In Reply to: should we seperate young m/f that are bitting posted by ben on October 27, 1999 at 17:15:46:

Hi, I'm Diana. From all that I have ever heard, it is best to seperate them for now so that each may bond to one of you individually. When they are bonded to their own human (sometimes a short time sometimes a couple of months) then try to let them play together. If you let them bond to each other first it may weaken any bond that they might have to you. You'll notice that I use the words might, may and sometimes. I use these words because each glider has it's own personality. I know people who's gliders bonded practically over night and others who still have to work at it after a few months or longer. I have to tell you a bit about my gliders; Griz and Lilly. I got Griz first and about two weeks later Axell (my fiencee) got Lilly. We had agreed that Griz would bond to me and that Lilly would bond to Axell. We had them in seperate cages for a month then tried to see what they would do together. Griz was in his cage and Lilly climbed on it to investigate. Griz got upset and tried to bite her through the cage. We tried again a month later, same thing. Still a month later and we had them out for play time together. We watched them both very carefully, to referee. Griz saw Lilly and ran up to her, he grabbed her and we thought oops here it comes. He literally hugged her and did, what looked like, kiss her. I took pictures and that's what it looks like. Romeo and his Juliet! After that they were great together. We sometime hear the occasional lover's spat but they do not like to be apart at all now. Two other questions. Are they litter mates? What knids of food do they eat? These questions can effect how to deal with this problem as well and if they are litter mate that throws a whammy into it as well. Let me now what happens please. Glider love and nibbles, Diana

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