Trying to introduce my new female glider to my male glider (neutered about two months ago). We waited the 30 days, and now we figured its time to introduce them. For the past week when we've been taking our male out (Mushu), we have let him crawl around on our female (Lucy)'s cage. We already swapped pouches so they know each others scent.

First time we let them out together, we did it in the bathroom. They did fine for the first few minutes, a lot of sniffing, getting all up in each others private areas (is that normal?) After a minute or so they started going at it, so we split them up and figured we would call it a day.

Few days later we got them both out in the daytime while they were still sleepy and put them in one of my girlfriends old purses. It went very well. They both cuddled for a while. My male kept licking her ear, im assuming he was grooming her? Every now and then we would hear one of them squeak, but for the good 45min they were together they didnt fight.

So last night I figured i'd try to let them both out at the same time during their nightly playtime. It went well for a good, ooooh minute or so. Then Lucy kept climbing on Mushu's back for some reason... Next thing i know they started going at it again. I split them up, and tried again. After a minute or so they started going at it.

How long does this process usually take, and should i keep bringing them together after they fight or call it a night and try again some other time?


*Note* I'm about to leave for work so ill will be back and check the replies in about an hour or so. Thanks

No one can tell you this honestly. I have a female that I got last February and I still can't get her with the pair of boys. I actually found another female for her to have a friend and they were BFF's within seconds. So, one of my intros took less than a second and another one of my intros have taken over 9 months with no success still. Good luck to you!

Yep. It varies. With mine, the first two took about three to four weeks; then when I added the third to the mix they were instant friends. Just don't give up; the fact that they've snuggled is a good indicator. When they fight I think you should call it off and try again another day. Something you might try is to let them meet on your person; that's where my first two decided they'd call a truce. If possible, have a friend standing by just in case they decide to fight on your back.

You never know how long it's going to take. It might not ever work to be honest. Hopefully it will work out but it's possible that it might not.
When I introduced Shady and Behbet it took a week or two. Then when I added Yoshi, Shady fell in love with her right away, but it was months and months before I could get Behbet to accept her. But finally they all love each other.
I wouldn't let them stay in the same cage if they are fighting, they could kill each other. You need to make sure that they are getting along before you leave them alone together. Just keep the cages next to each other, swap the pouches so they have each others scent all the time.

When you're having to separate them, are they actually balled up fighting or just crabbing and hissing at each other? Sometimes they'll do this and then just stop without having to be separated. Everything else sounds perfectly normal. Granted, if it's actual fighting, balled up and they are hurting each other, they obviously need to be separated so no one gets hurt.

Ya they are balled up fighting.

If they are balling up, you need to separate them right away. Sometimes my gliders will nip at each other or hiss or whatever and it's obviously aggressive behavior but if they ball up that is serious it means they are really trying to hurt each other. If you let them fight like that you could end up with wounds or even a dead glider.