Me: "What?"
"Satan."
My glider is evil. Seriously. I'm beginning to understand why there are websites suggesting that gliders should not be kept as domesticated pets.
But, a little late for that. He's here, and I'm thinking I'll at least take better care than someone else might. I've had my glider about two weeks or so. The first couple of days, I just let him be. Then I started to try to warm him up to me by giving him honey. It seemed to be going well: he would lick my fingers and come back for more.
But then we started backtracking in a major way. He'd lick and then bite my fingers. I've been trying really hard to just keep my fingers there so he doesn't train me. But that doesn't work. He doesn't just bite- he GNAWS. Then I think he's going to stop because he's let go- and he just lunges after my fingers again and attacks them. It hurts. I can only take so much. It's gotten worse instead of better. Now if he even sees fingers, he lunges in for the attack- and yes, he attacks- it's not just show.
I've put my worn shirts in his cage to help him get used to my scent. I bought a couple of pouches for him. The goal was to carry him around with me so we could bond. He seems to ALWAYS be awake. It doesn't take much to wake him up- and if he's awake, he doesn't want to be in the pouch- not if the pouch is being held. He crabs.
I'm scared of taking him out of the cage. I know he's just generally terrified. He's constantly shaking. Whatever steps forward we make, I'm scared that if I let him out- then when I go to get him back in, I'm just going to freak him out even more. I know he's got to be going stir crazy, and I want him to come out, but I don't want to have to deal with the negativity of getting him back in the cage.
I'd like to get him a companion, but I don't want to do so until he and I are friends.
I researched these little guys A TON. I wasn't prepared for this, though. Any help?