Little Ninja Ladies

Well, our 7 yr old ladies are quite easily annoyed when inside their pouch. They are by no means "pouch protective" in that they do not fear you putting your hand in their pouch, or touching it. They are more the "leave us alone we are not in the mood for you" kind of annoyed.

Gliders who get scared are said to do a ninja stance. That is, they stand on their hind legs, crab (their mad noise, which is surprisingly loud for such a little animal), and thrust their little fisted hands toward the thing they fear. We never really noticed this with Foehn and CB.  Foehn surely did it while zipped in the bonding pouch early on, but, we were so afraid of them jumping out and running away that we never really opened the pouch to get a look. But, Virga will do this if I continue to look in their sleeping pouch once they have let me know they are not interested in seeing me. The first time, it took me by surprise and I just had to laugh. Here are these little 5 inch animals that weigh as much as a napkin, laying on their back, crabbing and sort of baring their teeth, with their little hands in a tight fist, threatening me! Usually, once Virga starts, Cirrus joins in, in a form of solidarity, I suppose.

So, here are two little creatures, trying to look vicious, and all you want to do is rub their tummies and pet them on their heads. Now, this is by no means an empty threat. They can and do lunge in a strike that carries a bite which can be quite surprising as well as painful. It is difficult to get a good picture of our "Ninja Ladies", but, if you look closely, you can see Virga's little fists, ready to get me. That is, until she realizes it's Kiefer and meal worm time. Then, we are good friends!  -M-