Let's Bond

Many new sugar gliders owners, and even older ones, want to know the secret to bonding with  their babies. There are so many different ways, so many different opinions and so many different styles. There is tent time where you actually set up a tent and climb in with the glider and let them jump around the tent and all over you to get used to you. There is bathtub time where you actually put the glider in the bathtub (no water of course), sit there and pet them and play with them. There is the bonding pouch which most everyone knows, you put the glider in a little pouch and where it around your neck for several hours throughout the day. I'm sure there are other methods but these are the most common (or ones that I have seen and heard most commonly anyway).
The problem with all these different methods is that no two gliders are the same and no two gliders have the same personality. The other problem is gliders have their own time frame on when they want to do things, you can't make a glider bond with you when you want them to. Trust me on this one, I have had Henry for almost a year now and have done everything I can possibly think of, including begging him, to get him to bond with me. Although he is doing a lot better, we are still not quite there yet.  If you want the best advice anyone can give you, LISTEN UP!
SPEND TIME WITH THEM!! I don't care how you do it. I don't care if you walk circles around your house for three hours straight while letting them climb and run all over you. It doesn't matter if you do tent time or bathtub time or whatever your method is. Simply spend time with them. Talk to them so they know your voice, sing to them (they don't care if you are good or not 😄, pet them, give them treats from your hand. Let them crawl on you. Let them investigate you. When they feel completely comfortable with you, then and only then, will they start to bond with you. It really is that simple. 
As most of us know, some gliders take longer than others and the amount of time can vary depending on your glider. Don't stick with just one thing, like the bonding pouch, because it may not work. Try different things with them. As long as you are spending time with them, that's really what counts. 
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