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Subject: Re: Mr.Willy is hanging out
Posted by Marycrach on August 15, 1998 at 00:05:02:

In Reply to: Re: Mr.Willy is hanging out posted by David on July 20, 1998 at 17:39:33:

: : I have two young male sugargliders. recently, whenever I
: : wake up one of them, there is a fleshy strip hanging out
: : of his rear end, which i am assuming is his genitalia. His mood
: : has also changed dramatically- he sleeps much more, even
: : late at night, mainly only leaving his nest to eat. he also
: : used to be much more personable, and now it is tough to get hi
: : out of the cage to play, when before he used to jump out as
: : soon as you opened the door. He had a checkup about a month
: : ago, and I'm going to take him in again. It's almost as if
: : he's going through sugarglider puberty. Is this possible?

:
: I don't have an asnwer to your question but I can tell you that I know what you are talking about. I was planning on purchasing a male glider from a petstore a while back. He lived in a ten gallon aquarium with a food dish full of sunflower seeds and a small ball with holes in it to sleep in. When went to the store to buy the glider I asked to see him out of the ball and implying that I wanted to see them hold it. The sales person looked at me like I was crazy and proceeded to tell me that you can't hold them, they are not holding animals. Right then and there I was changing my mind of buying him if that is the kind of opinion the shop has. I knew better ofcourse after doing some research online and reading a book. When the tried taking the glider out to put in a box he started snarling and doing "the noise" from the top of his lungs and attemoting to bite the gloved hand of the pet store guy. As he was on his back in a defensive position I noticed that his genitalia was out, if that was his genitalia. I didn't know if this was the norm and decided not to buy him after all. Im glad I didn't since I know what a good time I would have had trying to bond with him. The store was asking $250 for him. That glider is still there and has been in that ten gallon tank for about 7 months or so. I don't know if the store is licensed but I know this has to be some kind of mistreatment. If anyone knows someone I can contact to report this, let me know. By the way I am located in New York.

The glider is just never been tamed. It should NOT under any circumstances be kept in a 10 gallon aqaurium , the minimum cage size for a glider should be two by two square feet and be wire so that the glider can exercise. Also the glider should not be fed sunflower seeds but high quality catfood with lots of fruit daily. I also feed my gliders gliderade and reptical as supplements to ensure good health. Also gliders are holding pets, they are friendly if socialised from a young age. Any animal that has been neglected to that extent for 7 months would crab( not snarl) and try to bite! The poor thing was scared out of its wits! Please call animal welfare on the place because that is abuse!!!

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