I got the new guys out this morning, one at a time, we had some bathroom time and I was able to check the surgery site. Everything there A-OK!

The little one, I think I'll call him Washi (Eagle) because he's more aggressive, anyway, he wouldn't come out of the pouch, but he did take some honey off my finger. No crabbing, just kept himself huddled up in the pouch. Maybe scared, maybe because it's pretty cold outside (23 degrees at 6:00!)

The big one, I think I'll call him Kioko which means Meets World with Happiness, he was actually pretty crabby. Ironic, isn't it? He was in the tiki hut, and wouldn't come out, crabbed and even lunged so I think he just wanted to sleep but --- I wanted to check his tummy, he was tugging on the site for a little while yesterday. Anyway, I took the hut, glider and all, the pouch and the mealworms all into the bathroom. I put a mealworm in the pouch, then held it up surrounding the tiki hut door. In about two minute he was in the pouch and then I had him! I looked at his tummy while he was distracted with the worm, no pinkness or swelling -- Dr. Gosney really does good work! Then he came out and scampered around a little while, I had to lure him back into the pouch to take him home.

Right now they're both asleep in that ratty blanket that came with them. Poor little guys, they've had a lot to deal with the last two days! But they're eating almost everything, and drinking their water, and playing, so I think they're going to be alright. I'll just keep on the way I have been.

They have a cinnamon-y color to the fur on their tummies. The guy at the pet store whose name escapes me -- getting old! -- (I took them in after their neutering, I had to get more mealworms!) said that's from a not-so-great diet, not enough fresh vegetables, too much cereal. I can believe that, the box of food I got from Megan had lots of baby food including cereal and crackers. He said the color will go back to the rich cream in a while, after the good diet kicks in. He loved them, they were so good, curled up in the pouch and no crabbing or anything, they were really sweet babies and let him pet them and everything. I was a very proud mama!

I gave Shikoni one of their blankies yesterday, he sniffed and rubbed his face on it with his eyes half-closed -- just like a cat -- and took it into his nest. I think he's glad there are more gliders in the house, I can't wait for introductions! Christmas Eve!

 

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Kioko and Washi came to live with me on 11/23/08: five-year old brothers. As of February '09, we're having great luck with bringing them all together into one happy little colony. Favorite Quote
1) ...I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. ... Big, undreamed-of things --- the people on the edge see them first. Kurt Vonnegut, "Player Piano" 2) Beauty fades, dumb is forever -- Judge Judy, almost daily My Bio
Very old, b. 1957 in New Martinsville, WVa. Live in Central Texas now. I'm Mother to Ophelia, a 4-foot ball python; Domino, a regular cat; and Shikoni, Washi and Kioko, three lively gliders; and Step-Mother to Mike, a 13-year old former stray yellow shepherd. We and other humans all live together in quite surprising harmony.

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