Between 3 AM and 6AM, after having been active since about 10PM, my two little female sugar gliders Lilou and Pipa spend a lot of time in their fleece pouch. They make a lot of noises that make me worry. Some sound like sneezes, some like chirps, some like a slow motion crabbing, sometimes a little high pitch yip, a coughlike sound. (Their noses don't seem overly humid and I don't think they have a cold but I really don't know). I am worried that they are fighting in there but I am not sure. Whenever they do this, if I open the pouch to look in, they just look up at me with their pretty innocent eyes. I have read descriptions of the sounds of gliders. I'm a bit unclear as to what the mild annoyance hiss sounds like compared to the chirp of happiness. I would like to hear sound files of more than just the crabbing and the bark (which I have heard from Lilou or Pipa about 3 times in about three weeks. I would love to know what the happiness chatter is supposed to sound like.

Is there a way to make a see through pouch that they would be comfortable in so that I could monitor what is going on in there while they fuss at night?

In the day time, they just sleep in the pouch really quietly. It's just in the early AM that they worry me.
Is their behavior normal? Am I worrying for nothing?

Thanks for your input.

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• Re: How much noise is normal early AM in the pouch? Wardy 16:38:47 06/02/2000 (0)