In Reply to: Just read this, all of you without a glider posted by please, hear my story on March 02, 1999 at 20:13:26:

I wish people would give thier names when they post messages. I guess this person must of thought he or she would get snapped at.. Wonder Why? LOL. As of now, I don't own a glider and I think this message offers a bit of warning. I too have helplessly fell in love with these cute creatures and desperately want one. I won't be able to get one however until I move into a new apartment with no pet restrictions. I think a lot of research helps avoid some of these problems along with a bit of patience. I don't know from the persons article how long after they were interested in a sugar glider did they go out and buy one. I am not putting this person down but if you seem to like something and then go and buy it the next day, you may be in for a letdown. I am not shure that you did this but I am saying that it takes some time for to make the right decision. Like me, I could run out and buy a cage and a sugarglider and keep it secretly in my apartment without anyone probably even knowing, but I don't want to do that. I am planning on building my own cage over the summer and getting all the other neccessary stuff (water bottle, pouches, toys,etc.) together to give my gliders the best possibly environment when they finally get here. I really want one bad but I am forcing myself not to act on impulse. I read through all the glider talk (except the junk) to know all the possible problems associated with their care. Also I am putting the neccessary money aside this summer to account for their expense which I understand may be a lot. For this reason I am tending to forego some of my other loved activities(golfing,skiing,etc.). I think if I can do this I am proving to myself that I really want one bad and I can set my mind to caring for them in the best way. I know this message is rather long but I wanted to express the importance of making an informed and timely decision. Like any other pets, with the exceptions of a few "wild ones" they are pretty much what you get out of them. I know this form experience. We used to own a Golden retriever puppy and at this time I was in middle/high school and I usually would work on my family's farm for a while in the afternoons. When the dog was small we could keep him in the house and would spend all night with him. His name was Chip by the way. As he grew he got too large for the house so we built an outside dog pen for him. We never had the time or really the knowledge to train him and every time you would go naer him he would jump. It was starting to get heartbreaking so we thought it would be in the dogs best interest to go to a better home so we gave him back to the breeder who kept him. My father got the puppy since he always wanted the dog and he rubbed some of that off onto me, but is was mostly his wanting. The moral of this story is that we had plenty of money and the right facilities to provide for the dog, but we neither had the knowledge or time to properly train and keep him. Sadly four years later the breeder said Chip died due to cancer. :( The same can happen with sugargliders( I am sure) . If you don't have the time or knowhow to care for them they are likely to be unruly, noisy, and possibly nasty little pets. However, I think they can be wonderful pets(from what I read) if cared for right. This is just my two cents, or rather more like two bucks.

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