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  |  Hollybugz
Super Glider
 215 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 07:09:04 PM   |
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Has anyone ever used their tent during the daytime? I don't mean for play time or anything, but just as a safety net to get the gliders into your shirt, etc. I don't feel that the bonding pouch really allows me to bond much with my gliders, so I want to try to get them to sleep in my shirt/bra. However, I don't know how they will react initially, so the tent idea popped into my head. Has anyone used the tent to get their babies more accustomed to you? Or should I just wait to put them in my shirt when they are more bonded to me? Tough process. :(
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 | Helen88uk
Fuzzy Wuzzy
United Kingdom
1420 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 07:46:15 PM   |
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Worth a try x
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| Hollybugz
Super Glider
215 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 07:47:15 PM |
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My thought process was that they would be sleepy, so they may be more likely to curl up and find a sleeping place on me and be comfortable with it. I may be wrong though, lol. I just don't feel like the bonding pouch really helps bond them to me.
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| Helen88uk
Fuzzy Wuzzy
United Kingdom
1420 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:08:42 PM |
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Mine HATED being in a bonding pouch. When I got them I couldn't hold them (obviously), it took me forever to get one in, and trying to keep her in whilst trying to pick up her squirmy sister and stuff her into the bonding pouch was just ridiculous lol. I ended up just taking their sleeping pouch out in the afternoons and sitting with it for an hour or so with my hand inside.
I haven't tried any of mine in the bonding pouch since I first tried with my two females, I now have 5 lol. But I have a big cage that I sit in, similar to 'tent time' for you guys. If I sit inside in the day and take their sleeping pouch down they'll run straight down my hoody. They also do this at night during 'playtime'. They're either really bonded, or really lazy!x
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| fox0r
Face Hugger
 USA
496 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:13:26 PM |
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Until your gliders are bonded to you, there is a good chance they are going to take off if they wake up while in your shirt/bra/whatever. Make sure you're in a safe place while you're doing all of this.
Maybe try putting them in your shirt before tent time? Letting them wake up that way and what not?
Treats are also handy for getting gliders to do things. :D
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| Hollybugz
Super Glider
215 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:28:12 PM |
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I just want to bond with them :( It seemed like we were doing really good, and I just tried to offer food to one of my babies while in their cage & he crabbed and lunged at me.
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| Helen88uk
Fuzzy Wuzzy
United Kingdom
1420 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:35:02 PM |
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How long have you had them? You may have just caught him at a bad time, I've been shouted at a few times during the bonding process!
Maybe try daytime tent thing, it's worth a shot!
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| Hollybugz
Super Glider
215 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:37:37 PM |
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I've had them 9 months now. I might have to just keep using the bonding pouch until they get more used to me, I have a chihuhua as well so I wouldn't want them to wake up and decide to come out while he is out as well. I am usually going to sleep when they are waking up so I am just trying to find some ways to bond with them. I really only get to do tent time on the weekends, when I don't have to be up early the next morning.
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| fox0r
Face Hugger
USA
496 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:39:10 PM |
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Bonding takes a lot of time. Tent time at night is a great way to bond with them, though. I don't doubt if you keep trying it'll happen. :)
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| Hollybugz
Super Glider
215 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 08:44:13 PM |
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I guess I just feel bad cause I'm not able to do tent time all that often. My main thing is that I would like to have them more bonded to me, since we are going to be moving in about 5 months (dont know where yet) and I feel like if they are bonded, the move will be easier on them. I don't want them to feel scared or unsafe, ya know?
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| JazzNZoeysmom
Zippy Glidershorts
 USA
5349 Posts
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Apr 15 2012 : 10:14:55 PM |
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I say it's worth a try. Mine don't like bonding pouches so I've always had them in my shirt from day one. And I am a firm believer that it has helped with bonding.
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| GliderMommy
Super Glider
298 Posts
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Apr 16 2012 : 10:31:11 AM |
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I don't really use the bonding pouch at all. Despite making it a point to get one for each of my boys. Kinda wish I had spent that money on extra toys for them instead, since we all know they can never have too many. :)
I have a ton of fleece blankets ~(12in x 12in) that I keep near their cages, and during the day I will take one of these blankets and wrap it around one of them and tuck that in the top of my shirt during the day. This way they each were able to get used to my scent, my sound, my movements... all while they were already in a relaxed state because it was daytime. I will keep each one on me for a couple hours before grabbing a new blanket to wrap the other one and switching them out.
I will periodically take whichever one I am holding out of the blanket to pet or kiss them and hold them in my hand for a few minutes... and then place them back in the blanket that is still sitting open at the top of my shirt.
This way I get to bond with them, without disrupting their normal cycle. I thought about doing the tent time during the day, but I realized they would either end up sleeping in there, or I would risk throwing off their schedule by getting them in play-mode during the day.
The blanket thing is the compromise I came up with... and it worked wonders for speeding up the bonding process with Aristotle, my oldest, dramatically... as in, less than 2 weeks? It was pretty quick. Still working on Zeus, but we only brought him home less than 2 weeks ago. All in all, he is doing really well too. :)
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| BabyGurl
Super Glider
299 Posts
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Apr 16 2012 : 10:45:48 AM |
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mine too..they dont like being in it.. so id put them in my bra *bra baby*or on my shirt..its a way of bonding too..you can make use of the tent to make sure they wont run off or got lost..
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