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Subject: Re: Poll:: Did you choose your glider?
Posted by Melinda on December 23, 1998 at 14:09:00:
In Reply to: Poll:: Did you choose your glider? posted by Bourbon on December 23, 1998 at 00:04:23:
: I want to ask all people out here..a couple of questions.
: 1. Did you choose your glider or did it choose you, or did you buy it sight unseen?
I was given my glider sight unseen. I had asked for a baby female and got an adult male. Of course I wouldn't trade him for anything now.
: 2. Did you get a tight bond with your glider?
Now we are very close, he stays on me at least 12 hours a day.
: 3. How long was the bonding process?
unfortunatly I had to go to the hospital for a week after only having Micah for five days. A good friend kept him but didn't hold him so he wouldn't get used to her. I sent socks that I would wear for him to use in his pouch so he could learn my scent. It worked very well. I was really suprised.
: 4. What did you go through crabbing, biting, etc..at the beginning?
Micah has never bitten me hard, he nibbles being social. The only person he has ever bit is my Mom, but he does crab and hide from others now.
: 5. was any of the subsequent gliders as tight a bond as the first?
He is my only glider.