 | Posted by: | Brandy | | Subject: | Is my "bond" lost? | | When: | 8:21 PM, 13 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 64.218.18.136 |
I had a question about my sugar gliders. I have two of them, and I used to spend quite a bit of time with them. Unfortunately though, my time has been limited and I have failed to play with them but maybe once a week for the past month or two. The bond we once had seems to have disappeared and they don't want much to do with me. When I get them out of their cage, they just run from me and it takes forever to get them back in. They almost seem to have forgotten who I am. Is there anything I can do to help my sugar gliders bond to me again? I feel terrible for treating them that way, and I would like to start over with them.
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| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | playtime | | When: | 10:52 PM, 13 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 205.188.197.47 |
You have two choices:
#1 Find them a new home, where they will get the attention they need and deserve. Gliders need at least an hour of playtime EVERY NIGHT. They will become depressed, bored, neurotic if they aren't played with enough. It is a myth that they don't need to be played with if there are two.
#2 Make a commitment to play with them EVERY NIGHT. The ONLY way you will regain your gliders affection is if YOU show them affection. You can't ignore them for 29 days out of the month and expect them to like you. ANYONE can spare one hour a night to play with their gliders.
If you are in school, study while they play in the same glider proofed room. If you work early in the morning, wake up an hour earlier, or stay up an hour later. Whatever reasons you have for not playing with them, there is a way around them.
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | Bond | | When: | 9:27 PM, 13 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 63.178.66.90 |
I agree with Rachel2...I cannot even imagine not spending time with my gliders every day. The lst and last thing I do each day is spend time with them....lots of time in between too. I misss them during the day whenI must be away. If you love your gliders, you will make the time to spend with them each and every day. 
| Posted by: | emily | | Subject: | bonding | | When: | 10:32 PM, 13 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 24.183.163.108 |
i agree with everyone. im in college, and although i love my gliders more than anything, there are times when you are so exausted, all you want to do is go to sleep, not stay up even later and play with them. i have a rule though, that i am only allowed to skip two days of playtime a month. it works for me, and it doesnt seem to cause them stress. it also make sure that they dont lose the bond with me. as far as rebonding with your gliders, id start from the beginning.
| Posted by: | Erin, EquusErin@aol.com | | Subject: | play time | | When: | 12:26 AM, 14 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 24.19.255.20 |
Emily I like your rule. I have had Quincy 9 weeks now and have yet not let a day go buy where I have not taken him out. If I think I am going out (haha I am such a home body at home doing my college stuff! so im never out) I try to carry him as much as I can in his pouch that day. If I think I am going out with friends then i'm usally home by 1 and him and I will play from 1-2 but we have only done that once or twice. It's not fair to your gliders not to tkaethem out, you should of known that getting them. As for my life I work 32 hours a week, take 15 units a semester at school, have my horse who is a 6 day a week job, and my glider, but I new that getting them.
Always
Erin
| Posted by: | dagny | | Subject: | 0 | | When: | 6:21 AM, 14 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 138.16.130.2 |
it does sound like you are going to hve to start from the beginning...try carying them around in a pouch..i like to leave the pouch open too..so if they want to climb out they are climbing onto you..maybe you could start with that. good luck regaining the bond you had
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