I've posted before about having trouble getting two gliders to
bond. That was two months ago, and there is still no headway at all.
They are two female gliders. Gina is a year and a half. Jeff is eight months old. (Jeff is female.) Both are well
bonded to me. Their cages are very close together (though not within reaching distance).
This is what I've done so far:
1) Quarenteened Jeff for the thirty days after I brought her home.
2) Put Jeff's cage right next to Ginas.
3) Waited a week before trying to introduce them.
4) Switched their
pouches every other night.
5) First introductions: Gina chased Jeff around the spare bathroom (which neither of them had ever been in before) for a good few minutes, trying to grab her. Jeff did NOT stop running the whole time, so I returned them both to their cages.
6) I didn't try introductions for a while, but continued switching thier
pouches every other night.
7) Next introduction--I tried using vanilla extract this time. No luck.
I've been doing this since JANUARY--switching
pouches every other night, introductions with vanilla extract about once a week. Gina chases Jeff, Jeff runs and runs.
I modified one of my
bonding tank tops so that it has two separate
pouches with snaps across the top. On the weekends, I wear them both in it. Last weekend, Gina poked her head out as I was snapping Jeff's side, and Jeff popped her head up, too, and Gina BIT Jeff in the face. It was terrible. So I know Gina's not just eager to play--she's attacking.
I spend a good hour and a half in the bathroom every night with each of them (which adds up to about three hours or more a night in the bathroom), but I don't know if I can take it anymore. My room bedroom is glider proofed, but I can't let either of them out in there because they both are drawn to the other's cage and then there's chasing and crabbing and just general STRESS for them AND me.
I'm starting to dread night time, now. I need HELP. Maybe I just need encouragement. Last time I posted, it didn't seem like anyone else had had a glider who just wouldn't
bond with a new glider. Am I the only one with this problem? What do I DO?
Thank you so much.