In Reply to: A good story about some gliders I saw in a pet store!!! posted by Jess on March 11, 1999 at 17:08:35:

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: I have some good news everyone! I am visiting my aunt in New York, like 20
: minutes from my house and we went shopping and I told her I wanted to go into
: the petstore for 10 minutes to get something for Rooey, so I did. I walked in,
: and I see these cages with little sleeping pouches in them and I go, "No, it
: cant be!" But of course it was, and there was 2 female gliders and a male. So,
: I asked if they can be held and he let me! They were tame, hand raised sugar
: gliders. He feeds them fruit and veggies and special food w/ calcium and
: vitamins too. The only prob was that he didnt believe me that the male was a
: male. I had to point out the bald spot AND show him a book before he believed
: me. Its so nice to see a pet store who knows what they are doing! And they
: were even bonded to him. He was selling them for $175 ea, so that wasnt so far
: fetched. Well, ttyl!
: ~*Jess and Roo*~

How can this be a good story?
From everything I have learned (so far) I really didn't see anything good about that story. I'm not trying to start anything, but you said it was good to see a pet store that knew what they were doing, but yet they didn't even know what the sexes were? They are bonded to him and he is selling them? Isn't that a bit cruel to the gliders?
Sorry if I'm way off here, but I'm still learning, so if anyone has any opinions on this it would be great!
Thanks!
Michelle

Follow Ups:

• Re: Confused! Flyte 18:09:53 3/11/99 (2)
  • Re: Confused! Jess 20:18:28 3/11/99 (1)
    • Re: Confused! Marmalito 00:30:42 3/13/99 (0)