BYK_Chainsaw Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 12:37:35 PM
Whenever we feed the gliders treats if one does NOT have a treat, instead of waiting his turn he will simply go after whatever is in the hands of the other. they are not trying to bite the hands, but instead trying to steal the treat.
If getting corn out of the food dish, a glider "they love it special", they will run into the corner and eat the corn so hopefully the other gliders don't steal it from them. this sounds like what it happening to you.
We have sleeping pouches containing 7 and 4 gliders. at times during day and night, the gliders bicker, a squick, squack, spit and spat. It is usually short, but sometimes lasts a few seconds. majority of the day they sleep quietly.
Sounds like you did introductions slightly fast and not following all the rules. BUT sounds like they are together in the cage and ok. If they fight I would separate. At night in the 7 colony we have one small female that will sometimes chase a large male. the large male makes a horrible loud shreak to try to keep the small female away. I will sometimes make the female go away. they dont do this as much anymore. I would keep an eye on them at night, if they are NOT fighting, I would let them stay in same cage. watch for fighting and chasing. We did a introduction to 10, one female was chased by any 3 in the colony to the top corner of the cage, she was the nicest female very sweet, but after several nights of chasing (they slept at daytime together just fine) we had to remove the female. |
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