. Now as far as the whole "pee pee" thing, I don't know enough about them to say for sure, but as far as I know, that whole mutilation thing is "very" savear. All the stories I hear are like "My Glider chewed up his private areas." or I even heard one person say that their Glider shewed a hole in it's stomach. So it would seem to me that as long as he didn't try to chew it up or anything that he was probably just excited. I would keep a close eye, and watch to be sure, but it doesn't sound like anything to worry about. Hope this helps a little.

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