In Reply to: Posted this before. posted by Mary on February 29, 2000 at 12:34:50:

I do think it has to do with age because age determines your level of freedom(or restriction- if you look at it that way). If you dont have the freedom of being 18 you have parents, and you have to depend on parents to either get you to the vet(if need be), or wherever to get food for the glider if the parents wont. In an emergency sometimes parents dont understand how serious it can be(in my case) and some just dont care. If you're under 18 how can you do something your parents wont help you with, or just flat out wont allow? You're stuck, like a sitting goose with your glider suffering if he needs a vet in emergency. THAT IS NOT GOOD! It all has to do with age. But see, maturity and age are different, you can be mature and responsible for your age but you still lack freedom if you're 12 or 13. I will not tell people they arent responsible enough or arent mature, or dont have the money cuz that I dont know about, but the freedom and age thing I do know. Its the same for all kids under 18. You're not your own person at that age, you cant come and go as you please, you depend on people for things because you are still a kid. I know this already, I've gone through it, I have experience in parents and teen glider issues and even have experience with the problems Im talking about- like the emergencies. When you have a parent who has no time for things like pets and/or just doesnt wanna be bothered there isnt much time for the glider. Gliders hide illness very well, its instinct to protect themselves in the wild. If your glider is sick and you just noticed it, you have to haul ass to the vet because there is a very small window of time before you see it sick and the time you're crying cuz its dead. You cant haul ass if you're not old enough to go as you please and your parents wont take you, or even if you can drive and your parents wont allow you to go you're still screwed. How hard is that to understand?(this isnt directed towards any one person so dont take it that way)

Follow Ups:

• You are right Mary 13:17:27 02/29/2000 (1)
  • That is why I will never suggest a glider to a teen.. Kim 13:43:26 02/29/2000 (0)