Register Register New Posts Active Topics | Search Search | FAQ FAQ

GliderGossip GliderGossip
Glider Stories
1st time out in public...
1st time out in public...
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 02 2011
01:15:17 PM
OK, I am planning on going shopping tomorrow. Gotta get these babies some different fruits/veggies since they R being so picky! I'm seriously considering taking Jazz & Zoey w/me. They ride in my pocket all day anyway so they R used to me moving around with them. I am going to put them in their zippered bonding pouch so if they awaken they can't get loose. Gonna put a slice of apple in with them in case they get hungry/thirsty & I'm only gonna be gone a couple of hrs..... This will be the first time I've taken them anywhere & I think I've covered everything but I know many of you may have experiences/cautions to share,...maybe something I haven't thought of,.... input wud be appreciated. Thanks!
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 02 2011
01:35:52 PM
kyro298 Glider Sprinkles GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit kyro298's Photo Album kyro298's Journal CO, USA 15262 Posts
The only thing I can tell you is that there have been people kicked out of stores/restaurants for having them. I don't know if people heard them crabbing or if the owners were showing them off, but in a grocery, that would most certainly be considered a health hazard if they were to get loose.
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 02 2011
01:54:38 PM
JazzNZoeysmom Zippy Glidershorts GliderMap Visit JazzNZoeysmom's Photo Album USA 5354 Posts
That's true! I know they won't get loose from their zippered pouch but it's 100 degrees here so it's not like I can tuck them into a baggy sweatshirt. Unless I tuck the pouch into my purse I'm not gonna be able to hide the pouch too successfully. ~ ~ And it's not like they really need the bonding time. They've only been off my person during the day for about 3 hr. when I went in search of vines & such for their new cage,...that was ONCE & I've had them for 2 1/2 wks. so the bonding is going EXCELLENT! Maybe I'll tuck them into a cage pouch & let them sleep IN THEIR CAGE (GASP!!! LOL!) while I venture out in this oppressive heat for them.... Heck, they probably won't even know I'm gone!!! Haha! (And yeah, with all the $$$ I spend at WalMart, it wud really P*#@ me off if they tried to make me leave cuz of my babies! Prob. best to avoid the situation)
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 02 2011
04:07:47 PM
TazandEllie Face Hugger TazandEllie's Journal 467 Posts
I take mine everywhere UNLESS it is too hot or too cold. Then they stay at home where its comfortable. I had people wonder what they are but i dont show them off. I tell them to go google sugar glider pictures.
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 04 2011
04:57:48 PM
heidibaby Joey Visit heidibaby's Photo Album USA 14 Posts
I take mine everywhere in their bonding pouch! when they ask what's in bag, I tell themthe same thing. Some people think I'm being rude because I won't take them out of their cozy lil pouch to meet some stranger an competely scare them. Some people don't understand anything about gliders.
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Aug 05 2011
05:21:11 AM
SugarCookie Glider Visit SugarCookie's Photo Album MD, USA 133 Posts
I put my gliders in a small (zippered)purse with some type of vent(s) when I go to the grocery store but I have someone come w/ me so they can run to the car w/ them just in case but they have never made noise in the day time in my pouch , they LOVE the smell the DELI!!! LOL No one will ever know!!!!
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Dec 08 2012
05:07:39 PM
sadiejo1 Glider Visit sadiejo1's Photo Album 84 Posts
i always bring my glider everywhere! walmart target petco, even the flea market! she just hangs out in the bonding pouch and it looks like a purse.
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Dec 08 2012
08:39:26 PM
Omis n Kais g-ma Pouch Protector Visit Omis n Kais g-ma's Photo Album TX, USA 7524 Posts
Same here Sadiejo1. I don't suggest it but we take ours a lot of places, we eat at a Chinese food restaurant that the ladies love them. When we go to Cracker Barrel to shop ( my son and daughter work there), the cashiers all run to her and ask for them. They are quite popular. But, I would never say yes, it's okay to take them anywhere. I'm sure many places would kick us out if they knew. We've been lucky.
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Dec 09 2012
06:51:21 PM
JeremyLexie Fuzzy Wuzzy Visit JeremyLexie's Photo Album USA 1190 Posts
quote:
Originally posted by kyro298

The only thing I can tell you is that there have been people kicked out of stores/restaurants for having them. I don't know if people heard them crabbing or if the owners were showing them off, but in a grocery, that would most certainly be considered a health hazard if they were to get loose.



Around here no one cares. In 2 years I have been thrown out of 1 restaurant and that was only because someone recognized me and yelled over how are they? The waitress freaked out and she didn't even see them with me. I prolly could have lie and said they were home but whats the point. We had already sat there 20 mins with no freaking service LOL
Default, miscellaneous
avatar
Dec 13 2012
10:15:08 AM
sierranevadaK Face Hugger Visit sierranevadaK's Photo Album sierranevadaK's Journal USA 804 Posts
Mine go everywhere that I am! Nobody has even known. I even took them to work with me for a while there.
1st time out in public...

GliderGossip GliderGossip
Glider Stories
1st time out in public...