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Subject: Re: Very intuitive animals....Yes, VERY
Posted by Susan on January 15, 1999 at 10:46:11:
In Reply to: Re: Very intuitive animals....Yes, VERY posted by Pat Todd on January 15, 1999 at 10:38:40:
Talk about special - YOU are a very special person yourself. My thanks to you for being such a caring human being - we need more like you.....
: Here's another example of the intelligence and uniqueness of
: gliders.
: During the last couple of months I've had the opportunity to
: supply gliders a/o cages to "special" (handicapped) young
: people.
: One, a young girl has a serious case of MS, seems to have a
: magic touch with upset gliders. When ordinary people handle a
: glider that is crabbing, they just keep on crabbing, but
: when this extraordinary young lady holds them they immediately
: stop crabbing, as if they know she is "special". When she was
: at my home looking at all my gliders, and held some, they did
: not crab or fuss when she held various babies.
: An another example of this also took place where I wasn't
: present but a customer of mine witnessed this: This young
: lady's mother and a friend (both ladies are my customers)
: showed her an upset glider that was very crabby. The girl
: said 'let me hold him', the ladies warned her that the
: glider might bite, but still she wanted to hold it. When she
: did, the glider immediately stopped crabbing and was very
: sweet! When given back to one of the ladies, the glider
: started crabbing again.
: Another incident happened with a "special" young man who
: was here and wanted a glider. I was a bit reluctant to let
: him hold a young baby, so I let him hold one that was a
: little older and a little crabby with me and the young mans
: mother. Lo and behold, the instant that "special" young man
: put that crabby little guy in his hands, the glider stopped
: crabbing and became the sweetest little critter ever! When I
: took the glider back from him, it started to crab again!
: I have 2 very special dogs that have been wonderful therapy
: dogs at local nursing homes and they "just know" when a
: person is "special". I'm now firmly convinced that
: gliders have this unique ability too. It's as if they know
: they should be sweet to "special people".
: I've been a USDA licensed breeder for close to five years
: and realize that I'm extremely predjudiced where gliders are
: concerned. But I KNOW they really are VERY intelligent
: and wonderful little critters. There are no bad gliders,
: only bad situations that make them seem bad.