The First Four Weeks

Foehn's injured "hand" is healing well. If you didn't know what happened you could not tell by the way she has been climbing and running around. She and CB spent time spinning on the wheel tonight and Foehn was back to her old self, at least in regard to activity.

In all of the "excitement" around Foehn's injury several days ago, the mark of their first month with us sort slipped by. They both have come a long way in that time. CB has always been a little more tolerant and laid back. In some respects he has not come as far as Foehn, but partly because he didn't have as far to go. They both have have become much more trusting, and every day Foehn seems to be taking another step. Last week with her injury she let us examine her and treat her without crabbing or making a fuss. After the initial injury M held her for three hours, and Foehn was content to stay with her that long. We can easily reach into their pouch and pet them without crabbing or pulling away. In fact, if Foehn is crabbing she tends to calm down when we do so. Tonight was fun in the tent. For the first time she came to me for a yogurt treat. I was sitting in the tent holding treat in my hand while she was in the pouch. She saw me with the treat and scampered out of the pouch, up on my leg, and took it gently from my fingers. We did this a couple of times, and then CB poked his head out figuring he was missing something. He finally came around and crawled out but had to be coaxed a bit. He did eventually climb up my leg for another piece, but not with the enthusiasm of his sister! After all, we probably interrupted his nap time.

Play time tonight only lasted about an hour. After spinning on the wheel for a while (do gliders get dizzy??), they both crawled back in their pouch and we moved them to their cage for the night.