 | Posted by: | Traci, heritaget@hotmail.com | | Subject: | Biting | | When: | 6:38 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 66.20.98.10 |
Please help us! My husband anad I brought home our new glider on Friday night, since then she has licked a couple of times and has goteen half way into my husbands hand but other than that all she is doing is biting. It seems like her bites are getting stronger. What are we doing wrong. She has a pouch and some play things in the cage. We want to bond to her but we must be doing something wrong! Please help !
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| Posted by: | Kiwi, none | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:37 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.46.139.192 |
Bourbons page has a lots of ideas on biting. Mine might be on hers, I don't know. But here are mine.
1. Put honey on fingers so they have to lick it off.
2. Try blowing on them.
3. Say, "No!"
I hope this helps.
| Posted by: | Traci, heritaget@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:24 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.78.25.55 |
Thank You very much! We will buy some honey today!
| Posted by: | Rocki'sMom, babygirl@ccp.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:46 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.60.86.122 |
YOu must watch using too much straight honey...that is bad for them, the honey in the leadbeaters is diluted down with the other ingredients, but straight honey is not good for them. But....Licky treats are the best for gaining trust, I use applesauce and several different kinds of babyfood. 
| Posted by: | Debbie, delliott@tulane.edu | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:55 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.227.111.97 |
In my limited experience, to have a new glider is to be bitten! This will not last, and you should read Bourbon's bonding page and scroll down here and on GliderCentral's forum for as much info as you can read up on. It will all help. Patience is the most important thing, and expect to be bitten quite a bit at first. The more they learn it doesn't phase you, slowly little by little it will lessen.
Some other pointers:
1. Wash your hands before each encounter so they are not confused by different smells
2. Put fruit baby food on your fingers and allow them 2-3 licks, then pull away and replenish the treat so they don't get to skin to bite
3. Make sure they are not hungry at playtime or craving protein (proper diet seems to settle them down)
4. Bond with pouch during the day, and don't attempt to handle them with your hands at night when they are active. When they are out of the cage let them go wherever, and place your whole body close to them so they can jump to you for security. Mine feel most safe on my shoulders and back where even I can't grab them.
5. READ, READ, READ!
Happy Gliding!
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:31 AM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.66.35 |
What Debbie says is right...Always be sure you've washed your hands - especially if you'vbe handled another glider or food. Gliders may take some time adjusting to a new environment. Plan on putting the glider in a pouch and taking it with you daily - tucking the pouch under your shirt or in a shirt pocket. This allows the glider to get used to your scent while it sleeps. Always offer the glider a treat when you put it in the pouch. (I still make all of my gliders come and take treats from my fingers so that treats are evenly distributed----I have some greedy gliders.) Treats could be 1/2 raw peanut, mealworm, yogurt drop or yogurt to be licked off your finger, grape, etc. (When you get yogurt, get nonfat and do not buy anything with aspartame in it. Get the most natural, healthy yogurt you can...Here I get Cascade Fresh which is fruit juice sweetened. My gliders won't touch anything else if they can help it.) Good luck and good gliding! Feel free to email me if you'd like.
| Posted by: | Dawn, DBucalo@neo.rr.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 6:14 PM, 17 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 24.164.115.229 |
Fruit Medley Dessert is a favorite licky treat for my gliders, also a small amount of real maple syrup.
| Posted by: | Traci, heritaget@hotmail.com | | Subject: | Thanks for the tips,another du | | When: | 6:14 PM, 18 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.78.25.215 |
Thank you all for your much appreciated tips, the honey worked great, but I will limit the amounts. Another trip to the grocery store for yogurt and fruit medley dessert! Here is my stupid question, I have been reading alot, Bourbons page and others, and all the info is wonderful, however, all of the diets say in the evening feed them..., but in the evening, Sydney (our glider) is still sleeping in her pouch, do I wake her up? We have been taking her out, in her pouch from 4:00pm to about 6:00 pm. for bonding - licking fingers (and still biting, but not as much), just staying close to us, (I carry her pouch in between two shirts), is this the time to do her feeding? The pet store said to leave the food in her cage so that is what I have been doing, but none of the reading seems to mention this. Obviously you can't leave perishable stuff out but should we leave the rest? I hate to bother you guys, but we have rapidly fallen for our new friend and want to do what is best for her. Also, should we be feeding supplements? Pedialite (sp.) in her water? There is so much to learn, we researched before we brought her home, didn't research enough though to feel we are offering her the best home yet...Thanks again!
Traci
| Posted by: | Lu, frufru33@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 1:09 PM, 19 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 207.17.58.23 |
I think 4 p.m. is too early to wake her up, Tracy. My Winky used to wake-up at around 12 a.m. Little by little, I started waking her up earlier so I could spend some time w/ her. Now she wakes up at around 9 p.m. Plays a little, eats, and goes back in her pouch two hours later. I do carry her around in a pouch the whole day while I'm at work. It took a while, but she did bond. She too used to bite, so we'd tell her "NO" and she'd stop. Now, she nibbles on my hand. I think she's trying to tell me, "c'mon, mom, get me out of this cage."
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