I am having such a hard time dividing time between my two boys, Meiko and Stitch.

When Meiko is out, I am very careful with how close he gets to Stitch's cage because they will fight through the cage bars! The same applies for Stitch; he jumps to Meiko's cage and starts fighting... They don't even focus on the fact that they have the ENTIRE room to glide and run around. They are pinned to each others cages trying to fight.

It's hard to have play time at separate times because my room is the only glider-safe place they can go and they're both in there and can potentially fight when out. I am so eager to just throw them together and have them fight it out and get over it so they can get it out of their systems already but I know that gliders, unfortunately, do not work like us humans do... (do they..???)

I need help. I feel like my stress and discouragement with this whole anti-fighting introduction phase is keeping my babies in their cages for an excessive amount of time than they need to be... When meiko was alone, he would be out of his cage for probably 4+ hours a day. Now he's lucky if he can even get 1 hour without trying to fight... I get scared and put him back in his cage to be safe. How can I have play time again? By the time they both wake up and have their separate play times it's almost 12am and I'm sleepless. It would be awesome if they could play at the same time...

Can the cages be kept in a different room, then they can go to your room for play. At least for the time being.

Are your boys neutered? If not that could help calm them possibly.

Either way, work on scent mingling, take 2 decent size fleece rectangles, place one in each sleeping pouch, after 2 days, cut each rectangle in half, place half of each in both their sleeping pouch. This places their mingled scents together, this may help them feel like a colony.

Hello!
I'm so sorry for that stress. I am no expert here, and it may be that someone will correct me here, but I thought I would share my opinion just in case it helps.
I think now that they know where each others cages are they may keep fighting the way you described, and that keeping watch over one cage while the other plays is super stressful on you and probably to an extent on your gliders then, too. The gliders fighting is very stressful to them (I'm Captain Obvious here) and I think it may even harm their ability to get along in the future. I do not think gliders can "fight it out" and then be friends later. I believe that it's a colony thing...but maybe someone else knows more about that. I would never let them fight at all...when animals fight over territory it's usually to the death. Maybe someone else has a more informed opinion on that...?

I had the same problem for a while. When my quad would come out to play I had to keep guard over Luna's cage to make sure they didn't get on it to attack her. It was very stressful to all of us! The best decision I made was to move one cage into a different room. It was much less stressful to glider proof a new room. Once I moved the cage, my quad seemed calmer and happier again. My single girl also became much happier, and in fact has stopped over grooming her tail and the hair is growing back. I'll continue to scent swap over time and perhaps try melding the two colonies, but for now, they each have their own space. Btw I have to get Luna a cagemate now because I firmly believe she NEEDS a friend! lol that will be six gliders for me!

As for playtime, you are so generous and wonderful to give your gliders so much time! Here's where folks may correct me again...I always tell my husband that they can't tell time. If their playtime is shortened to make time for the other colony, as long as it's still fun and you're there (you could do two hours each glider) they will still be happy little fuzzbutts! I'm sorry that the two didn't connect right away...I guess that happens as you and I both know now! I hope you can find a way to have different colonies in different rooms and double the love. Take a deep breath. Let me know what happens. Everything happens for a reason and you will figure this one out.

I have the same problem with my two pair. When one gets out they want to go over to the other cage and tear into each other. I have given up on ever getting them all into one cage. I have thought of rolling one cage out of the room so I can let the others out to play. I will try that as soon as I can get something to stuff under the door.

Marisa0820 have you had any progress?