so i just came across this guy's youtube videos and the info on bonding seems pretty different from what i've seen before. i've changed up tactics because what i've been doing for the last month hasn't yielded many results. after a month of wearing the pouch under my shirt or just putting the gliders under my shirt without the pouch they still look to jump off, do not like to be held, and very rarely come to me when i put my hand in the cage. i'd say the biting has decreased drastically since i first got them, but this might also be because i've been coaxing them directly from the sleeping pouch to my shirt/bonding pouch so they don't get many changes to bite.

since last night i tried some of his methods of picking up the glider even when she crabs and letting her run through my hands. i can say my fingers are very tender now and i will need to glove up the next time i see a patient in the clinic because i am not nearly as practiced as this guy (i don't mind at all if it'll lead to a better bond in the long run). it might be my imagination, but after just 1 day of his method it seems that they are more used to my hands.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB0JRyQj9bY

do you all think his methods and advise is sound?

Just FYI that's a PP video.
I tried this way back when I had one glider and had seen this video. Based on my experience, no.

Virtually no sugar gliders like to be held. They do not like to be picked up, and they do not like to be manhandled. Being able to manhandle your sugar glider should not be a goal. Out of the six that we have, one till TOLERATE being held in only my hands. This is because he was born to us from our older glider, and was rejected, and we helped raise him via hand feedings. He was the size of a thumb at the time, so obviously he grew up being held constantly. None of the others will let our hands go near them, and we have never tried to push it. We are also not fully bonded with any of our gliders, except maybe the one we helped raise, but I don't even think so with him. Also, the guy in the video brushes off their big scary act - don't forget that they do this because they are scared of you and don't know what to expect. It's your job to make them feel comfortable, safe, and happy, some of which can only come with time and consistency. The way that he picks up the glider should ONLY be used on small babies, and it is only because they are so small and have weaker jaws and such. In my experience babies are more open to being held like this. Adults will bite the crap out of you if you try to pull this on them. I also do NOT recommend a heat rock with a pouch right on top of it, as the glider can overheat that way. If the glider is over 2 months, and you should not have been sold a glider under 2 months, it can regulate its own body temperature. You just need to keep the house above 70 degrees AT ALL TIMES and provide a few nesting areas and she will be fine. All of our gliders prefer hanging pouches to pouches on the floor. They literally won't sleep in pouches just laying on the floor, they love to be hanging.