I'm emberassed it took me so long to make an account considering how much I scoured it before our first glider arrived.
I'm a local glider obsessed gal from NB. Always had a fascination in the creatures and while taking some uni courses, had the privilege of playing with one..I was hooked instantly but though I'm a hugeee animal lover, I'm a very responsible one. Fast forward a few years, I had someone contact me about rehoming a glider since they just didn't have the time with their growing children, I knew this was more of a commitment then just saying "yes" as they thrive as colonial animals...and he was alone and in a hamster cage. He looked 'ok' but had nearly no muscle mass and couldn't glide..just hop.
So, first thing was first, I ordered 'Ozzy' the largest repatrium I could afford (6'x3'x2' if I'm not mistaken) and arranged his neuter a few months down the road so we could bond first, ordered some sumpliments, gliderade etc.. He was very very very bitey at first. To the point I almost began to second guess if he would come around (I'm terribly good with animals but he just couldn't be bothered).. After about three weeks of nonstop nips, a whole lots of lip bitting and trying not to react and pull away, it seemed to stop over night. Truly. I've had him since November now and I can easily say I don't remember being bit once even through December. I met a wonderful lady (paramedic actually, and always had them with her in a pouch under the shirt at work for bonding/socializing) who had a female Joey for sale (Belle..the sweetest little cleopatra face you could ever imagine).
I arranged the pick up for Belle as we brought ozzy for his neuter (pouch off) at the end of January.. he was in, out and comepletely alert within 45 mins!!!!!!!!! Up to this point he had only played during the night in his big cage (I wanted to acclimate him to everything slowly, without overwhelming him..since I knew the BIG changes that were headed his way :).....) I had honestly planned on keeping them separate for a week, while he fixed up from his neuter..but things never go as you plan them lol. When we arrived home the first day with Belle, Ozzy had a glimpse of her through his carrier and went W.I.L.D.. I Had never seen the quiet little thing ever react so strongly to anything, so in my head...Im telling you, it was as if his neuter didn't even happen. He was on pain meds but still, from the time we picked him up it was like he was already healed! The Incession was prestine! Near nonexistent...but still, I mean..six hours earlier he had his manhood...you think that would have downplayed his reaction to seeing his First Lady? Lol nope.. With how crazy he raced around and barked and clicked, it wasn't going to be a week till they were together, it would be weeks..months maybe...but that was fine!
That night I had been mixing gliderade to dilute his meds and little belle was sleeping in a pouch beneath my shirt. I thought I had zipped it shut completly but I must not had.
I removed Oz from his cage and he sat on my shirt, took his meds and then.....he began sniffing at my shirt,,,at belle. And belle started sniffing back. Before I could even put the syringe down she had popped her head out from my shirt, ozz froze stiff. SHE ran down to him, grabbed his cheek and smeared herself all along his body (while he sat there with a grin, I swear) and she climbed up on his back, he went under my shirt in the pouch...and voila.
Best friends since.
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