 | Posted by: | Al | | Subject: | Fangora | | When: | 10:00 AM, 07 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 209.240.221.126 |
Hello All. i've been reading your info site for some time now. and i've been studying sugargliders for months.i just bought my first female glider (Fangora) very young and healthy. i've had her for about two weeks and every day she shows improvement on trusting me etc, etc. but i have a few questions, i'll ask only one for now. every time i get her to come out of the pouch, she looks around for a few, and then runs back in. if she doesnt have that pouch to run back to, while im playing with her, she screams.im not saying im taking the pouch away from her ever, i know thats her little hideaway forever, im just asking, how long it will be before she trusts her surroundings enough, where if im playing with her she doesnt grabble if she dont see the pouch? thank you.
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| Posted by: | Mary/beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | none | | When: | 12:01 PM, 07 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 161.45.207.54 |
Ok well a few questions for you.
1. Did you spend time playing with her in her cage before you ever tried to take her out and play with her?
2. What time of day/night is this occuring?
3. How dark is the room when this happens?
4. Will she actually run around and play if she can see the pouch?
| Posted by: | Tucker, mcbergeson@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:37 PM, 07 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 12.75.103.68 |
When I first got my glider, Tucker, we started out slow. I would play with her in my bathroom. It's probably the safest room in the house (as long as the lid is down). She would get used to her surroundings slowly and quit running back to her pouch so often and began to run around more. I did this as much for myself as I did for her. There were fewer places for her to get lost or for me to lose her. After a few weeks in the bathroom, we moved up to the home office. This is where we spend most of her play time now. She loves to play on the bookcase, she can hide in the shadows where she thinks we can't see her. I still don't like having her lose in the bedroom with me, I get worried about her disappearing inside the dresser or the box springs on the bed.
Just give your glider time and introduce her to one place at a time. Once she begins to trust you more, she will know that the places you take her are okay, too.
And as a warning, watch out for recliners! Gliders can disappear inside them in an instant and it can be hard to get them out!!
Michaela and Tucker Jo
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:47 PM, 07 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.66.247 |
Whenever I get new gliders or are working with my joeys, I take them with me - in a pouch tucked under my shirt or in a pocket. This way they get used to my scent - while they sleep during the day. I also offer them treats while they are in the pouch with me...this associates me with treats! It has always worked for me. My gliders always head for cover - under my shirt.
| Posted by: | Jasmine, Spookie_Girl@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 12:12 PM, 10 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 165.247.116.33 |
With my gliders I'd buy either peach or nectarine nectar (grocery store) and an eyedropper. I'd take one to the bed or couch with me, watch tv, and make a little cave with my hand for him/her to hide under. After that I'd feed him/her the nectar either with an eyedropper or letting him/her lick it off my fingers, and pet the glider while I was doing it. After doing this for two hours every night they'd bond. I'd take them with me for the entire day or at least a few hours during the daytime in my shirt pocket. They seem to like that better than the pouch sometimes because it's warm and they can hear your heartbeat. Hope this helped!
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