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flipping glider
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05/17/05 10:58 PM
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i recently bought 4 adult gliders from a couple who have neglected them for the last 6 month. one of them climbs on a bar and constantly does back flips from the bar to the top of the cage to the bar again. is this normal or might she have spent a lot of time in a tiny cage and had no other way to get exercise?
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05/17/05 11:06 PM
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[:"green"]From my experience, the type of flipping you're describing is from exactly what you guessed - lack of space. Even if you put a wheel in the cage, she may not figure out what it's for or how to use it at first. You may need to put her in it a few times to get her used to the idea. As she gets used to her new, bigger home, the flipping will gradually stop & she'll start leaping across the cage instead... Congrats on your new (to you) gliders! & Welcome to GC <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hug2.gif" alt="" />
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05/17/05 11:09 PM
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LOL.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />. i've HEARD that they do that when they are in a small cage.. but i've got my 2 girls in a ? 3X2 ? 6 FT tall with a wheel and ropes and branches and they still do that (though the lady i got them from said that for the first.. i think year.. they were in a tiny what looks like a 18X18X24 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/upset.gif" alt="" />)
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05/17/05 11:16 PM
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thanks for the quick responses. i have only had them since sunday but im glad to hear that she may stop doing that.
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05/17/05 11:39 PM
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Mine are in a nice large cage and CiCi does flips. She also runs her wheel, rides the wheel while Dayla runs, plays with all the toys. Some are just acrobatic.
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05/18/05 07:00 AM
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My glider flips too - she has a wheel and toy and lots of space but for some reason she just like to flip!! She uses her wheel - have to admit she was scared of it for a while but she uses it now!! lol
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05/18/05 08:52 AM
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One of mine flips at times -- check out my movie gallery for video footage of it. She has a big cage and lots of toys and lots of outside-of-the-cage time, and she lives with her life partner <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />. I think she does it for fun.
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05/18/05 11:28 AM
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I used to be quite concerned as it's been labelled as stress related, but I certainly don't think that's necessarily the case, especially after reading about other people's gliders doing it.
Last edited by moorie999; 05/18/05 11:44 AM.
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I too have a flippy glider! Harley will flip and flip til the cows come home when we do tent time. Especially before she pounces on a newly released cricket! She crouches, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dance.gif" alt="" /> wiggles her little booty, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/multi.gif" alt="" /> does a few flips, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/multi.gif" alt="" />crouches and pounces. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dance.gif" alt="" /> It seems like it is almost a game with her. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yelclap.gif" alt="" />I love watching her go through her paces it's a hoot! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif" alt="" />
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when i watch her do the flips i dont get the feeling that it is something she does for fun. she has been completely neglected for the last 6 months. she seems kind of stressed and it seems like more of a thing she does to kind of escape reality or something. kind of like...if i keep flipping i dont have to think about anything else. i know that sounds dumb. but its the feeling i get from watching her. i really hope she will come out of it and learn to trust again and be happy
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i'm with you moorie.. it deffinately makes me feel better knowing that other's babies do it too.. oh, Goodness.. I LOVE this site <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/heartpump.gif" alt="" />!! LOL <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Mine do it too. sometimes superman and spiderman do it at the same time it looks like a glider flipping competition.
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05/21/05 10:35 AM
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ubulove, I'd trust your instincts. Although some gliders flip "for the fun of it", other gliders do flip because of stress.
I had a thought (surprise!), if she will take mealies from you, you might try interrupting the behavior by offering a mealie through the bars close to where she is flipping.
I've got a glider that whenever he gets scared, he runs in circles on the top of the cage -- if I offer a treat, he'll come to get it and stop his "circling."
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