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Subject: Re: Teens Make GREAT Glider Owners ~ My Story (long)
Posted by Brandon on July 02, 1998 at 12:48:12:

In Reply to: Teens Make GREAT Glider Owners ~ My Story (long) posted by Jessica Roo The Loved Sugar Glider Who Has A Great Home on July 01, 1998 at 11:42:33:

: Okay, I am a teen, I am 13. And I would like to say that one day, before I had even know about gliders, I was walking around in a bookstore, saw a exotic pet magazine, picked it up and flipped the pages, and right there staring at me was this weird little animal called a sugar glider. I didnt know what to make of it, but from the very first moment I knew I needed to get one, but my chances werent very good with my parents, but I would prove that I could do it. So, first thing I did was go on the Internet and look up Sugar Gliders, I read and printed every available thing on sugar gliders, good and bad. Then I memerized it. I found sugarglider.com and read every single conversation. When I finally had the guts to ask my parents, it had been 5 months since I saw that magazine. They first said, well, wel'l think about it, which usually means no. Then they saw the price and they said no. So, I said I will pay for it, and they said you have to prove to us first that you know everything about it. So my dad quized me about gliders when he got the chance. And I kept researching, I talked to breeders and other owners. By now it was about 1 year after looking at the magazine. Everyday I was at the Library online looking at glider stuff. I wrote down catalogs and breeders, so I would get all the right stuff. I planned how I would take care of my little baby, and I spent hours at a time thinking of names. This will be long if I dont skip a part of it, so, after about 6 months, we started searching for breeders to get one from, we finally found a breeder in New Jersey, and talked to her and set up a time to go get the glider, but it kept being cancled, and by the time I fianally got my glider, it had been 2 years from that one day in the bookstore. So, the moral to this story is, that teens, even 13 year olds, if they are devoted to getting a glider, realy can learn everything, and anything, and can be responcible owners, and give their gliders great home. But no matter how much you research, and how long you do, there is always more to learn, and I learn more everyday, mostly from you people and the glider that I have. This proves how much I wanted a glider, and how much I learned to prove to my parents that I could be a great glider owner. And I did it, it took me 2 years, but I finally did it, and I am happy that I did, because now I know what to do in bad situations. So, finally, before somebody here critizises a teen for wanting a glider, think that teens can be responcibe and loving owners just as well ad adults can.
: ~Jessica Bruen

I dont know if i couldve waited so long the first time i say glider at a reptile show i thaught they were cool but i didnt think that one little creature was going to influence my life i was into reptiles then about six months later i went to the reptile show to get more snakes then i saws some guy holding a glider i asked him if i could hold and i did then i realized i had to have one then about a month or so later i got a male then not to long after that i got a female now 4 months later my female had a boy and a girl. so now my story supports the therory that teens make great glider owners or breeders

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