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Subject: Re: bonding&food
Posted by JO on February 17, 1999 at 15:26:04:

In Reply to: bonding&food posted by stevecoco on February 17, 1999 at 14:02:49:

: what is the best way to get your glider to bond with you??

Try placing a t-shirt in the cage that you have worn, and let them use the pocket to sleep in then during the day you can take your t-shirt out during the day and wear it. Or try putting a pouch in the cage and pin or hang the pouch around your neck. You can put another shirt over it. Still place a piece of your nice and smelly shirt in the pouch with them. gliders seem to be less protective of a pouch than a nest box.

and how much freedom should they have??in the way of letting them run where they want to in your house??

Freedom depends on you. You can train them to stay in your pocket by constantly placing it back in it and it will learn to stay on you. Or like myself, I let mine run free for about 1/2hr to 1 hr a night, supervised. Make sure your room is glider proofed. You may want to start with a small room like the bathroom when you first let them out. (Keep tiolet seat closed youyr sg could drown in it)

and some dried fruits that you can buy in the store have a perservative called potassium sorbate and others have on called sulphur dioxide.

I would watch any presevatives in the foods you are feeding them and stay away from them. I myself prefer fresh fruits. Canned fruits may also contain preservatives and the syrup too sugarry.

my glider also seems to like to nip at fingers and hands if i dont have on gloves.even thin gloves keep him from nipping.how can i stop him from doing this.and one more thing.

First get rid of those gloves! You will take some nips and some pretty hard bites too but you have to learn to hold still and take them. As soon as your glider realizes that they do not effect you, they will stop biting. I would be really freaked out if a Giant came at me with huge funky hands.

when he runs how should i run after him and grap him or should i commly go and get him??thx for your help.

I used mealworms/treats to coax my gliders back in their cage at first. Now I can put out my hand and they no it is safe and climb up.

Here is a great page for you to try that will help with bonding, diet, etc.

http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/index.aspl

Good luck and please visit often.....

JO
: hi irish cream

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