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UP ALL NIGHT GLIDERS STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO BONDING WITH YOUR SUGAR GLIDER!

STEP 1:

BRINGING

HOME YOUR

NEW BABY!

WHEN YOU FIRST BRING HOME YOUR NEW GLIDER IT IS BEST TO SPEAK SOFTLY, MOVE SLOWLY, AND GIVE THEM THEIR SPACE. (NO PETTING OR PICKING UP)

KEEP THEM IN THEIR CAGE FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS (LET THEM ADJUST TO THE SMELLS SOUNDS AND GET COMFORTABLE)

STEP 3:

BATHROOM FUN

ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO FEED YOUR BRA BABIES FROM YOUR HAND AND PET THEM WITHOUT THEM BITING OR CRABBING YOU CAN MOVE ON TO BRING THEM INTO AN INCLOSED ROOM WHERE THEY CAN ROAM FREE.  (SUGGESTING THE BATHROOM FOR THE SIMPLE REASONS THAT ITS SMALL AND EASY TO GLIDER PROOF!)

BEFORE BRINGING THEM TO THE BATHROOM OR ANY ROOM WHERE THE GLIDERS WILL ROAM FREE MAKE SURE THAT THE ROOM IS GLIDER SAFE. THAT MEANS NO OPEN WATER NO CORNERS THEY COULD GET STUCK IN NO SHARP OBJECTS OR ANYTHING THEY COULD HURT THEMSELVES WITH.

ONCE THE ROOM IS GLIDER PROOF PUT NEWS PAPER IN THE SINK OR SOMEWHERE ON A FLAT SURFACE. TAKE YOUR SUGAR GLIDER POUCH AND LOUR YOUR GLIDERS OUT BY DIMMING THE LIGHTS AND OFFERING THEM TREATS. ONCE THEY COME OUT LET THEM STAY ON THE NEWS PAPER FOR A FEW MIN TO DO THEIR BUSINESS. 

NEVER FORCE YOUR GLIDERS OUT OF THEIR POUCH BE PATIENT FORCING THEM, GRABBING THEM OR MAN HANDLING THEM WILL ONLY SLOW DOWN THE BONDING PROCESS!

ONCE YOUR GLIDERS HAVE DONE THEIR BUSINESS LET THEM ROAM FREE. STAY SEATED OR STANDING STILL AND LET THEM COME TO YOU. THEY MIGHT NOT BE OVERLY ACTIVE AT FIRST AS THEY ARE NERVOUS AND SCARED OF ALL THE NEW SURROUNDINGS BUT WITH A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY SPENT WITH YOUR POCKETPETS THEY WILL SOON BE CLIMBING ALL OVER YOU AND GLIDING FROM OBJECTS TO YOU AND VISE VERSA !

AN OTHER GOOD TIP IS TO TRY AND MAKE PLAY TIME EITHER RIGHT BEFORE OR RIGHT AFTER THEIR FEEDING TO DEVELOP A STRONGER ROUTINE.​

ONCE PLAY TIME IS OVER OFFER YOUR GLIDERS THEIR POUCH THEY SHOULD GO RIGHT IN..​

STEP 2:

POUCH BONDING

AFTER THE SUGGIES HAVE BEEN HOME FOR A WEEK YOU CAN START THE POUCH BONDING PROCESS.

START BY TAKING THE POUCH ( WITH THE SUGIES SLEEPING INSIDE) AND WEARING THE POUCH AROUND YOUR NECK OR SITTING THE POUCH ON YOUR LAP WHILE YOU WATCH TV. YOU CAN START BY PETTING THEM THROUGH THE POUCH TO GET THEM USE TO YOU. ONCE U CAN FEED AND PET YOUR BABY WITHOUT THEM CRABBING YOU WILL BE READY FOR STEP 3!​

TIP: IF YOU WAKE THEM ALWAYS OFFER THEM A TREAT.

MORE BATHROOM TIPS!

  • DIM THE LIGHTS SO THEY FEEL MORE AT EASE

  • TRY TO STAY STILL AT FIRST SO THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THREATENED.

  • BE PREPARED FOR LOTS OF CRABBING AT FIRST ITS NORMAL

ITS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING IF YOUR GLIDER IS VOCAL, MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THEIR MOODS

 

  • ENCOURAGE GOOD BEHAVIOR WITH TREATS

NEVER EVER DISCIPLINE BAD BEHAVIOR THEY WONT UNDERSTAND AND START TO DEVELOP A HATE FOR YOU. ( THEY WILL ONLY LEARN FROM REWARDING GOOD BEHAVIOR) ​

  • ALWAYS KEEP YOUR GLIDERS CLOSE TO ONE AND OTHER. THIS WILL ALLOW YOUR GLIDERS TO FEEL SAFE AND SPEED UP BONDING PROCESS

  • WHEN EVER YOU OPEN THEIR POUCH DURING THE DAY ALWAYS OFFER THEM A TREAT EVEN IF THEY ARE CRABBING! REMEMBER YOU WOKE THEM UP!

  • DONT EVER PICK THEM UP OR TRY AND GRAB THEM! THIS MAKES THEM UNCOMFORTABLE AND WILL SLOW DOWN THE BONDING PROCESS. LET THEM COME TO YOU.

  • ONCE THE SUGIES HAVE STARTED COMING TO YOU ON THEIR OWN YOU CAN START TO SLOWLY PET THEM ON THE HEAD BACK OR TAIL AND FEED THEM FROM YOUR HAND.

  • ONCE YOU CAN PET THEM AND FEED THEM AT EASE WITHOUT FRIGHTING THEM YOU CAN START TO OFFER THEM YOUR POCKETS OR HOOD OF YOUR SWEATER TO SLEEP IN INSTEAD OF THEIR POUCH.​

TO OFFER THEM YOUR POCKETS OR HOOD PUT SOME OF YOUR GLIDERS FAVORITE TREATS INSIDE AND PRESENT THEM YOUR HOOD OR POCKETS STRAIGHT FROM THEIR POUCH AND THEY SHOULD GO RIGHT IN!

HOW TO KEEP YOUR GLIDER FROM JUMPING OFF OF YOU!

ONCE YOUR GLIDERS ARE STARTING TO COME UP ON YOU WHEN YOU HAND THEM YOUR HAND POCKET  HOOD OR EVEN JUST THE INSIDE OF YOUR SHIRT YOU CAN START TO TRAIN THEM NOT TO LEAVE YOUR BODY UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM PERMISSION. ​​

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ONCE THEY ARE ON YOU LET THEM CRAWL ALL OVER YOU. ​

- YOUR BEST BET IS TO WALK AROUND WHILE THEY ARE ACTIVE ON YOU. DOING SO WILL MAKE THEM LESS DARING TO WANT TO JUMP OFF OF YOU.

REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO WALK AROUND WITH A GLIDER ON YOUR BODY THAT IS NOT TRAINED TO NOT JUMP OFF OF YOU THAT YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE IN A GLIDER SAFE ROOM AS YOU WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO DROWN!!

IF THEY DO JUMP OFF OF YOU DON'T PANIC OFFER THEM A TREAT AND YOUR HAND TO COME BACK ON.​

IF YOUR GLIDER IS TOO FRIGHTEN TO COME BACK ON YOU OFFER THE GLIDER HIS OR HER POUCH AND TRY AGAIN LATER

IF YOU CONTINUE THIS PROCESS WITH TIME YOUR GLIDER WILL REALIZE THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO LEAVE YOUR BODY AND WILL GROW A STRONG BOND WITH YOU. YOUR GLIDER WILL SOON NO LONGER EVER WANT TO LEAVE YOUR SIDE!

WITH ROUTINE DEDICATION AND LOVE SOON YOU WILL HAVE A BOND WITH YOUR SUGIE THAT CAN NEVER BE BROKEN. YOUR GLIDERS WILL KNOW THEIR ROUTINE, HANG OUT IN YOUR POCKET AND NEVER LEAVE YOUR BODY.

GOOD LUCK!

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