Our male glider is constantly attempting to mate with the female-----sometimes she gets 'crabby' and shoos him away, but more often than not---I see them copulating.....
She just had one joey oop at the end of March, he's on solid food---we think she sped up the weaning process b'cos their may be another joey in her pouch. We have no intention of neutering, or moving the male to another cage---after all they are social creatures, and I don't think it would be fair to remove him from his family... But from what I have read they say the maximum amount of 'pairings' per year-----should be limited to between 2&3----Is this correct?
Wouldn't having joeys too often, one after another shorten her life span......Wouldn't it tax her body and stress her out too much.....Any information regarding this question would be helpful....Thanking you in advance....Vienna

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• Re: glider mating--should they be controlled vienna 11:07:33 5/02/99 (0)
• Re: glider mating--should they be controlled Thomas 15:00:06 5/01/99 (4)
  • 10 degrees isn't much considering Bourbon 04:41:22 5/02/99 (2)
    • Re: 10 degrees isn't much considering Thomas 13:53:08 5/02/99 (1)
      • No Problem Bourbon 16:44:03 5/02/99 (0)
  • I tend to agree with Thomas, why don't you want to neuter your male? It won't change him (well, except for the obvious). Good luck, n/m ~Q> cheri 17:19:56 5/01/99 (0)
• Re: glider mating--should they be controlled Thomas 14:59:56 5/01/99 (0)
• Re: glider mating--should they be controlled Bourbon 13:27:17 5/01/99 (0)
• Re: glider mating--should they be controlled Jo 09:24:02 5/01/99 (0)