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Subject: Re: Herpeton Bonding
Posted by Tara on April 29, 1998 at 21:29:29:

In Reply to: Herpeton Bonding posted by elmsley on April 29, 1998 at 11:17:30:

: Herpeton pet store in Austin, Tx guarantees that your glider will bond
: to you in 31 days. i am just at 31 days and he isn't bonded to
: me yet. shouldn't i stick with him? he was trapped beneath
: the sink for 5 hours the other day and we had to pull the
: cabinets apart to get him out. he was very scared. that may
: have set us back a bit. he loves to sleep in my pocket.
: i take him to school and work every day so he is in the pocket
: for up to 15 hours. then he wakes up around 11 at night and
: eats nutriglider. so far he won't eat anything else except
: a raisin on occasion in the pocket. he plays with solid food,
: but doesn't eat it. however, out of the pocket, he runs away
: and doesn't stay on me at all, but hides and crabs when i try
: to put him back in the pocket. What do you think?

Hi,

I think that anybody that guarantees the behavior of any living creature
should not be believed. I've never heard of the place you got your glider,
so I won't say anything more about that. But, what I have read is that different
gliders all take a different amount of time to bond to their human. So, be patient
and let your little one take his/her time. My little boy took a while to be completely
bonded to me and sometimes he still has his days!
Tara

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