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Posted by: PaaniPutting both sets of gliders together has been my greatest worry. They're 2 days shy of completing 30 days quarantine but I've been dying to see how they get along so I broke quarantine by having both pairs in separate bonding pouches, back-to-back so they couldn't see each other but with a little fresh papaya for each of them.

Anson and Judah did a bit of chirping but Lele was having none of it. Of course, he crabbed the moment I tried to put him in the bonding pouch but he was REALLY not happy about it. Every now and then Anson or Judah would move in their pouch and Lele would let it rip.

After an hour or two of that, they were squirming to get out. I figured they needed to pee so I moved Laki & Lele's cage into the living room next to the main cage so they could get acquainted without ripping into each other then let them out into their respective cages. Both pairs are excited as heck. Anson is jumping all over the cage trying to get over to Laki and Lele. Laki is likewise swarming all over his cage -- I don't know if it's because of Anson or Judah or because he can see a MUCH larger room than my bedroom. Every now and then one or more of them will go to the wall(s) closest to each other and sniff around.

Right now Lele is just sitting on a branch but he didn't jump into the pouch immediately like he usually does so maybe that's a good sign. His position on the branch is closest to Anson & Judah's cage. :D

Oh yes, both pairs got a treat today. I made up a batch of Wombaroo Suggie Soup (can't call it LGRS since I used Wombaroo instead of Trader Joe's) ... well, almost suggie soup. For the life of me I can't find the dehydrated fly pupae powder that Ed and Gail gave me! However, it has the mango-papaya taste Laki and Lele have been missing and Anson and Judah never knew. All four guys seem very happy to have it.

Posted by: RajasMa


I kept hearing and seeing pics of people buying there gliders baby or toddler toys. I found an awsome littl people castel at the goodwill. I was so happy to see my gliders enjoyed playing inside ..

Posted by: KarlieloveIm going to Colorado in the morning with out pookie and pookums. Im going to miss them oh so much. My mom and sister will be baby sitting them until Monday. I wanted to bring them with me but im not taking the chance of my husbands family cats eating my children. Thank go my babies love my mom and sister so it'll be easy enough. They know and have taken care3 of my babies before. they will be safe with my mom. i just know they'll miss me so much :'(

Posted by: RChurchLast night, JUST when I thought I could not stay up a moment longer, I heard movement in the cage & turned on the lights to discover...

...That Batman was in the wheel with Catwoman! I WISH I had photo evidence of this but it was way too dark & we left the stupid, stinking camera in the living room! [:(!] Grr! But oh well...I figure we have the rest of our lives together to take pictures. This is progress I don't want to fool with.

Catwoman is like an Olympic Athlete. I tell you this so you realize just how much she cares for Batman. Batman--God love him--is probably qualified for the Special Olympics. He's slow, he's lumbering, I think he's even afraid of heights. So, while he's in the wheel with her, there is none of her usual mad dash of a run so she can see how many times she can go end-over-end, upside down. Nope. She gently walks with him so he can enjoy the feel of just being in it. She'll swing him a little, but carefully, like she doesn't want to startle him. Then she hops out of it (and she's obsessed with this toy, mind you) to go play with other things, like the Ball Pit, or to smack a few bells around (which she hasn't done since we installed the Fast Track Wheel). And he's belly-low to the wheel but he's walking in it. And she'll give him some time alone in it, and then hop back in to again, slowly walk him. Then again, she'll leave him alone in it.

When he finally had enough, and he goes back into his pouch, it is then & only then that she does her usual routine of showing that wheel who's boss!

I am touched that she is rehabilitating him, helping him grow more playful, less fearless. She also brings him food in the pouch on occasion. She is so very nurturing!

Both of my gliders have come such a long way. I am so very proud of both of them!

[cheer]

Posted by: CandyGlidersTonight I made my babies (what I thought)was a delicious looking salad of broiled chicken, watercress, mango and green pepper. We took it into the Glider-proofed bathroom with us so they could nibble on it during playtime. Skittles picked out pieces of chicken and ran away to eat them under cover. Starburst ate the one piece of chicken I gave her then ignored the rest of the dish. I guess I'm not that good of a Suggie Chef yet :(

However on that silver lining note although Skittles was too caught up in ]her chicken to play or pay any attention to me both took some yogurt off of my fingers (with no biting) and Starburst has become what I live to call a "Backwards" Bra Buddy. She won't go in the front by my boobs, but instead likes to hang on the back where it clasps. Either way she wants to be with me so I am happy. She spent 1/2 her time on the shower curtain and 1/2 with me. We are making progress :)

Posted by: CandyGlidersI was pleased with the progress we've made so far. They now will both return to me on occasion or if they get themselves "stuck" somewhere. Once Starburst gets comfortable on me she seems reluctant to leave. Neither will sit still for me to pet them very long, but they are generally accepting of a hand or a finger going down their backs. They still are not crazy about just walking around on my bare skin, they prefer when I have on a sweatshirt or something. Overall, a good day!

Posted by: CandyGlidersIt has been almost 2 weeks since I brought home my new beloved housemates Starburst and Skittles. I adopted them from a ferret rescue in New Jersey. It pleases me greatly to wear their pouch around my neck as I walk about the house. Bonding is coming, but slowly. Starburst will return to me and sleep in my shirt but Skittles is more adventurous and likes to explore more than hanging out with me. I use a small glider proofed room instead of a tent for bonding and it seems to be working so far I am in love with my new babies!!

Posted by: PaaniBoth pairs have been such sleepy heads the past couple days. The only time I've seen them stir was when I woke up in the middle of the night!

Just got a new dragon set in from Val Betts. I decided to hold it for their introductions in a couple weeks but this is what she sent me:



and we'll break this Fundango in when we have combined tent time (assuming all goes well with intros!):



I forgot to mention -- the other night I saw Laki drinking from the water bottle. Yay! I worry when the only source of water is an open water bowl since they sometimes ... mess it up ...

I mixed a little green juice in with Laki and Lele's blend last night -- Anson and Judah lap it right up when I do that but Laki and Lele didn't seem to care for it, spent all their time on the papaya, bell pepper and green peas.

Both Laki and Lele are willing to come to me for yogies albeit hesitantly. Lele didn't want to come out of the hammock to get yogies last night but this morning was willing (albeit slowly and hesitantly) to snatch one from my fingers (the way he was crabbing as he came forward I was afraid I was going to need some bandages!).

Hope I can get some more pictures of them this weekend.

Posted by: PaaniHad our first tent time tonight, just 2 hours, the first 60-90 minutes of which they spent hiding in pouches. I tried coaxing them out with yogies but Lele would crawl out hesitantly to the yogie in front then grab it and scoot back to his pouch.

Lele is SUCH a crabber. He didn't like leaving his cage, he didn't like being in the tent (at first), maybe he just misses Ed and Gail!

As promised, here are some pictures:

Laki looks out from his pouch






Lele sneaks out for a yogie






Lele hides near the Custom Cruiser






Laki looks at his pouch from the PVC frame

Posted by: PaaniThe similarities and differences between Laki and Lele and my original two, Anson and Judah, are quite interesting. In both cases, one of the pair seems to be a crabber -- loudly making his displeasure known when he's disturbed. Judah was my original crabber but Lele has taken up his slack. The other in the pair (Laki or Anson) seems to be more playful and less interested in hogging the food.

Then again, my first pair just don't want anything to do with green vegetables other than peas. I've tried bok choy, Chinese broccoli, baby spinach, green bell peppers, cucumbers, zucchini ... nothing. Cut to Laki and Lele and they loved the Chinese broccoli and devoured the green bell peppers.

Monday night I replaced their cage pouch with one of Karen's hammock pouches (I forget what she calls it) and a small pile of cut up fleece so they can burrow to escape the light. A little later it seemed like Lele had kicked Laki out because I saw Laki come bounding out and scurry all around the cage. He dove into the basket filled with pompoms, burrowed around for a few seconds then charged out and raced around the cage a bit. Eventually he must have returned to the hammock pouch because he was sleeping there the next morning.

Laki and Lele seem to have discovered the water bottle but don't drink from it a lot. The water (I should say juicy water because there was a tiny amount of apple cider added to give it smell and taste) level IS going down but very slowly.

Unfortunately, didn't get the tent time in as I need to wash some of it from Anson and Judah's last time in the tent.

Posted by: RChurchWe're making some slow progress.

Tent time last night was amazing. Batman again sat on my arm, shoulder or back and just hung out there. We were able to give him some mealies & he seemed calmer, less stressed out than before.

Catwoman was less spastic in the tent, too, and actually started hunting & catching crickets. She's every inch the huntress I thought she'd be, what with her personality & all.

Both of them let me pet them, which, for Catwoman, was amazing. She's skittish and a little biter but I had my gloves on just in case. Worse she did with me, was take an exploratory nip but I wouldn't call that a bite, no. And they both crawled all over me. It was such a wonderful experience! Makes me smile even now just thinking about it.

Can't wait for tent time again tonight. I am looking forward to seeing how they do this time. Perhaps we'll get a chance to stay up longer. Perhaps this time, we'll bring their dinner in the tent with us so they get a proper meal, instead of spoiling their dinner with crickets & meal worms. [LOL]

But Batman & Catwoman still worry me. I don't see them playing together like they used to do. Their relationship hasn't been the same since she went into estrus. We checked her for mating wounds & didn't find any. Batman wasn't too piggish in his treatment of her, I don't think. That is to say, I caught her "running" from him, look at him over her shoulder & wait for him to catch up.

When he went back to his old reclusive ways of just staying in his pouch except to get food, I first thought that he was merely tired from all the mating. But it's been over a week now and he's still in his pouch, acting like a little hermit.

More tent time may cure him of that. Perhaps once he gets used to being "out" and that nothing bad is going to happen to him once he's out & about, that he'll come out more often.

Well, tomorrow, they go to the vet again for another fecal float/smear test & to get their nails trimmed. Might has well have the vet look them over to make sure they're not losing weight or anything. Just an overall comparison between their last visit and this one would be great. It'll be good to have a professional opinion as to how they're doing.

I hate worrying over them. Wish they'd play together like other ppl's gliders. Wish Batman would eat more and Catwoman eat less. Wish Batman would be more lively, and Catwoman would calm down.

I'm not so worried about their being bonded to us as I am about their overall happiness & well-being.

Well, at least they snuggle when they sleep together. And she did crawl on me to check up on him. Which I find sweet that she cares to make sure he's OK.

Alright, time to get ready for work and...oh yeah, Halloween.

Posted by: PaaniLaki and Lele have been here just about 2 weeks since I picked them up from LGRS. The first week we just got adjusted to new surroundings so I largely left them alone in the cage. The second weeks we took some sporadic time out of the cage in a bonding pouch without anything more than a few mealworm feedings (Laki snagged them all) and occasional cuddling through the pouch.

Yesterday I got in a load of fresh eucalyptus so put a couple young branches (with round leaves) and a mature branch (with crescent leaves) in each cage before I went to make everyone's dinner.

This time, I got to see Lele come out of his cage pouch to eat right after I'd put some fresh asian pear and Hawaiian papaya in their dish. Usually he scoots right back into the cage pouch when he sees me but this time he came inching out of the pouch. He peered over the edge, looked at me and hesitated but then he crawled slowly out of the pouch, keeping an eye on me all the time.

Once out of the pouch, he made his way over to the fruit dish and started digging into the papaya, completely ignoring the eucalyptus and pear. He was chowing down like I hadn't fed him in days (I did, honest!) and specifically targeted the papaya.

A few minutes later, Laki came out of his pouch but he investigated the eucalyptus first. He meandered over the cage like Billy in Family Circus and finally made his way to the fresh fruit where Lele blocked him out from the papaya like William Perry protecting Jim McMahon.

Cut to this morning. I figured I'd try to make friends with Lele with mealworms (again). Previously, he's huddled in the base of the bonding pouch crabbing away while Laki snagged all the mealworms from my fingers.

Today, same results at first but a little later I felt Laki squirming and digging near the zipper. That usually means he needs to pee so I took him back over to their cage and let him out then locked the door and took Lele back over to the mealworm bucket.

Lele was still not a happy camper about this so I dropped the first few mealworms one at a time near his head. It took a few seconds but he'd finally find one and chow down on it then I'd drop the next one. I never did get him up to crawling up the pouch to snag the mealworms from my fingers like Laki but he's starting to get it.

Tonight we're going to try some tent time and yogies!

 

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