Today marks a week. Kioko and Washi have settled in beautifully. They were up all night playing, I heard the cage rattling even in my sleep. This morning I gave them some plain yogurt with a little honey mixed in; piggy Washi ate most of it but Kioko had some too. I wanted to get them into the bathroom to play, they wouldn't get in the pouch and they aren't yet settled enough to carry them (individually or together) without it. Washi almost got onto my hand, but backed up at the last minute. He's going to be the easy one. Kioko wouldn't come closer than six or eight inches.

Will swap some toys, blankies and a pouch today.

Shikoni continues to show interest in the things that smell like the new guys. I think he's as ready as I am for the introduction --- three more weeks! Not that they know time; he just seems to be ready.

Interesting note: Shikoni has always been a barker, usually in the middle of the night; never for hours on end, but almost every night. But since I brought Kioko and Washi into the house, I haven't heard a single bark. Could it be that he was calling for other gliders, and now that they are close, he doesn't feel so lonely? I've read that others' gliders who have a colony will bark, sometimes a lot, so I don't know ... there's so much I don't know ... all I know is that my little one has gotten less vocal since they're here. Still frisky though!

I will order a Stealth Wheel today for toenails. Washi and Kioko definitely need a nail trim; Shikoni could use one too. I guess I'll set up an appointment for next Monday for all three boys; I have two critter cages, so they won't be in too much contact. We'll see.

 

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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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