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Subject: Re: Very intuitive animals....Yes, VERY
Posted by Pat Todd on January 15, 1999 at 12:11:57:
In Reply to: Re: Very intuitive animals....Yes, VERY posted by Ayala on January 15, 1999 at 11:55:13:
: : 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.....
: I second that.
Aw, gee thanks, y'all make me blush.
Here's another 'short' story about gliders.
One of my original females, purchased almost 5 yrs ago, was
very young when we got her. She was paired with a male and
they are fine breeders now.
When she had her first litter, I was so very proud of her
and wanted to show her baby to a friend. I lifted her nest
(a 6 inch clay flower pot with a round hole cut in it) to
show off her baby, neglected to talk to them when I did and
momma glider jumped and dropped her baby. I thought I had
killed that baby!!! We secluded them and their cage and
crept into the dark bldg. where we put them with a flashlight
to feed and take care of them and left them pretty much
alone to ensure that she wouldn't do something to the baby.
That female raised her baby just fine, but to this day she
hates me! I don't blame her!!
She'll take peanuts or treats from any and everyone but me.
If she has babies and I'm in her cage feeding or whatever,
she comes at me like a Tasmanian devil. No way will she take
a treat from me. She hasn't forgotten the dumb thing I did
to her (I didn't let her know I was there and frightened her)
and she certainly lets me know she doesn't like me, EVERY
day. Even after that, she doesn't attack me, just yells, GET
OUT you dumb human!! She has never bitten me either, even
though I probably deserved it.
Aren't they just incredible?