I've been stuffing my shirts into the sleeping pouch (without them inside, of course) so they can become more acclimated to my scent while they sleep, and I've noticed some progress.

Batman will come to me when I'm near the cage, but still tries to nibble any appendage that gets near enough to him--I really do wish that wouldn't happen, but I don't know what to do about it. He'll gnaw at my wrist bone if I try to hide my fingers. Recently, I've been touching the top of his head when he does it, and I believe it's turning into a sort of a game. I've read that it might be an attempt to groom me, but when I let him nibble, he'll keep going and scrape my skin off.

Robin allows me to pet him, despite he tends to be the shyest of the two.

Yesterday I adopted two, 4-year-old, male gliders by the names of Batman and Robin. There was a local zoo that had them for a number of years as part of a hands-on exhibit where children were provided for Batman and Robin to climb on. Unfortunately the zoo had to close, and the two gliders would have been put down had they not been housed. An intermediate caregiver took care of them for a time before I decided to adopt them myself.

Last night I finished the cage set up, and let them loose into their new environment; providing them water and portions of leadbeaters diet mixture. They explored their new home and started the process of acclimation to the change. I also ended up putting one of my undershirts into the cage as well to help familiarize them to my smell.

I've noticed they are responsive to some interaction, though wary, and will receive dried mealworms when offered to them. They also allow me to pet them a little, though, Batman winds up investigating my fingers and decides to try to eat them. I originally thought that he would stop if he realized I was inedible... but he kept going so long as I kept my hand near him.

Today, they awoke at 8:30 pm (earlier than I had expected them to). I then cleaned out their food dishes and supplied another portion of food for them. They played around for short time and headed back into their hanging pouch. Once inside, I removed the pouch and put the whole thing into a bonding pouch I was given by their previous caregiver. They hadn't received much one-on-one time since the move from the zoo, so I haven't tried to handle them much outside some friendly re-direction so they wouldn't get loose.

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