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Helios Posted - Apr 09 2018 : 01:19:15 PM
So I got a pair of gliders a little over a month ago. The bonding process is slow but getting there with my male. It is my female I am concerned with though. She is actively seeking my hand to bite. I have tried everything with her, however, i do not want to give up on het just yet. Any ideas on what I can try that may help us?
I have tried:
-out of cage bonding time
-hand feeding
-placing food in the cage without her taking it from me
-bonding pouch
When she bites I do not pull away and make the tss noise. Rather than back off she bites harder... She has tried to grab my hand through the cage and bite. She will take food then bite or completely ignore the food and bite.
I am new with owning gliders, I have been around people who have them so I am not completely clueless, but if it is me that is causing the problem I want to fix it. |
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BabiPanggang Posted - Apr 10 2018 : 08:29:07 AM
did you put your full of sweat shirt in the cage
i did that thanks to the forum info.
and also did out of cage time with them playing to climb in a sugsafe area.
my boy and girl first time i got them, they bit hard..
now they dont want to move from my shoulder if i going near the cage after cage free time..
hope your sug bond fast.. stay sharp to watch them |
Leela Posted - Apr 09 2018 : 05:47:47 PM
I really don't know why people suggest you not pull away when your going to get bit  I know it's not funny topic, but that advice is funny to me.
I don't know anyone that is going to just sit there and let themselves be bitten. Most people, including myself have a reaction to getting bit and that reaction is to pull your hand away.
In fact Hansel got me yesterday n it startled me so much that I didn't realize when I pulled my hand up he was still attached to my finger no blood was drawn didn't even break skin....as soon as I lowered my hand he let go. He hasn't bitten in a really long time but I wasn't watching where my fingers where in relation to his mouth, I was trimming another gliders nails.
Now I'm just sayin to yank your hand away so hard that the glider gets flung or hurt in anyway but unless your wearing gloves ( and I never recommend that you do ) your natural reaction will be to pull your hand back so you don't get bit again.
I've got two that bite fingers, nothing else just fingers. So I just don't let my fingers linger near their mouth ( except when I'm focused on something else lol ) . I approach them from the back if I want to pet them and I keep my fingers behind their front legs underneath them if I need to pick them up. I only pick them up if I have to otherwise they both prefer to walk onto me using their own legs so I let them.
Now my boyfriend on the other hand gets bit by Nicky a lot but he doesn't listen so I figure he deserves it and Nicky seems to get great pleasure from it lol
He puts his fingers up to the bars, not to taunt her, but to say hi to her and yes he baby talks to them....well if she's awake she's gonna bite them.
He offers a treat and she will maneuver around the treat to try to bite him before she takes the treat, where as for me she just takes the treat nicely. The difference between him and I? I respect the fact that she doesn't like fingers in her face and do my best not to do that to her, he knows it and does it anyway and for some reason is still always amazed that he got bit.
Personally, I'd start offering her treats a little farther away from her face so she has to either stretch her body to take it ( like 2 or 3 inches from her face) or has to take a step forward to take it. This shows her you get that she doesn't like fingers that close and your respecting her personal space while still giving her a treat. Take things slow, talk to her, and be confident, watch her body language and if she is veering off to the side to get to your finger pull your hand back a little and let her try to approach the treat again. Once she takes the treat nicely leave your hand right there n make a fist palm side down and let her either retreat or stay where she is. This way your hand isn't as threatening to her and she may come investigate you, if she does and bites the bite won't hurt as much since your hand is a fist she won't be able to really latch on. If she retreats farther away slowly withdraw your hand and let her be.
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BYK_Chainsaw Posted - Apr 09 2018 : 03:53:43 PM
We have had only one rescue female that was a biter. We worked long and hard to get her to be less of a biter. I could put her on my shoulder a feed her some corn and she wouldn't bite. but in the end, before she passed away if I put my hand in front of her face she would make a small attempt to bite me. I could get my fingers behind her head and pet her, but she still didn't like that to much.
If she was my glider, I would try a hands off approach for a few months. (if I couldn't find a better way to try) Keep your hands away from her, don't feed her treats, be quick to nicely push her away if she comes at your hands for a bite. don't let her bite you, I'm not a fan of letting gliders bite me and "taking the bite" my gliders have always gotten less bity as they get more comfortable/bonded to us. I don't see how letting a glider bite you teaches it NOT to bite you, but maybe it does work. My wife would stick her hand in a fist in the pouch and let them bite, but with a fist they couldn't bite easy and would soon get tired and stop biting and sleep.
You can still talk to your glider, use a fleece piece or glove to put her in the bonding pouch. I would just NOT let her bite me.
with our newest connor, he was a super crabber and I was worried he would bite cause he would lunge at us. but I have slowly introduced him to my hands and he will climb on my hand for a treat and so far has never bit me. |
Meeshell Posted - Apr 09 2018 : 02:46:09 PM
My female was very untamed/unhandled when I got her. Fast forward a few months it is getting better. She still bites but not as hard. It has taken a lot of time and I am sure a lot more of bonding. We have had success with the tent time she has come and hung out on me and let me pet her. Dont give up. |
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