Sugar Bears and Bonding

   
   
 
As babies, many Sugar Bears bite and cry, even to the point of seeming aggression. These little handfuls are sometimes considered incorrigible and their new owners stop playing with them. This is the biggest mistake a new pocket pet owner can do. Your little Sugar Bear is most likely not mean. He absolutely does not hate you no matter how much to the contrary it may seem to you.

It is very important to realize that no matter what you may have read from sources online, not all Sugar Bears bond at the same rate. While it is true that the majority of Sugar Bears become instantly bonded to their new owners, some can take months!

If your new pocket pet is one of the hold outs, don’t give up on your little tough guy. Persistence and gentle handling no matter how upset or ‘aggressive’ he may seem will win the day. Keep picking up your Sugar Bear and handling them at every chance.

The only real way to insure your Sugar Bear does not bond with you ever is to completely stop handling him. There is a tendency to want to put a glove on your hand before picking up your diminutive toughie. That is a big mistake as the main way a Sugar Bear learns to bond with you is through smell.

If he can only smell the glove he won’t bond. There is a method you can use to pick up your Sugar Bear if he is awake and acting like he is going to rip into your hand if you put it in his cage and that is to take his beloved pouch and turn it inside out in with your hand inside it. Reach in and grab your screaming, crying little devil and turn the pouch back right side out around him. No matter what—don’t give up. He’ll soon become an adoring pet for years
to come.