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This is not against anyone here, just an observation that I would like to get other's opinions on. I saw a glider for sale the other day, and the man said she was eight weeks old. He took her out, and she was obviously about five month old. Now, he didn't say "out of pouch", and I've noticed other people give young ages (one post way down mentions 11 weeks). The reason I bring this up, is I have seen most of my gliders born, and they are only about 1/4 to 1/2 inch big, little red crawly raw-meat looking things. They always wean about 17 to 18 weeks old, whether I hand feed or they are parent-fed. I even met another woman who said she had bottle-fed hers from birth. How in the world would you feed something that little? I think some people are confused, maybe, and think they are born when they first see them come out of the pouch? My eight and eleven week babies (from birth) are nowhere near fully developed or ready to wean. So when people mention the ages here, should I take it to mean OOP? Roughly 18 weeks to weaning (from birth) has been my experience and what it says in the book, but am I wrong? Should I be weaning them earlier? A person who wanted to buy one of my babies 20 weeks old said she wanted one younger, like eight weeks or so. I couldn't convince her that eight weeks (from birth) was way too young, that maybe when she heard eight weeks was a good age to start bonding maybe her source meant eight weeks OOP. She said no, eight weeks total. I don't think they even have much hair at eight weeks. I'll have to take better notes on the next set, how well they are developed at eight weeks. Also, I am going to try to get a picture of when one is born and post it, because if nothing else it is very interesting to see. Sorry if this sounded like griping, I'm just confused.
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