In Reply to: I don't even have one but i have a few questions! posted by Rye on June 05, 1999 at 18:16:41:

: Ok, i am prepared to adopt a glider.

The main advise that I can give you is to research thoroughly all the positive and negative aspects of owning a glider. Than make a good educated decision before you purchase one or more. If you follow the links here and just start reading, get some good books, you will be on the road to finding out about these animals.
Then ask yourself some really tough questions like, am I willing to have a pet that needs loads of attention, and may live up to 15 yrs. Can I stand to be scratched and bitten.

What is a good cage height, length, and width?

a cage should be no smaller than, 18 x 18 x 24 (someone correct me if I am wrong)for one glider. The best cage size is to buy the largest one you can afford above the size mentioned.

Will the glider get a long with other animals(cat and dogs)

Some have had good experience with other animals and some have not. I would make sure that when I let the gliders out they are in a glider proof room safely away from the other animals. A cat is a cat always, and if you had dogs like mine, they wouldn't be safe either.
We always close our other animals out of the rooms when playing with our gliders.

and will it get along with another male glider. I think i am getting two males cause someone told me they smell and behave better. Is that true? Thats it for now.
no that is not always true, if you get tow males and want to house them together, you need to have them neutered. Otherwise as they reach adulthood they will fight for territory. I have found that my males are much more courious than my females and they like to explore. My females tend to be much more timid. Bopth of my pairs were adults when I got them. So if you are thinking of getting joeys, that may not be true at all, it will depend on the bond that you will make with them. As to the smell, the males have 3 scent marking glands. Head, chest and pinal area. The males will mark their territory. Most have come to the general concensous, that males smell more than females, unless they are neutered.

HOpe this helps....

JO

Later!
: Rye

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