Bonding Questions

How do you know when your glider has really bonded to you?

Is there specific behavior that you should see from them?

I have seen several people talk about their gliders grooming them. What exactly does this mean?

grooming is when they start grooming you like they would with another glider. some gliders do it some dont. you will just know when your bonded with them and bonding is different with each glider.
you will kinda know when they start comming to see you on their own and not being scared. my boys loved me from day one but that is different then bonding i had to still work with them.
i think bonding never really stops, its something you work on their whole life.

I had and interesting experience during our first tent time this week. Snappy was running all over me and then she went around to my back and started combing my hair with her front paws. My 7 year old was watching and said it was the funniest thing she had ever seen. I wondered if that was her trying to groom me.

She came from my best friend's mom and so she was bonded to my friend as well. When I first got her she wouldn't let me handle her, but would jump right to my friend every time. Last week my friend was here while I had her out and when my friend held out her hand, Snappy ran up my arm away from her. I felt like we had crossed a major hurdle that day.

Yep, definately progress! Mine have no problem going to other family members but I am their mama and they will come back to me every time.

And yes, you were being groomed, but they will also do it to your skin. It almost feels like they are biting but they aren't. They usually start of licking you, then they begin scraping their teeth along your skin. Some can get aggressive and their grooming can be a bit painful. I just nudge 'em away when they do that. They'll either stop or move to a new spot. They also like oddities..... moles, hangnails, rough patches of skin.

haha, cute story during tent time!

Now you don't have to comb it yourself!

sharonjean wrote:

Now you don't have to comb it yourself!

LOL If only I could teach her to comb all of it and leave it alone. She likes to comb it and then run on my head to mess it up.

LOL If only I could teach her to comb all of it and leave it alone. She likes to comb it and then run on my head to mess it up.[/quote]

Well what fun would it be if your hair didn't look like a glider nest?