ten4city
I know pulling his body away from my hand was probably the wrong thing to do since he found it as a threat but it happened so quickly that was my initial reaction. Next time this occurs, I will try the treat technique! Thanks!

ten4city
Thanks for the feedback guys. Just for clarification, when I was interacting with him that day, I had no intentions of pulling him outside the cage to hold him. I just wanted to open the cage so my whole hand could get through to pet him. Now that you mention it, there may have been a threatening new scent on my hand that day. I had been playing with her two little yorkies not even an hour before this happened. I will make sure to wash my hands if I ever get near the glider again. The sugar gliders name is Buddy by the way :)

sjusovare
On a side note, trying to pull him out was exactly the thing not to do, it did encourage him to bite even more as a defense, the best thing to do if it occures again is to blow on his nose, or, even if it's counterintuitive, to give him a treat in order to distract him (the latter is only to be done in case of emergency, he should not get the idea that biting makes him have treats)

sjusovare
It might have been an unusual scent your had on you that he perceived as a threat. Their sense of smell is much more developped than ours, so we do not necessarily realize that we do smell, for that reason, I never put my hands anywhere near gliders without have washed them right before. Another thing to considere is that if he was out of his pouch at a time which is unusual for him, it might be because something was stressing him out 1st place, in which case he would attack pretty much anything going near his teeth.

BYK_Chainsaw
can't say for sure why, but a few experiences. we got gus, a very nice non biting male. We had him and mary separate before we introduced them to the colony. I petted the colony gliders, then went to gus's cage he jumped on my arm and started running, jumping and nipping all over my arms, nothing to deep but scared the heck out of me, until I figure out it was the scent of other gliders. sounds like it's more then a food scent too. kind of like the glider seemed to have a big need to protect his territory. I just don't have an idea why.