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Subject: Re: plants in large sugar glider cage
Posted by Elwin Bullard on December 24, 1998 at 09:19:44:

In Reply to: plants in large sugar glider cage posted by Drake on December 23, 1998 at 16:34:57:

: I was wondering what kind of live plants (if any) that could be
: put in a sugar glider enclosure. A women suggested to me hibiscus and
: ficus. I know from breeding veiled chameleons that if a chameleon
: were to bite a leaf on a ficus tree and get some in their eye it can cause
: and infection even blindness... same with sugar gliders? They use fake
: leaves in a sugar glider enclosure at my local zoo, would this be a better idea?
: Thanks to anyone who can clear me up on this topic!

Our kids love playing and chewing on and eating the flowers off
our hibiscus. I can rarely keep them alive during the winter so
I let the gliders have them. They love the flowers and chewing the
bark is good for them.

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