Hi!
Been a while since i've been posting here. But we've got our suggies since september and still have trouble bonding with them.
Have to say, the start went quite well and we're able to touch/pet them when they're in the cage. They even seem to be screaming for more attention while they're in the cage and you walk by
Whatever we do they don't crab but we cannot put our hand in the pouch because of Elmo freaking out and lunging at me (giving him candy this way is a different story)
To give a short summary of their characters, Kiwi is the female shy one that stresses alot even though she's only thinking about getting out of the cage. But she is the one that is easiest to pet and wants the most interaction. Elmo is the male curious one that likes to get out of the cage as fast as possible but does not want to be picked up or touched while he's out of the cage.
The moment we let them out of the cage they generally show no interest in us or candy. You're not able to pet them and they don't come even near us. Last night they spend 2hrs mostly sitting around instead of running but getting them back in to the cage was a fulltime job. They couldn't be coerced to come back to their cage with candy or sweet fruity food. Eventually Kiwi jumped on my girlfriend and could be tricked in to entering the cage but we had to move Elmo with laundry basket and all to the cage.
I'm starting to wonder if we're doing something wrong or forgetting some steps in getting them to bond better to us.
Right now we're using a blanket with our scent in their pouch, walking around with the pouch, feeding them small daytime treats and letting them run in the room. If someone has tips/tricks for us to turn this in to a better bond and more suggie interaction i would gladly hear it!
