In Reply to: Another Glider posted by Sam on July 03, 2000 at 12:46:21:

: Hi, I made a post a few days ago about getting a new friend for Casey. Yesterday I went to the pet store where I was going to get her and they said that I needed to wait until he was a year old and then after I got her I would need to wait another year before I could introduce them. By then Casey would be two years old. Would he be too use to being alone? Also, Is what the pet store told me true?

: I have two more questions. I just got Casey two new toys one was a purple fluffy cat toy, which he chewed on and turned his nose blue. Should I give it back to him? Will it hurt him? And I got him a pink bird toy. He ripped the eyes off of it the first night that I put it in his cage.
: Dose this mean he does not like it?

if toys come apart i don't give them to mine so they wont swallow anything non edible!! just my feelings. as for the gliders. alex was a year old when i got his wife who was 3-5months old. but he just happened to be a year old, don't think that he had to be a year old!!! they were placed in separate cages inches apart for a week where he eyed her and romanced her.I let her have all her own things for a few days till she got used to new home then switched pouches. they could almost touch each other through the wire cages. the first time i put them together the poor boy out did himself and leapt on her!!! she let him know what for!!! i then exchanged their sleeping pouches again and she got more used to his scent. 3 days latter when i let them together again alex approached her more slowly and they started hugging and kissing like long lost friends and have been together ever since. it didn't take a year!!! 10 days. every couple is different though, i've heard stories of months and more. but nothing that says wait a year. but then again i'm not sure about pet stores knowledge anyway!!!!

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