I have 2 new babies coming into my life tomorrow night! I finally got lucky with Craigslist, 2 9 month old greys, one male and one female, plus cage and supplies for $450. I thought about asking the forumers what to look for in inspecting these guys, but then I decided there's no point - if they're in good condition, I'll take them because they're in good condition, and if they're sad or sickly or troublesome, I'll take them anyway just to try to improve their living conditions. :) So they're mine either way. I'll just have to alert my forum support group once I have them if I run into anything unusual with them.

I'm not going to rename them, I wouldn't rename a human child I adopted so there's no reason to rename the gliders. :) So part of the fun will be finding out what their names are when I'm introduced to them. I'm also going to bring along something scented to go in the bonding pouch with them for the ride home. I promised their current owners that I would keep them updated with blogs and pictures, and so I shall - thanks to the journal here. :) I think that'll be nice for them, certainly if I ever gave up Serenity for some reason I'd want to hear how she was doing from time to time, maybe see a cute picture.

The funny part is, since I'm getting basically teenager gliders, I'm expecting a little bit of rebelliousness from them. ;) Since they're coming with their own cage, I will actually do the short period of quarantine/item swapping recommended to help my new baby get accustomed to her new colony and vice versa. Wikipedia said "a dominant male will mark his territory and members of the group with saliva and a scent produced by seperate glands on the forehead and chest, intruders who lack the appropriate scent marking are expelled violently" :P I don't want my little girl "expelled violently"! :P

 

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