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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1406724
01/25/17 10:20 AM
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This morning Jabberwinky started barking around 4:30am and Would. Not. Stop.

I try not to respond to middle of the night barking most of the time because I don't want her to train me that easily, but I was concerned that something could be wrong when it went on for so long. So I went down to the cage and she kept it up, then Yoda joined in for a minute, but mostly it was just Jabber and her endless barking. I got out my little head lamp and shined it around the cage to see if anything was amiss. Nothing looked odd, but the light did cause Jabber to crawl into a pouch (while still barking).

I tried singing to calm her, but I have a cold right now and no voice to speak of (or speak with). I took her pouch out of the cage and cuddled/pet her until the barking stopped. Then - quicker than my sleep-deprived wits could respond - she bolted out of the pouch and went to hide behind the couch. (There goes any hope I had of going back to bed.)

So on with the overhead lights, and I put out a couple more of her favorite pouches with treats on them to lure her out. Another hour and some later... I finally managed to scoop her up in a fleece and get her back into the cage. No more barking, but by now it's time for me to "wake up".

She's lucky she's so cute, y'know...? wink


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1406727
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" Listen to the song of my people, I have a story I must tell..." Lol!

I'm glad you found her... Mine bark a lot... A LOT! So much in fact that hubby and I can sleep through it, kinda. They will wake me, but I can go back to sleep with the bark going on.

I used to get up, check the house. But no more. We travel with work and drag a 5th wheel RV sometimes. It takes them a bit to get used to new noises. Mine will bark at the wind blowing, rain dripping on the bathroom vent, shadows that move. They are a curious lot, and will even be your alarm clock if it goes off and you snooze it too many times...


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1406730
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I can feel you pain, Gwyn gets on a rant too in the wee hours of the morn.


- Hutch

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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1406748
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LOL Dawn! Yes, she was certainly determined to finish telling her story.

I've got one that barks, and one that bites. Nice to have a variety, I suppose. wink I can't even imagine how much more fun you have with four of these cute little monsters, Hutch!


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1406749
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Cue Toby Keith:
"We've got biters...
We've got barkers...
Lazy Roy-als
& Spooked ones..."


- Hutch

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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Hutch] #1406782
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Originally Posted By: Hutch
Cue Toby Keith:
"We've got biters...
We've got barkers...
Lazy Roy-als
& Spooked ones..."


Ok, Hutch keep writing I want to read the rest of the lyrics.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Feather] #1406789
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Originally Posted By: Feather
Ok, Hutch keep writing I want to read the rest of the lyrics.
Kimberley, Challenge Accepted

I didn't want to steer this thread too far off topic... my own, that's okay, lol


- Hutch

:grey: Morgana (11/15)


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407035
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Morning play time has been going very well, especially with that second big tapestry that I just hung beside their cage. They love scampering all over it, and take advantage of the height as a great launching pad.

This morning Yoda finally managed to tip over one of my houseplants, which went tumbling to the floor, glider and all. He quickly leaped onto a nearby chair and started barking. I've never heard him bark before! Yoda is truly the strong silent type, and I haven't heard anything more than a squeaky sniffle out of him since our first week together, so that was very surprising.

He didn't appear injured (and I've seen him take much harder falls before when he missed a landing), so I think maybe he just scared himself? I talked softly to him and encouraged him to jump to me, and he quieted down pretty quickly.

They have a new favorite sleeping spot, which is an old cat bed that my kitty never liked. It is closed at one end and basically serves as a really big plush pouch, which I have sitting on a very high shelf. When I turn on the lights to signal the end of morning play time each day, Yoda heads right for the mega pouch. Jabberwinky likes to take a few more laps around the room before she settles down, but then she happily joins her brother.

I'm currently looking for work and I get to spend a lot of time at home, so I just let them sleep outside of the cage in their mega pouch for most of the day. It's very accommodating for cuddle time, since my whole arm fits in there with them. And when I need to leave the house I just move them into a pouch in the cage, with no more fuss than a few blinky confused looks about the change of scenery. smile


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407135
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Jabberwinky gave me a wake-up call again this morning, and I went downstairs to check things out. She was hopping around the cage barking, while Yoda was sitting stock still on a shelf and staring straight forward. He didn't move or respond when I reached in to gently pet him. (Is that what a seizure looks like?)

I tried to give Winky a gentle pet as well, but she backed away (still barking) when I reached my hand out. I decided to just let her cry it out (the Fur-ber Method?) and I went back to bed, closing the latch on the cage after confirming two furry bodies contained inside.

I was quite surprised when I went back downstairs 90 minutes later to find Yoda jumping to me from outside of the still-locked cage! (And for the Amazing Yodini's next trick...)

I don't know if he managed to sneak out during my earlier visit, but I could have sworn they were both in there when I went back to bed, and the door was still latched when I came back. Maybe he finally discovered how to open one of the slide-up food doors that I have left unsecured until now.

Or maybe he was "playing possum" up on the shelf, just watching and waiting for his chance to make a break for it. I can totally see Winky collaborating with that plan, providing a distraction with her barking. Yes, I think that must be it. They've started strategizing against me...


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407141
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As far at the possible seizure, was he also drooling as he was staring ahead?

I had three gliders out last night, not good in this apartment.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407143
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I didn't notice any drool. He was just totally still, which is a very unusual condition at that time of night. He was as enthusiastic as always at play time, a short while later.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407145
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I have seen our gliders do that, one will be barking the other is just sitting there and doesn't move. They blink and such, but don't move until the other one that is barking stops.

I've never paid attention to drooling or anything like that though.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407146
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Mine sometimes 'freeze' when another is barking, so it may not be a seizure. Worried me the first few times I saw it, too.

Melin has seizures. Some additional signs:
- Body locks up. Not just frozen, but rigid.
- Drool
- Uncontrollable/violent spasms. (Yes, it can happen with the rigidity)
- Strong, full body vibrations (stronger than "morning shakes")

Afterwards, the exhaustion leaves him so weak he can't even cling to me.

I hope that helps.


- Hutch

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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Hutch] #1407158
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Lol, sneaky, sneaky.

As for the freeze episode while jabberwinky was barking isn't so abnormal.

I do recommend securing those sliding doors though just in case.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407162
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Hutch does have a point, gliders will freeze when one is barking. The one barking is warning the colony of something and they all freeze to protect themselves from a predator.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407166
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Thanks for all the feedback on the possible seizure. (Hutch, that sounds awful to witness and I'm so sorry that Merlin goes through it!) It does sound like Yoda displayed the natural freezing behavior more than anything I need to worry about.

For about an hour after they woke last night, I sat and just watched them playing in their cage. Everything was normal and nobody tried to make a break for it. I went to bed after assuring that both doors were closed and locked, but I did not yet secure the food doors. They had never shown any awareness that the food doors move, so I wasn't convinced that that was last night's escape route.

I woke in the middle of the night and decided to check to make sure both critters were still in the cage. I opened my bedroom door and felt an odd movement at my foot. Turning on the light, I find Yoda scampering into my room! (He never managed to climb the stairs before, so I'm sure that was a new adventure.)

So Yoda jumps to me and we go back downstairs while I convince him to go back into the cage. Then I zip-tied all of the food doors and headed back upstairs to bed. It was less than a minute before I heard the telltale *plop* of a furry little body hitting the floor outside the cage again. (d'oh!)

Back downstairs I went to more closely examine the cage to find the Amazing Yodini's trap door. The cage is in a corner, and one of the wall-facing sides had a food door that I missed, which was hanging open by about an inch, giving Yoda the perfect exit.

OK, now ALL doors are secured and I finally went back to bed. They were both still contained when I went to let them out for playtime this morning. smile


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407170
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Poor guys can't come visit you at night anymore!


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407173
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It's awesome that he came to find you!

I didn't realize how good their tracking scent was untill Dot came in our room one morning, running around the edge of the bed as if saying " Hey! Wake up! I am unsupervised! And I am free!" Scared the bejesus out of me...


Dawn

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Trust your journey....

Grace :bb:

Ruby :grey:

Mom :grey:

Dad :grey:




Fiona, Dot and Stewie :rbridge: wish I could turn back time... Miss you

Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407174
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When Arthur use to escape my first cage (never figured out how 100%), he came up my stairs to my bedroom a couple of times. Such a goober.


- Hutch

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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407179
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I did feel kinda warm and fuzzy that he came looking for me, and was then content to ride on my shoulder. (He usually just races around on me.)

LOL, Dawn! I had a similar thought, that I was happy that he hadn't crawled onto me while I was sleeping, because I would probably flail first and ask questions later with an unknown "something" waking me up...


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407183
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Oh there was quite a story...

It ends with hubby comando jumping out of bed looking for a shirt before he investigates what the heck it was... At 4am.


Dawn

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Trust your journey....

Grace :bb:

Ruby :grey:

Mom :grey:

Dad :grey:




Fiona, Dot and Stewie :rbridge: wish I could turn back time... Miss you

Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407192
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LOL For some reason it's always 4am, isn't it?


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407293
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No good thing lasts forever! Gone is their habit of curling up together in one big pouch as soon as I turn the lights on to conclude morning play time. It was nice while it lasted.

Yoda has become very attached (literally) to my coat tree. It is draped with all sorts of stuff that is easy to climb and smells like me. Not to mention all of the sleeves, hoods, and pockets to explore! Honestly, who wouldn't want to hang out in such a wonderland?

This morning I hadn't even turned on the light when I noticed Yoda crawl into his favorite coat pocket for the day. (Sadly, he won't stay in the pocket for long if I put the coat on, but we'll work on that.) But Winky was still ready to party, and she kept running around for another 30 minutes before settling into her favorite box in the cage. (She was not at all interested in joining Yoda in the pocket.)

Letting Yoda sleep in the pocket for the morning gives me the opportunity to interact when he's sleepy (no bites!), transferring him by bare hand from pocket to cage later in the day. The other evening he was sleeping so soundly when I moved him that I just sat with him cupped to my chest for about an hour. That was our first snuggle without a pouch. smile


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407423
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Over the last couple of weeks both of my gliders have developed an obsession with chewing on my terrycloth bathrobe. I usually wear the robe for our out-of-cage play time since it does so well at protecting against claw scratches, and provides a forgiving landing pad while they're still learning to target their leaps.

It started with the knot of the belt tie. As soon as they get out of their cage, both furry bodies park themselves at my waist and start gnawing on the belt knot as if their lives depend on it. No amount of "tsk", "fsst", or "no" of varying volumes can distract their attention. No other chew toy - not their favorite houseplant, not the tapestries, not eucalyptus leaves - can tempt them away from the terrycloth once they're fixated.

It doesn't seem to matter if the robe is freshly washed (unscented detergent) or liberally scented with "eau de glider", so I don't think it's the taste/smell that draws them. They don't obsessively chew like this when they're in the cage.

They aren't trying to bite ME as far as I can tell, but those wicked bottom teeth of theirs sometimes penetrate through the thick material to my skin. They haven't drawn blood this way, but I certainly do squeak and jump when I'm startled with the needle poke of sharp little teeth in my rear end.

I suppose I should just consider myself fortunate that they haven't broken my skin for a while, and wait for this new obsession to run it's course...


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407435
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Gliders like to untie knots. I am speaking from experience here, there have been many a toy with beads that I have had to restring.


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I think maybe all this attention towards chewing the terrycloth has distracted Yoda from chomping on my fingers. It's been a couple of weeks since he's drawn blood, and I'm hoping that phase is well and truly passed now.

Yesterday I overslept a little and came down for morning play time about 40 minutes later than usual. They were already in their pouch, and when I went to peek inside Winky gave me such a talking to! She was crabbing, but just a low grumbling noise to let me know that I was not in her good graces. Her message was clearly more "where were you?" than "go away!", so I sat down with the pouch on my chest for a while to see if they would come out.

Of course, Yoda was first to stick his nose out, sniffling all the while. (I swear, he must have the lungs of a humming bird to keep up the pace of his constant sniffing.) Winky stopped grumbling and came out to play for a few minutes as well. They do love a strict daily routine, but it's nice to know that it doesn't take log to forgive me if I get off schedule. smile



And I figured out how to add video! Once I was actually able to capture these little maniacs in action. wink

http://vid44.photobucket.com/albums/f13/stefwarren/WP_20170227_06_56_26_Pro_zpsubbbgjwp.mp4

http://vid44.photobucket.com/albums/f13/stefwarren/WP_20170217_06_27_38_Pro_zpsavghs4ww.mp4




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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407570
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Most days Yoda and Winky curl up happily together to sleep. Yesterday, Yoda curled up in his favorite coat pocket outside of the cage, but Winky was determined to sleep in a cage pouch. OK, no problem.

Around 4pm I started to hear motion in the cage, and I found that Winky had climbed out of her pouch (unheard of for the middle of the day with no disturbance from me) and was clinging to the side of the cage in apparent terror. She was stock still and firmly attached to the bars. No amount of gentle encouragement would convince her to move or loosen her grip.

Then I offered a yoggie, which got her attention immediately. OK great, so she's not catatonic. But she was still staring at me with utter terror in her eyes, even as she chomped on the yoggie. I think she just woke up alone and confused, and felt like something wasn't right in her world with Yoda missing.

By this time, I had brought Yoda back to the cage to comfort her. But being the middle of the day, his only priority was going back into a pouch. Without even a glance at Winky, he crawled into the pouch that she had recently vacated and then settled down quickly.

After the yoggie, Winky made her way to the floor of the cage to hide under/behind the wheel. I gave her some alone time with the hopes that she'd relax and go join Yoda in the pouch on her own, but she was still cowering in the corner when I came back to check on her 30 minutes later.

I didn't want to scare her any worse by taking away the shelter of the wheel, but I also suspected that she wasn't going to calm down until she was curled up with Yoda. I took the chance and moved the wheel out of the cage, which caused her to start climbing upwards toward the pouch. She shied away when I offered my hand, but slowly made her own way into the pouch with Yoda, where she quietly slept until their usual wake time hours later.

This morning I wasn't taking any chances with them sleeping apart. I tried to convince Yoda to sleep in the cage, but he kept going back to the coat pocket. Winky kept going back to the cage, but I finally convinced her into the coat pocket with her brother, where they are now both content.

I think they might be a little spoiled. LOL wink

Ah, well. I won't be unemployed forever, so I might as well take advantage of all this free time to love on my furry babies while I can. smile


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407715
03/09/17 11:26 AM
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We all know how much gliders love chewing on knots, but did you know that long hair is a close second when it comes to chewing preferences?

I have long curly hair, which the gliders LOVE to grab and chew on if I leave it down, so I always twist my hair up in a clip for play time. But now, they discovered the joy of clamping onto my head and chewing my up-do for all they're worth.

It was Winky that planted herself on my head this morning, and would not be persuaded to jump off for any reason. I wasn't really enjoying the sharp-toothed scalp massage and tried desperately to encourage her to focus her attentions on other favorite toys, but she wasn't having it. I have learned through experience that trying to move a glider away from a chewing obsession with my bare hands just results in getting my hands chewed, so all I could really do was hope she got bored quickly. wink

We don't see a lot of this in America, but have you ever noticed the extremely fancy and elaborate hats sometimes worn by women of the British monarchy? They're called "fascinators" and are often adorned with feathers, flowers, and at one point in history even included live birds caged in the hairdo.

I now have a sugar glider fascinator that I can wear to impress my friends. Sure, I may end up with lacerations all over my scalp, but it's the price we pay for high fashion, right? wink


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407733
03/10/17 03:06 PM
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Just be careful that your long hair doesn't wrap around a little finger or foot and cut off the circulation.


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Re: Tales of Jabberwinky and Yoda [Re: Stef333] #1407753
03/11/17 12:50 PM
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Thanks, Kim! I honestly prefer to keep them off my head and out of my hair entirely, but I'll keep that danger in mind.


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