hiding place
sleeping place
4 openings
for your suggies to run in and out or play peek-a-boo
sleeping place
4 openings
for your suggies to run in and out or play peek-a-boo
Friday, July 30, 2010
sleeping pouch lollipop edition
Choose your fav colour
purple applegreen blue pink
sorry, currently out of stock
waiting for next batch
stay tuned
titerope
Hang this titerope however you like
Straight down for your sugar glider to climb
or angled in the corner of the cage for them to walk across
sleeping pouch
This pouch is perfect for gliders coming home for the first time. Sugar gliders need a safe sleeping area to feel the trust and security from the beginning. Just hang the pouch open in the cage. Show your sugar glider where it is. Now prepare for lots of future games of peek-a-boo and know that your sugar glider is warm, safe and happy in a Sleeping Pouch.
Consider getting minimum two or three pieces of these products so you always have a clean one ready on pouch laundry day. Rotate Sleeping Pouch regularly to avoid infection.
Consider getting minimum two or three pieces of these products so you always have a clean one ready on pouch laundry day. Rotate Sleeping Pouch regularly to avoid infection.
6 introduction to make when you get home
Your Scent, Your Voice, Your Hand, Your Fingers, Your Face, Your Breath
Your SCENT
Place your new Sugar Glider into a pouch that you slept with, and add the blanket that he lived with up until pick-up day. ***See Hint Below***
Place your new Sugar Glider into a pouch that you slept with, and add the blanket that he lived with up until pick-up day. ***See Hint Below***
Your VOICE
Leave your new Glider in his cage for 3 days undisturbed other than feeding & talking to him. On day 4, you can hold him in his pouch. If he crabs, comfort him by pressing the pouch against your body. You can start out talking gently & quietly then work up to the voice that you would like to use regularly.
Your HAND
When you’re able to hold the pouch with only intermittent crabbing . You can introduce him to your hand. Hold the pouch in your lap and place your entire hand in the pouch. It is very important to Be Deliberate as slowly "sneaking in" can scare a joey into thinking that you are a predator. Keep your hand there as long as you like. He will curl up next to or in your hand & fall asleep. ***See Note Below***
Your FINGERS
Now is a good time to offer treats. Ideally, you should hold the treat for him while he’s eating it. This will create trust very quickly. A 1/2 grape is ideal because a joey can spend 5 minutes eating it while you hold it for him. Continue talking to your Glider.
Your FACE
Start to coax him to inch out of his pouch gradually. A treat works best. Gliders are very intelligent - you’ll notice that he’ll look at you, at your hair, everything around him, and he will look you right in the eyes. A Glider will remember your face. Gliders are very aware. Their ears are like little radars.
Your BREATH
Now that your Glider is used to you in every other way, try talking to him closer to your face, and exhale a lot when you do it. Once you can do this without your Glider crabbing at you, You have created a strong bond. If you keep it up, YOU will mean the world to your Glider. Enjoy your new friend!
***HINT: Before you bring your Glider home, add some small “blankets” &/or Pouch to your bed, so you have something safe to offer that your new Glider will associate you.
***NOTE: If at any point he exit’s the pouch, this means he needs to eliminate. Place him into a container that he can’t get out of until he’s finished - this will take several minutes. I use a small aquarium for this. Most Gliders freeze in one spot until finished. When she starts to move around again, he’s done and you can show him the pouch & he’ll climb right back in.
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