Demow
Hey guys! I'm new here! Austin, Leela is right about your glider's biting being a response to something you're doing. I owned a couple gliders a while back and have some experience with their behavior. However, every glider is different. My only current glider, Abel, has only been with me for 6 days and I feel like I'm learning all over again. Here's something you may find interesting: Abel came home with me on Saturday. That very day, I was able to pet him. Sometimes he's good with it, sometimes he moves away and seeks shelter. One thing he's consistent about is that he does NOT like to be picked up, so I don't bother. But he's VERY eager to receive yogurt drops and small pieces of grape from my fingers. For 5 days, he's been handled plenty, including several occasions of going to sleep in my cupped hands and has been perfectly tame. ...Then came last night. I opened his cage and reached in my hand to let him smell it. He did. And then he bit. Hard. I made the popular PSST sound and he looked up, seemingly intrigued. Then he climbed on my hand, looked up at me again, then bit again. Harder. I made the sound, he hopped off, but didn't scurry. I slowly removed my hand from the cage. A few minutes later, we repeated this same game with the same results. Then I left him to enjoy his dinner. I've noticed some apprehension on his part when I've placed my hand in before, but until last night, it was off and on and rather subtle. TODAY: On my lunch break, I went home, gently pulled his pouch from the cage, and set it on my lap. Now, some people will tell you to NEVER reach for your glider or put your hand in its pouch, but as I said, all gliders are different. I slow slid my right hand into his pouch (without touching him)and let it rest there, as I felt him begin to wake up and sniff my hand with interest. After a few moments, I slowly slipped my LEFT hand into the pouch along the other side of him. At this point, he began to shift in the pouch. As he did, I gently brought my hands in closer. When I do this, he happily snuggles into my cupped hands and then I slowly remove him from the pouch, completely cupped. I let him sleep this way for about 5 minutes, then use 1 finger to massage his back or side. I do this for about 10 minutes, then open my hands a bit. Sometimes he stays snuggled in at this point and sometimes he decides to explore. Today, he decided to climb out onto my rest, smelled the air around him for a moment, then snuggled back into my still-cupped hands. Not a single bite! We must recognize that all gliders have unique personalities and pay attention when they try to tell us what they like and dislike. Today I learned that Abel CONSISTENTLY enjoys my touch and being cupped in my hands, but RARELY appreciates my presence in his cage. So from now on, if he's in his cage and out of his pouch, I keep my hands out and respect his space. So to answer your question, yes, he was almost certainly annoyed with you. But not necessarily on a personal level... just with how you were approaching him at the time. So stay patient, try different approaches, and if he consistently bites in response to any given approach, just take the hint and move on from there! :D

glider mama2
never put your hand or fingers toward them.. this scares them. pick him up in his pouch, hold a treat at the opening. after he eats it, and he comes back up.. go from behind and gently stroke his back etc.

Leela
Gliders react to OUR actions. Biting is a reaction to what your doing. Stop reaching into his bonding bag and he will stop biting your hand. It's not a glider behavioral issue it's a human one. If you want to pet him while in the pouch, push up on the bottom of the pouch to gently get him to the top of the pouch, then pet him, when your done lower your hand under the pouch so he goes back to the bottom. Change YOUR habits and you will get a different reaction from him. Respect his space, keep in mind when you stick your hand in a pouch it looks a lot like a predators claw reaching in to grab him and have him for lunch ... he is scared. If you pop him up to the top of the pouch, he can see you and your hand.