Okay, so I decided to use my bathroom instead of a tent since I don't have much room. I'll just sit in the bathtub, LOL.. I hung toys, put in a wheel, some treat dishes, etc. when I brought them in, they refused to get out of the pouch. I flipped the pouch inside out and they eventually crawled out. One of them was jumping all over the place, I think more out of confusion than play. One ran in the wheel for a few seconds. Most of the time they clung to me for dear life, lol. Two climbed up onto the curtain hanger for the tub, and one was... I don't know, he looked distraught? His ears were swiveled back and he rested his head against where he was laying and his eyes looked half-open. He looked tired? But then when I put him back in his cage he immediately looked normal again, jumped to his wheel and started to play. Is this normal? Should I even try again tomorrow? I'm afraid of stressing him.

I know that tent time (bathroom bonding) did help me with Apple. She also normally spends a lot of time just sitting on me and occassionaly jumps around. Which makes for a very boring time so I use that opportunity to offer snacks and scratches and read. I make sure to use fleece at the bottom of the tent for noise and cold feet just in case she decides to hop off, if you didn't try that it might help in the tub too.

Good luck!

Most gliders don't like the bathtub idea because they can't get secure footing on anything. It makes them uncomfortable. If you don't want to set up a tent, try glider proofing a different room for them to play in.

I do bathroom time with my gliders when there is too much going on in the basement to set up my tent. I always ensure the tub is dry, drains are closed, soaps/shampoos are put away, and of course the toilet is closed. Depending on the time of day you do this and if there is a window in your bathroom, try to eliminate as much light as possible.

My boys have actually learned how to climb out of the tub, seeing as I place them in there first to do their business and then watch them climb out. The first time I had the same results as you..they were scared and did not know what to do. But after a few more tries they all began to get the idea. Its new room with new smells, new surfaces so they will be nervous the first few times until they get used to it. Also, unless you are lucky to have a heated tub, it is probably one of the coldest spots in the house so it would be a good idea (as already suggested above) to put some fleece at the bottom of the tub for them. This is for traction but also to keep their small bodies off the cold tub surface.

Now when ever I take my boys to the bathroom they are jumping all around and ready to play!

I hope this helps! Good luck!

what kind of light do you have in the bathroom. you might want to try a night lite or red light instead of the regular bright light. That made a difference for mine. Also, I just keep adding more toys until they got used to it. Now they love bathroom time.

Just a thought...I have seen posts from several people who have the small pop up tents and they actually put them up on their beds.

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I don't plan to put them in the tub, when I said that I meant I would sit in the tub so there is more room on the bathroom floor/etc for them to play in. I'd sit in the tub by myself and watch.

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<br />what kind of light do you have in the bathroom. you might want to try a night lite or red light instead of the regular bright light. That made a difference for mine. Also, I just keep adding more toys until they got used to it. Now they love bathroom time.
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For now I use a white bulb and a lamp, I turn off the ceiling light and put the lamp light against the wall so it's very dim.

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<br />I do bathroom time with my gliders when there is too much going on in the basement to set up my tent. I always ensure the tub is dry, drains are closed, soaps/shampoos are put away, and of course the toilet is closed. Depending on the time of day you do this and if there is a window in your bathroom, try to eliminate as much light as possible.

My boys have actually learned how to climb out of the tub, seeing as I place them in there first to do their business and then watch them climb out. The first time I had the same results as you..they were scared and did not know what to do. But after a few more tries they all began to get the idea. Its new room with new smells, new surfaces so they will be nervous the first few times until they get used to it. Also, unless you are lucky to have a heated tub, it is probably one of the coldest spots in the house so it would be a good idea (as already suggested above) to put some fleece at the bottom of the tub for them. This is for traction but also to keep their small bodies off the cold tub surface.

Now when ever I take my boys to the bathroom they are jumping all around and ready to play!

I hope this helps! Good luck!
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Thanks! That's what I was looking for, they were all so scared, I wasn't sure how long to keep them in there for.

Take down all your towels & hang fleece, put fleece in (or at least over th edge).of your tub, on your curtain or whatever, bring toys & treats. Get a small red light so that the white light (& the light shining off the bright surfaces) isn't so bad. Be sure to put everything away, close the toilet & put fleece over it, etc. I also suggest putting a glider ladder in your toilet just in case.

lol I have a huge bed and its very hard for me to get up and down off the ground so we up our tent on our bed for tent time. It works great. Everyones happy.