Still Working at It

It's been four weeks since my last post, but September has been a busy month in this household. Nevertheless we have continued our efforts to get all of our gliders together. There hasn't been a lot of change since the last post, but I don't think we've taken any steps backward. We have made a number of adjustments to the play time routine. On one night CB, Rossby, and Foehn play together, and on alternate nights Foehn gets put back in the cage and Sprite stays with the boys. Foehn was getting too aggressive trying to get at Sprite and we were really worried one of them would get hurt. With the current arrangement we can continue to work on the CB/Sprite relationship. When Foehn started her chasing it got all of them riled up and everyone was on edge the rest of the time.

About a week ago the zipper on the tent we use for playtime broke and since then I have been using one or our bathrooms for this (a replacement tent is on the way). Until recently they have all been pretty quiet. They would come out of the pouch after their mealworms and run around and explore for a few minutes, then go back in the pouch or crawl under the tarp and nap.  They have been much more active the last two nights. Except, that is, for CB. He has, for the most part, preferred to remain in the pouch and arrange his blankets. He pulls them into the pouch around him and arranges them to his liking, and eventually settles down for a nap. A few days ago the normally active Rossby raced through the pouch (it was on the floor) undoing all of CB's work. CB came out and pulled all of the blankets back in around him. A few minutes later, Rossby did them same thing. CB looked out at me as if to say "Really??"

Tonight CB came out for a a few minutes, but then retreated to the pouch to arrange his blankets for a nap. I checked on him later and there he was, with his tail around his head trying to sleep.

"Can't a guy get some sleep around here?"