Games Gliders Play

Well, finally...the first post of 2012. The last three weeks have been a little crazy around here, and on top of it all the furry four haven't been all too inspiring.

I wrote recently about how one or more gliders moved three small stuffed animals off of the top of their cage over the course of the night. Over the past two weeks I've had numerous occasions to be up in the middle of the night and pass their cage.  The times have ranged from around midnight to 4:00 a.m., and each time the stuffed animals were laying on the floor.  I started placing them back on the top of the cage at these times, and sure enough, in the morning they were on the floor again.  They must certainly enjoy the challenge of working the stuffed animals across the top and off onto the floor.

Now, we think they may be up to some new "tricks' in the cage.  About a week ago M found their water bottle knocked out of its holder and emptied. This is the type of water bottle that feeds a small trough that they can drink from. We figured that perhaps we didn't have the water container set in the holder adequately, although we have never had that problem before. Well, since then it has happened two more times, and now I'm thinking one of the gliders sees this as a new game. The next move on our part will be to further fasten the water tube to the side of the cage with a twist tie to prevent it from being easily knocked out of the holder. We'll see how that goes.