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Subject: Re: New Babies!
Posted by Cynthia on December 11, 1998 at 05:00:11:

In Reply to: New Babies! posted by Page on December 10, 1998 at 22:43:03:

: I was wondering if it is ok to touch them yet. I would like for them to be used to being
: handled, but I dont want to make Mom unhappy. They came out of the pouch 3 days ago.

By all means handle them. I begin to handle mine from the first day oop, at first only for about five minutes and generally right in front of the cage where mom and dad can see. Each day I increase the time that I hold and pet them by a few minutes when I have them out for about 1/2 hour I generally leave the room with them, most of my gliders do not seem to mind, though I do have one that had her first joey here recently and she was a very over protective Mom and became vicious when I took her baby from the nest. She should trust you with her babies as long as you gain that trust by staying in sight at first and returning the babies quickly.

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