In Reply to: Re: Two males and one female posted by Elwin Bullard on February 29, 2000 at 16:13:44:

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: : I have recently adopted a few gliders. I have a mother and father and their maturing male son. My question is: will the son attempt to mate with his mother? Should I take him out of that cage? Will the father keep the son from breeding with the mom? (I know this sounds a little like a bad soap opera.) So far, I have only had experience with same sex gliders (two males), so I really need some help and advice.

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: You will either need to remove the son or have him neutered. If he is allowed to mature and stay in the same cage he will breed with his mom. The babies will probably not live because they are not viable or he may kill them to protect his place in the order of things.
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Hey, thanks alot. That's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure. I know in some species the "alpha male" protects the female from other males, I wasn't sure if gliders did this or not. So, I will take my little Oedipus (a little history reference/humor) out of the cage. Thanks again.

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