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bonding with more than one Glider??
bonding with more than one Glider??
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Feb 08 2010
09:18:17 AM
Is It alright to have more than one glider in a pouch when your trying to bond with them? Or is it important to only have one out and keep the other in the cage and bond with each of them separately?
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Feb 08 2010
10:04:04 AM
renee14150 Fuzzy Wuzzy Visit renee14150's Photo Album 1850 Posts
I've read to do it both ways. When I first got my two, I put them in a pouch together, but after some reading I tried one at time but noticed they were fine either way. So I just continued to take them out together. Only my opinion tho - someone else may have had a different experience:)
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Feb 08 2010
10:30:23 AM
Nicole87 Face Hugger GliderMap Visit Nicole87's Photo Album MD, USA 650 Posts
If the gliders are already bonded to eachother, and are living together (after quarentine and vet checks), it's fine to keep them in a pouch together while you bond with them.
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Feb 08 2010
12:04:35 PM
sugar-mommy2 Super Glider Visit sugar-mommy2's Photo Album IN, USA 279 Posts
I got my girls together so I bonded with them together. I was afraid if I did it seperate that they might stress without the other, so I did not try to do it one-on-one.
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Feb 08 2010
12:25:23 PM
Megs06 BANNED_ACCOUNT Gliderpedia Editor Visit Megs06's Photo Album USA 1 Posts
Wow I never thought of this. I got my girls on Thursday night and have been keeping them in the pouch together when I take them out.
I never even considered separating them.
But I can see the 'concern'.
I automatically figured if I tried separating them it would be too stressful and make bonding harder.
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Feb 08 2010
12:38:44 PM
Dahlia_2020 Fuzzy Wuzzy GliderMap Visit Dahlia_2020's Photo Album SC, USA 1419 Posts
If they are already bonded to each other, then keep them together. Separating them will only make them connect you with the resulting fear and confusion that they will feel.

I believe that it actually helps them bond to you quicker if they are kept together. Because when one of them inevitably trusts you sooner than the other one would have, then it helps the more reluctant glider trust you quicker.
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Feb 08 2010
02:33:27 PM
WintersSong Fuzzy Wuzzy 1417 Posts
I keep my two together, and can't see doing it any other way. Gliders are perfectly capable of bonding with both glider friends and a human.

What Dahlia said about having two together helping the bonding process seems to be true in my experience. My girl trusted me and loved me much sooner than my boy did. I've noticed that once my girl started climbing onto my hand, and grooming me, the boy started doing the same shortly after.
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Feb 08 2010
03:00:53 PM
EsC87 Glider EsC87's Journal 152 Posts
this is a great question- I may be getting joey sisters in april - SO i guess i will try bonding with them at the same time in the pouch -Thanks =)
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Feb 08 2010
09:54:44 PM
Dahlia_2020 Fuzzy Wuzzy GliderMap Visit Dahlia_2020's Photo Album SC, USA 1419 Posts
Yes... Don't start off with separating a bonded pair... But that is not to say that months down the road after they are well and truly bonded to you, and you have more than two, you can't take someone out and just have one on one time with them. Luna is my major cuddle bug. She will jump out of the pouch in the middle of the day and be waiting at the door of the cage for me. I will let her out and she will dive down my shirt and curl up on my chest, sticking her head out of my neckline to watch me with the softest expression in her eyes while I rub her head. She will actually fuss at the others if they try to follow her. She does seem to really enjoy having me to herself at certain times, and I don't think that's me projecting onto her, either.

But, she is a special one and not like a lot of gliders. I'm blessed in that both her and LittleBit are very bonded to me... My other three, although incredibly sweet and showing a lot of potential to also follow in the other two's steps, are still a little bit more independent... I would never leave any of them behind in the cage alone. It stresses them out.
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Feb 09 2010
08:14:16 AM
THEHYLAND Zippy Glidershorts GliderMap Visit THEHYLAND's Photo Album FL, USA 4774 Posts
As stated above if they are already bonded to each other then keep them together. There is nothing wrong with loving one or two at a time. Plus they watch and learn from each other. I have four and all are bonded to each other and to me. Once in a great while one will be up at an odd time. I will let that one out and they stay with me for and hour or so. They usually go down my shirt and sleep. But back to your question, keep them together in the same pouch.
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Feb 09 2010
08:56:33 AM
sugarbear0 Joey 27 Posts
Ok i just didn't know if it would be more comfortable for them if it was separately. One of my gliders loves me and the other is rather mean still. Sophi likes to be in the bonding pouch to go to sleep at the end of a night and KiKu trys to attack you through it. If you touch the pouch while its in the cage, i haven't really worked on bonding in the pouch yet becuase weve been bonding at the cage for the first few days while they get acclimated. (and i did get them together so they are bonded)
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Feb 09 2010
10:00:50 AM
filly47 Goofy Gorillatoes Gliderpedia Editor Visit filly47's Photo Album USA 2330 Posts
I had a single glider for a while and bonded with her by herself. This went great, but she was very well handled as a baby by her previous owner. Then I got her a friend who was also very well handled and friendly. I started bonding with her by herself. It was going pretty well, but not as fast as with Wavern. Well for personal reasons and safety reasons I had to skip the 30 day quarantine (which you should not do unless you really have to which was the case for my girls) and put the two together. They bonded right away. Then I started bonding with both girls in the pouch and Vestral bonded so much faster with me because she was bonded to a glider that was bonded to me. Also having a friend calmed both of them down and I think this really helped speed up the bonding process!
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Feb 09 2010
10:16:20 AM
sugarbear0 Joey 27 Posts
Their sisters though, so their already bonded together they just act compleatly different. I guess what i was afraid of is to put them both in the pouch then KiKu might start freaking out and attacking it while miss Sophia is just trying to sleep in there.
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