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Subject: Re: biting
Posted by Tanis on August 21, 1998 at 12:30:19:

In Reply to: Re: biting posted by W on August 21, 1998 at 11:30:32:

The advise I got was from Terry, the person who created this website and the glider gossip column. If you really disagree, then perhaps you could email her. Just go to her homepage and you can find an address.

Thanks for your info. on this situation. I will continue to be patient........
Tanis

: YOur post made me mad-whose advise was this?

: I know biting hurts and is no fun, but you have to be patient and nice to your glider. Using a glove is not a
: good idea-They will associate it with fear and biting, and be afraid of it. They will smell their scared scent on the glove
: everytime it comes near them and never get over the biting thing.

: Also, smacking your gliders on the head or nose is really mean. Glider noses are extremely
: sensitive-they don't even like having their noses touched. Gliders are tiny and delicate-even a small
: tap on the head can hurt-wouldn't you get madder if you were doing something and someone else
: kept hitting your head?

: As for dunking the gliders in water-they hate water and mine will bite me if I get them wet, and they are
: not usually biters. Also, if water gets in a gliders nose and into its lungs, it could easily get pneunomia.

: Have you ever heard the phrase "YOu can catch more bees with honey than with vinegar" ? This applies
: to gliders and actually all animals. YOur glider will respond well to you if you treat it nicely and gently-it
: will start to trust you and not think you are a threat to it. If you smack it or get it wet, of coarse its going
: to bite you, its afraid of you and trying to protect itself and get away from you. Gliders can be extremely sweet,
: friendly creatures if treated well, or they can be little mean, viscious, unfriendly terrors if they are not treated well.
: If you want your glider to stop biting, be nice to it.

: If you must punish your glider when it bites, try blowing on it. Gliders don't like to be blown on, but it
: safest, least cruel thing I can think to do to them.

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