Message:
Subject: Socialization
Posted by Cynthia on December 13, 1998 at 04:00:40:
In Reply to: Re: Glider is sneezing posted by Craig on December 12, 1998 at 11:19:37:
Now that he is warming up to me, I have to get him used to my Fiance. So far he takes that offensive stance, crabbs and hisses at her. Once I put him on her, he seems ok with it. He just gets still and slows down a bit...
This shows that he trusts you. He trusts you enough to believe that if you are okay with handing him to someone then they must be okay,,,but he is still wary. This is all part of socializing a glider. Getting them use to being handled by many people. It takes time and patience but he should stop the defensive behavior with consistant handling and lots of TLC.