My Leela acted like this (sort of) about 2 weeks ago. She seemed very skittish like something scared her, we hadn't changed a thing, she wouldn't go to the bottom of her cage at all and even stopped using her wheel. She stayed at the top of the cage doing loops and back flips. I cleaned her drop pan again ( I had just cleaned it the day before ) I thought maybe something got in there n scared her there was nothing but the usual. The next morning I went to get her out at the usual 8 am she is usually asleep by then but not that day she was wide awake not even in her pouch and face hugged me before I even realized she was awake. She was sooooo hyper I could hardly keep up with her, she was acting like it was night time and just wanted to run run run, the light didn't seem to even phase her when usually she will become very still from light.
Over the next 3 days she acted this way and often times she'd freeze and just stare at nothing. She didn't seem to be interested in eating much either and was awake a lot during the day time and sleeping more at night.
I typically spend atleast 12-14 hours a day with her she is on me from 8 am until about 8 or 9 pm when she wakes up with a few wake ups for snacks or drinks and belly rubs. When she wakes up I put her back in her house to amp up and play and eat then we usually do shower time for an hour or two before I go to bed. However, I realize I am no replacement for another glider
Leela is a single glider at the moment so the first thought was she is lonely.
So I have been in contact with a local rescue group
right about the same time that Leela started this weird behavior the rescue group took in a single male glider Simon, They don't often get single gliders so the Lady (Sam) contacted me to see if I was interested in him for a companion for leela. After some discussion my boyfriend agreed Simon needed to be with us lol so we are just waiting for him to be neutered and recovery. Simon is a 4 year old glider who has never seen another glider nor has ever even had a pouch or fleece to sleep in, poor lil man.
The Second thought was Leela needed a bigger house. She was in a starter cage which she quickly outgrew. We were going to need a bigger house especially if Simon and Leela are compatible. Leela's weird behavior lasted about 4 days within 2 days of her starting to return to normal we upgraded her house to a much larger one. It took her all of about 5 minutes to get used to it lol. It did seem to bring her back to normal pretty quickly,
The third thing we considered was weather and moon. I live in SW Fla and it is summer time which means monsoon season. Can Almost set a clock by the daily thunderstorms, leading up to Leela's weird behavior we hadn't had a storm in 3 days which isn't normal for this season lol. I am guessing the atmospheric pressure was changing drastically and could of caused her change in behavior.
I really have no idea what caused it or if it was a combination of all of the above. But she is back to being her normal self now :) which much relief to me lol and Were expecting to go meet Simon soon, Sam has been really great updating us on his progress with pics and videos.