I read that gliders teeth can contain bacteria, and if they bite to deep you
might develop an infection. don't remember where I read this, was awhile ago.
But I seem to remember it was if they go to your bone, they do have long teeth.
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I'm not an expert, but we have had gliders up to 15 gliders, for about 5 years. we are at 6 gliders now. My wife has had a few hard bites in the beginning, but
she was much more aggressive at grabbing scared gliders. I dont remember ever
getting a "blood bite", but have had some hard bites from unbonded or scared
gliders, usually grabbing them for a nail cut.
so my first thought is your not properly bonded to the glider that is biting
you, or you are handling her wrong maybe, I cant see what you are doing or why
she is biting you.
out of our 6 gliders 2 dont like to be picked up. riggs will give me a very
small and NOT hard bite sometimes when I pick him up. Scarface will run away from
me, will take a treat from me, I can pet her in the pouch, outside of the pouch she
will run. during nail cutting time I go fast and pick her up, she will be upset but
will only give me a nip only hurts a very small amount.
so that is what goes threw my mind, scarface would NOT climb on me, will run away, only comes to me for a treat, but when I do crab her I only get a small bite,
no blood bites.
so what is making your glider bite so hard?
I get small nips I think, when they think my finger is a treat, I over pet one
that doesn't like it, I pick up one of the two.
so in the end, blood bites are not something I have gotten from any of our
15 gliders, and only seem to happen with very new and scared gliders.