In Reply to: Can I keep just one sugar glider posted by megan on February 25, 2000 at 17:23:40:

: I recently was at my pet store and they have a male sugar glider who they need to find a home for I was wondering if i could keep just one sugar glider i have a tremendous amout of time that I will be able to spend with him and will be able to give him alot of love and affection, I dearly want to save him from the pet store for they have told my that they do not have the time to work with him will it be ok for me to get him alone?

Yes it is possible to only have one glider. You will need to be diligent about trying to bond.

Here are some of the tips I give people who adopt gliders from me:

BE consistant. If you get your glider up every day at the same time eventually it will come to expect you at that time.

WEAR them while asleep in a pouch. This allows them to get used to your sounds, heart beat, breathing, voice; and smells. Try to not wear much cologne, perfume, or deoderant when wearing your glider.

Take small patches of cloth and pin them inside the armpits of your shirt. Then go clean the garage or work in the yard. Get nasty stinky worked up. This will allow your own scent(you have one even if you or others cannot smell it) to saturate the cloth. Again, no colgne, deoderant or perfume. Use these as bedding so your scent is with the glider all the time while asleep.

WHEN you wake your glider up have something sweet and juicey ready for them to nibble on. Grapes work great for this. Gliders have a low blood sugar when they wake up. A sweet treat will help jump start their little engines.

DO not flinch with they bite. REMEMBER: this is a wild animal. If it thinks it can scare you off it will eventually always bite.

Good luck if you decide to get this fellow. Remember there is lots of help out here if you need it.

Elwin

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• Re: Can I keep just one sugar glider vangie 18:19:29 02/25/2000 (0)