I posted a question a few weeks ago about colony introductions, and tried some of the suggestions. I was hoping for some more help. Here is where I am at.
I am introducing a neutered male and female to their younger sister from the same parents. I have been pouch switching and such. I sometimes let the gliders play in each others cages while I have tent time with the other. I have tried to put the male (less dominate) glider with her, and all that happens is that the baby runs away from him as fast as she can. she looks terrified and he sometimes makes the attach noise, and sometimes he doesn't. She wont let him near her and I feel terrible. Am I supposed to just let them hang out and do this? At night, they are in separate cages that are next to each other. I hoped that would get them familiar with each others scent. I know the older female does not like her at all, and marks where she can to establish dominance. I feel a bit discouraged, because I have not made any progress in the past month. Am I doing something wrong? I just want the little girl to be happy with her siblings, and not be alone forever.

Hey there I went back to your last post, I'm curious how old are they all. Are the brother sister bonded pair much older? I didn't have the issue with strong dominance but I would continue to carry them around in each others bonding pouches, and do things like switching toys from each of their cages, change their cage pouches so they have to sleep with the others scent, and then switch their cages even though your new little girls cage is smaller.

Also when was the last time you gave your bonded pairs (and hers) cage fully? Meaning scrubbing it with a mild soup with a soft sponge in the tub/shower, and washing bedding along with toys.. not just the fabric toys, plastic as well? Reducing it should help with the territorial behavior a bit I would hope.

However some gliders are not going to like others. So if by chance this the case with your pair, are you ok with not having a colony and potentially getting a forth glider so your little girl is not all alone?

I wish you the best of luck and that more people with better more experience can help you out.

She is smaller than the other two. The older bonded pair is about six months older than she is. She is closest in size to the dominate female but not the male. For some reason, he got a lot bigger than his twin sister. He seems to eat about the same, but seems to just be a "husky boy". I cleaned their cage about two weeks ago with a vinegar and water mixture. I did not see much of an improvement. The bonded pair just went around and marked everything again. I am not opposed to having to separate pairs, but I was really hoping to keep it at three. I am looking for any suggestions. The baby girl seems to be scared of other gliders in general. I'm trying to think of something to fix this problem.

One thing that I do when an intro doesn't work right off is put them in bonding pouches (the 2 in one and the little girl in another) and stuff both pouches down my shirt. They have to smell each other, feel each other etc. but they can't actually get to each other. Then the next day switch pouches so they get more of the other's scent. I've found this to help a lot in the cases where one is just scared of another glider.

Are you introing at night? You should do it in the day when they are sleepy. Where are you introing? Do you have a bonding pouch? One with a mesh window. I used that initially for my girls. Put one in it and the pouch into the cage of the other. Of course the other came over and investigated and the one in the pouch was fine with it.

I had been introducing at night in the tent. I guess I should probably do that at night. I do have two bonding pouches with the mesh windows. Maybe I will try that tonight. I think that later today I will do another scrub down to hopefully take some of their scent away. When I switch pouches, the older two sometimes sleep in it, or avoid it. They are funny like that. I read about the wet method on this site. Has anyone tried that? you just take a wash cloth and wipe them so that they are distracted by being wet instead of each other.

I may be wrong, but I think it's Ed from Lucky Glider Rescue who has had some luck with a wet method for intros. Check out this link: www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=31178