Posted By: sugarfluff
If you're happy and you know it... - 09/23/16 08:41 PM
How do you know if a glider is happy or not?
When reading about their sounds, sometimes it seems that a glider sound can mean different things. Barking= scared, heads up or just talking. Hissing= come here or leave me be! etc... so is it safe to assume that if a glider is making that very little popping click sound they are happy or content?
The reason I ask is because my little Buttercup has acted a little off the last couple nights. We are still bonding, she doesn't usually act first for attention, meaning it takes some coaxing on the human side for her to start socializing. She will take food from fingers, run around on you, sometimes allows being held. She has only approached the cage door once for me, usually I need to offer her a yoggie to come closer and some of the time she runs and hides to eat, sometimes she stays close. I thought she was getting over the running and hiding the last week or so but the last 2 nights she doesn't want much to do with us humans. She will act timid or scared or sad like and go off to a corner. But also if she does come out and you get to hold her or even her in the pouch, she clicks/pops. So is she scared or happy or what?
Let me add that we are also slowly adding a retired pair (M&F) to her cage so she can have glider friends. Right now they are separated, we have pouch swapped a few times, and now the 2 cages are touching with them all able to touch through the bars for a few supervised hours a night. She and the neutered male seem interested in each other they each look and play through the bars, last night she either gave him or he took her yoggie through the bars. They seem to be getting along great so far but havent had any uncaged interaction.
Overall she has just seemed a little off/sad. Do you think she wants more interaction with humans or gliders? Does this just happen periodically? Her sounds say shes happy/content, shes just not as active and hides a bit more. I'm just not sure, am I being paranoid?
Also, what do you recommend as the next step into getting all of them into the same cage?
I'll gladly answer questions and encourage all feedback.
When reading about their sounds, sometimes it seems that a glider sound can mean different things. Barking= scared, heads up or just talking. Hissing= come here or leave me be! etc... so is it safe to assume that if a glider is making that very little popping click sound they are happy or content?
The reason I ask is because my little Buttercup has acted a little off the last couple nights. We are still bonding, she doesn't usually act first for attention, meaning it takes some coaxing on the human side for her to start socializing. She will take food from fingers, run around on you, sometimes allows being held. She has only approached the cage door once for me, usually I need to offer her a yoggie to come closer and some of the time she runs and hides to eat, sometimes she stays close. I thought she was getting over the running and hiding the last week or so but the last 2 nights she doesn't want much to do with us humans. She will act timid or scared or sad like and go off to a corner. But also if she does come out and you get to hold her or even her in the pouch, she clicks/pops. So is she scared or happy or what?
Let me add that we are also slowly adding a retired pair (M&F) to her cage so she can have glider friends. Right now they are separated, we have pouch swapped a few times, and now the 2 cages are touching with them all able to touch through the bars for a few supervised hours a night. She and the neutered male seem interested in each other they each look and play through the bars, last night she either gave him or he took her yoggie through the bars. They seem to be getting along great so far but havent had any uncaged interaction.
Overall she has just seemed a little off/sad. Do you think she wants more interaction with humans or gliders? Does this just happen periodically? Her sounds say shes happy/content, shes just not as active and hides a bit more. I'm just not sure, am I being paranoid?
Also, what do you recommend as the next step into getting all of them into the same cage?
I'll gladly answer questions and encourage all feedback.