I wish I had as much knowledge then as I do now. I am writing this for all new owners. A couple of things I do to make my time with the girls better. I have a sweat suit I wear when I am playing with them, It's a hoodie. As they use me for a landing point, and they were always landing on my head. I wash it once a week and they pee and poop on it but I don't care. I also have a small bathroom, that has a dimmer in the lighting and I have re arranged it to be glider safe. That is where we play. I get up every morning at 5Am just for there play time as they are ready for bed and this is there happy time. I stopped giving them treats with my fingers and now feed them I the palm of my hand, this way they don't bite me, they use to bite thinking I was giving them a treat. I also wash my hands with a an unscented soap before we play. the smell of soap to them can smell like food. I check them over every day to make sure they are clean, and with out any issues. I had a bad scare when my biggest girl was 6 months, she was bleeding from her rectum, it turned out to be a parasite and I had to take them to the vet and had to administer medicine to both of them, it put our bonding time on hold as I had to force them to take there meds.
Both girls never liked being picked up, but we are bonded and they love to ride my back and they come when I call them. There cage cost me a small fortune but it was worth it and I am glad I bought a real good one to start. So if you are reading this and you are a new owner, I can tell you Gliders Take a lot of time, but if you put the time in you will have a great time with them. I still am amazed at how smart they are.

Kothy
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