In Reply to: Breeding information and a way I can give my glider enough calcium posted by Maly on January 16, 19100 at 17:40:46:

I have somethings to add to what has already been said and some corrections to make as well. First Once a pair has bonded to each other it is cruel to separate them. They will grieve for each other and possibly die from depression. What happens is they get depressed, stop eating and drinking and within 24 hours they can become dehydrated and hypoglycemic and die. I have successfully paired a mature male and a baby female and they did not breed until she was 8 months oop. Females generally mature between 8 to 12 months oop. However I did hear of one female that had babies in pouch when she herself was only three months oop herself. The babies died. You can expect two litters. Here is where one of the corrections comes in. Marsupials go through a reproductive phase called embryonic diapause. They re-breed the day of or the day after giving birth. Not after the babies come oop. This embryo goes into a state of stasis until the Mother is no longer nursing then it begins it's 16 day gestation cycle. So you can expexpect two litters even if you have the male neutered when they have babies in pouch. As for the calcium there are many ways to provide this for your gliders. You can buy repcal with D3, you can gut load crickets by feeding them some calcium rich cricket food. You can buy sterile crushed egg shell to sprinkle on their food. You can purchase some critter cookies from Brisky Pet Products, they are a healthy treat that provides extra protein and calcium. I give my gliders 1/4 of a critter cookie per night. Pinky mice are not a good idea. I have known people that fed pinkies to their gliders only to have their gliders die and when they had a necropsy done they found that the gliders died of the same bacteria that they found in the pinkies that were also necropsied. Since you did not seem to be aware of the gliders physical and emotional needs, perhaps you need to do a bit more research on sugar gliders before you try to breed them. The more information and opinions that you gather the more that you and your glider will benefit from it.

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