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Subject: Re: method of raising babies
Posted by Jim on September 17, 1998 at 22:44:06:

In Reply to: Re: method of raising babies posted by Maria on September 17, 1998 at 14:54:15:

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: : Jim, you really remove the babies as soon as their eyes open. sorry but i feel that is unwise and cruel. while the baby is feeding it gains antibodies and all sorts that no commercial product can replicate. You do not need to do this to get friendly gliders.

: Jane,

: I agree with you. I have hand fed babies due to the loss of a mother but I wouldn't do it under normal circumstances. My hand fed babies were very sweet but they were smaller than babies the exact same age who were with their mother. Babies left with the parents and handled frequently are still good pets with a more healthy start on life.

: Maria

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You probably did't feed them as well as we do? But as you said you did it out of necessity and are probably not as expierienced as we are, nor as knowlegable of feeding baby animals. My wife wrote the first book on Gliders, because there is a lot of misunderstandings about these little creatures. Too many first time buyers are misled, hoodwinked.....ok I mean LIED to by other breaders, just to make the sale. Age is the biggest misconception and a lot of people are sold older gliders and we constantly get phone calls asking us, How do you keep these babies on you?, How do you settle them down? With our bottle-fed babies we get nothing but praises and referrals. Yes you are right they can be sweet if you spend a lot of time with them. Or have them even sweeter when they are bottle-fed and very bonded to people.

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