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Subject: confining
Posted by bourbon on December 31, 1998 at 01:41:57:
In Reply to: Re: PLEASE HELP!!!!!! posted by Bourbon on December 31, 1998 at 01:21:39:
As far as the pouch, I too am in the dark about duck cloth and my husband hunts, I am assuming it is a waterproof material. I am a firm believer in not confining my gliders, If they won't stay with me on their own then they don't trust me enough and vice versa. I have had my scares as much as the next guy and I love my babies with everything I got plus more. However, my gliders all 4 stay with me because they love me, trust me and they know they are perfectly safe with me. My husband has 2 my daughter has 1 and I have 1 but all are bonded to me. They have problems when we are out sometimes but they go in my pouch and are fine. Don't leave your house till you are fully bonded with your glider. The pouch is where they should feel safe, whether you have it or whether it is in the cage. I have never heard anywhere that your glider shouldn't get to bonded with it's pouch. That in itself is in my opinion absurb. If it is bonded to it's pouch it is a lot easier to get them back if they needed caught, place the pouch by them and let them jump in. You should provide them with a pouch you can be assured that they will feel safe in, not confined. They must be left to feel free to come and go as they wish, Those with AE can tell you many times theirs comes up to just take a look to see that you are still there, then go back into the pocket or pouch. Don't break their spirit or make them feel defeated by locking them up. This is only my opinion and I know I just p.o'ed some people off, But it is bad enough that we must keep them in a cage at times, why confine them all the time? Who here would take a child out of 1 year old child out of the crib then leash it or close it up in a closet for the rest of the time? as Absurd as this sounds it is like what some do with their gliders, take them from the cage, put a leash on it, then into a closed pouch. Rule of thumb, don't do to your glider, what you wouldn't want done to you. within reason. I am glad you are concerned for your glider, but first work on the trust, and bonding, slowly but surely he will come around. Love him, and let him learn to love you.