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Subject: Re: My experience and opinion
Posted by Clara on August 25, 1998 at 05:08:57:

In Reply to: Re: My experience and opinion posted by Xay on August 25, 1998 at 04:19:10:

Hi Clara!

: Thanks for the comment on my posting. I'm so glad that someone have been in my shoes before and willing to share their experience and knowledge. Now I can be prepared if the something similar happen with my baby boy, Buddie. At the time of purchase, I did thought that she was kind a young. I was only assured by the fact that the baby was already adjusted to a formula called nutriglider and didn't depend on the mother's milk for food.

: I do have some questions to ask about the time period prior to change of behavior of your Outback Pets' glider. Did you have other gliders during that time you? Did you let other people hold the glider during that time?

: I am hoping to avoid that change in nature like that of your glider by socializing him with my close friends and Pookie. This way he can have contact with others and not just me. What do you think?

: Austin, TX glider,
: Xay

It was a very gradual change...
I got Ryder in December. I bonded with her exclusively for a month and then allowed my boyfriend to hold her. After a couple of weeks of cage/pouch switching, she was then introduced to an 8 month old male sugar glider. She accepted him fine, she liked him a lot in fact. After she got used to her new cage and mate, she would tolerate my friends. I gave her lots of attention and carried her around in the bonding pouch about 6-8 hours a day. The whole time she became gradually more nervous and jittery. By February she was at her worst, she would crab at anyone who came near her except me. She would still get into my pouch but she wasn't nearly as loving as she had been as a baby. I got her used to people making noise by playing the radio softly and talking to her while she was in her cage. Then I gradually exposed her to people while she was in the bonding pouch having them talk to her. This seemed to help. After a while they were able to hand her treats. In March she had babies in her pouch and she became a little more outgoing.
By the time the babies were out of the pouch I had seen significant improvement in her behavior. She was a very good mother. Now, she is almost a year old and she has calmed down a whole lot. I am starting to get her confused with her laid back mate.
Did I answer your question or do you need more details?

Clara
Sugar Gliders & Exotic Pets

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