Snick, the less aggressive one now climbs all over me during tent time. Snack will walk on me if I bribe her with a piece if chicken or turkey.

I think I heard one of them make the clicking noise that Sugar Gliders make when they're very happy.

I guessed that it would take about six months for them to adapt to their new home and feel comfortable enough to sit in my hands. I think we're right on schedule.

I purchased a new cage for our gliders. The old one wasn't bad, but I wanted to get them something taller. The new cage is much louder than the old, as the new one is powder coated and the old one was vinyl coated.

I have been doing 45 minutes to an hour of tent time each evening, hoping to build some trust. I feed them bits of chicken or turkey, and attempt to bribe them to crawl on me. Last night both gliders were crazy, even the normally laid back one was running around the tent, but it was Snack, the outgoing glider that made a breakthrough of sorts.

I was sitting on my knees with my arms crossed and my elbows on my thighs. I was wearing my "bonding" t-shirt. Snack was running around the tent, when she suddenly walked over and began chomping on my bare elbow.
I took the bites, which weren't that painful. She then ran back to the corner of the tent, climbed the tent wall and jumped from the wall onto my chest.

I jumped a bit, because they had never wanted to be in contact with me before this point. She walked over my shoulder, down my back and calmly made her way back onto the tent floor.

I was pretty excited. My wife was bummed because she wasn't in the tent with me on this particular night.

Oh... Snick and Snack don't appear to like blueberries. So, no squash, no blueberries, and no blackberries. They're not making it easy.

She wanted a parakeet, I wanted a ferret. The compromise; sugar gliders!

Snick and Snack are doing well after seven days in their new home, having acclimated to their new surroundings. We are their third owner, so they have led an active life over the last two years.

Snack is larger and more aggressive. Snick is timid and smaller.

Peas are their number one favorite food, picked before mealworms and crickets! Chicken is a close second.

The bonding process will begin this week. We can't wait to see some progress in that regard.

Rememo
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