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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:03 pm
by paigevolpe
So I got a sugar glider about a year ago and she was young and all was well we bonded perfect and she loved me she climbed in my pockets and came around with me all the time. Long story short the reason i got her was because my sister wanted one and she didnt take care of it so i did. for some reason after a few months my sister convinced me i wasn't taking care of her well and she had someone who wanted it and i agreed, biggest mistake. She convinced me i really treated it bad when really my glider loved me. the person i gave it to had two other ones girl and a boy and after a few weeks of this girl having my glider she decided it wasnt working out and that i needed to take her back. i was so happy! but i feel like something happened to her in that time, now shes scared of me and doesnt want to come near me and if i make any sudden movements she runs as if im trying to hurt her. please help me make her love me again, what do i do?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:28 am
by Cora
give her time. Her world has just been turned upside down again. let her get used to everything again.   Who knows what happened my guess is she is stressed and that can lead to illness.     In fact with all the stress she has been through you may want to get her a vet check with fecal, float and smear.   So sorry you are going to have to go through the bonding process again. gliders just should not be passed around like that.   Was the boy neutered?   

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:23 pm
by paigevolpe
I'm not sure If he was fixed or not. I feel like she was tormented while she was there because if I try to get near her she steps back looks terrified and runs away. Is it just that I need to do the whole bonding process again? Will she eventually remember me and be comfortable?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:32 pm
by Cora
Like you said we dont know what she went through. Sounds like she needs to trust again and thats going to take time (puts arm around you) dont take this the wrong way but she loved her and you gave her up and it is going to take a long time to trust again but when she does or if it *clicks* that she was yours once the bond will be stronger than ever and so worth it. Yes in my opinion you will need to start again. 

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:38 pm
by Cora
A tent would be good I get my pop up tent at genji.com.    That might help it along. just read a book and ignore her until she starts climbing around on you again.  Watch for baby bumps in her pouch.   You should be able to notice those when she is on the cage bars, if she is with joey/s.   Were her gliders grown, if so I would imagine they were a bonded pair and your girl was a third wheel cause she wasnt raised with them, that could have been ugly. But we will never know so all we can do is go forward....................keep us posted please!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:04 pm
by paigevolpe
I couldn't regret giving her away more. she was so fun to have around =) it was weird though, when i picked her back up from the girl to bring her home it was almost like she rememberd me because she was crabbing and then all of a sudden she stopped when she saw me. Do you say watch for baby bumps because she may be pregnant? I am pretty sure she kept them in seprate cages, just next to eachother. im gunna just take your advice and just love her and get her trust back.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:12 pm
by Cora
Oh cool, glad they were not housed together!