In Reply to: Re: Diet/exercise posted by collette on March 01, 2000 at 05:31:16:

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: : : I have a male and female Sugarglider, the female is what I would call "normal" size but my male is like atleast twice her size, and she is has a joey in the pouch. I believe him to be waaay overweight. I am feeding him the recomended diet the same as the female. I am curious do I need to put him on a "exercise" program ....lol. I don't think I should seperate them, but I don't know what to do. I don't know if it is healthy for him to be as big as he is. I am open to any suggestions or ideas you might have. Thank you, David

: : What diet do you have them on? Do you have a "Wodent Wheel" for them?

: how much does he weigh. i haven't weighed mine in a while but it's easy. get a food scale, weigh his pouch, then weigh the pouch with him in it. should be about 133 grams or 4 1/2 ounces. he may just be a muscular little guy, they weigh more than the ladies.
: and yes he should be on a exercise program anyway, get a wheel, i make sure my male gets exercise by using hamster ball also, then i know he got some joints moving!!!

I have a Hampster ball that has an attachment to it that suspend it in air, and also leaves the lid open so it acts like a wheel. Occasionally they go in it. When I use it as the regular ball, I put him in it and he just curls up and goes to sleep ....lol

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