Lil' Darlins
from our hands to your's...
Taking Your Sugar Glider Home
The first 7 to 10 days of having your glider are possibly the most important days in the bonding process. If possible, it's best to pick your glider up on a day that will give you the time to spend carrying your glider on your body (in a pocket, pouch, or inside your shirt) as much as is absolutely possible for that evening, and the next day, as well. I like for folks to pick their baby up on a Friday, so that they will have the whole weekend to bond their glider to them strongly in the first 48-72 hours, & then keep the glider with you every moment that you are able to in the weeks following.
REMEMBER... the more time you spend with your glider, the stronger the bond will be, and the better your glider will behave, both with you alone, and in public. If you keep your glider in the cage most of the time, it will be a cage pet, and it will not be safe for the glider to go outside of it's known area, simply because it won't know how to act, & will be likely to even jump away from you.
Keeping the glider on your body constantly the first weekend not only lets the glider get used to being with you, someone who just appeared in his or her life suddenly, but begins the bond in such as way as to make the glider think of YOU as "Home & Safety".
Now, of course, I'm NOT telling you to take the baby to bed with you! But, spending a number of hours per day, evening, & night with the glider near your heartbeat, holding it in your hand & talking quietly to it, rubbing its chin... this is the process that seems to me to be the best & strongest way to create the bond.
Carrying the glider around with you as you go through your day is not something that should be a worry for you. My day involves working here at my desk, cleaning house (some, anyway's) taking care of my wife, our other pets outside, the gliders in the breeder room, talking on the phone (wayyyy tooooo muuuuch), washing clothes, & working in my woodshop, as well as running into town for whatever reason. Almost everywhere I go, I have at least one glider on my body, usually either in my pocket, or inside my shirt.
YOUR Sugar Glider can be a "Little Darlin" too... IF you take the time to spend with it, love it, & let it know you love it. Otherwise, the simple fact is that you'll end up with a cute cage pet.
And to tell the truth, a hamster can be a cute cage pet.
Good Luck!! :o)
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