 | Posted by: | Wally, pchasta@bellsouth.net | | Subject: | odor | | When: | 7:50 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 209.214.141.26 |
Does anyone know how to keep the odor under control? We clean Wally's cage every week with lysol, or bleach water, or vinger water. We line his cage with kitty litter. But it still stinks.
He mainly eats baby food and ledbetters mix.
Any suggestion?
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| Posted by: | Chunker | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:02 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 24.129.186.237 |
Just curious, does he eat that kitty litter? I mean, is it safe to use? I just use newspaper and maybe kitty litter would be better...
As for you problem, you only have one glider, correct? Does he stay in that cage a lot? I let mine roam loose so they aren't in there cage a lot so they don't go that often in it. They go all over my house!
| Posted by: | Wally, pchasta@bellsouth.net | | Subject: | Chunker | | When: | 8:11 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 209.214.141.26 |
Chunker, We just have one sugar glider, Wally, he is a year old.
His cage is up off the kitty litter. He does get to come out of the cage everyday. We wake him up and put him on top of the cage on a paper towel and he does most of his business there. I was told that sugar gliders don't stink, actually he doesn't, but his cage does.
| Posted by: | Dawn, DBucalo@neo.rr.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:47 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 24.164.115.229 |
Make sure you're rinsing the heck out of the cage after you wash it. I usually rinse several times, let it dry, then rinse several more times. That may help.
| Posted by: | Maria, dmeexotics@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:56 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 152.163.213.177 |
You are washing his cage too often. He keeps scenting it and you keep washing his scent away so he scents it even more. Try not washing it quite so often or so thouroughly.
| Posted by: | Debbie, delliott@tulane.edu | | Subject: | Eating kitty litter | | When: | 10:13 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.227.111.97 |
Once when my glider was out playing she decided to explore in the space under her cage (where your kitty litter is). If this is possible for yours it would be an opportunity to eat it. I use plain newspaper, too. I read this idea and it has worked for me: put 6-8 layers of newspaper down at a time then remove the top 2 each morning. When you get down to the bottom wipe down the tray.
| Posted by: | Kerry, gryphon214@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:10 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 64.12.104.42 |
If you are going to use kitty litter, make sure you are using dust-free kitty litter! The dust can cause respritory problems in small animals. You can also try some of the paper-palp type litters, like Care-Fresh or Healthy Pet. If you change it weekly is does a pretty good job cutting odors from the litter. It helps to line the bottom of the cage with something, as wood or plastic absorb the odors. I use paper towels and put the litter on top. However, you can't do much for the rest of the stuff in the cage except clean it now and then.
Kerry (with Jack and Gus-Gus)
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:55 PM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.180.48.89 |
Is it the urine smell or the musky smell you're having a problem with. If it is the latter, it means that your glider is very unhappy about something.....Julie called one day to tell me her male Gizmo was maturing because he was starting to smell. I told her she should not be smelling. After some questioning, we determined that she periodically bumped into his cage on occasion. She moved the cage and Gizmo hasn't smelled since....Also, when i put gliders into a nearby cage, I know I can count on the musky odor until things settle down and the gliders get used to their new neighbors....I hope this helps.
| Posted by: | Brandy, SCBrandy79@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 1:38 PM, 31 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.196.49 |
My sugar gliders used to stink, and I tried everything. Finally, I ordered a new food called Accu-Feed. It's a type of food you feed them that eliminates feeding fresh fruits and vegetables everyday - you just feed them that and water and that's it. Every since I've been feeding them that, they have not stunk at all! They used to smell so bad that you could literally smell them on the other side of the house even a couple of hours after I cleaned their cage, but now you can't smell them hardly at all. You can get the stuff at Brisky Pet Products online or some other places. It's worth a try!
| Posted by: | O Mysterious One, none | | Subject: | none | | When: | 3:51 PM, 31 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.46.140.186 |
If you read these over carefully you shouldn't have much of a problem anymore. If it's still a problem, give us another ring on the board.
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 6:32 PM, 31 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.69.28 |
Just a comment on Brisky's...I tried it to eliminate the fruit fly problem; it did.....But it turned my once nice gliders into aggressive ones. Also parents that always took care of joeys did not when on the Brisky's; it was convenient, but I certainly prefer my gliders when they are not on it....they're so much nicer!
| Posted by: | Tracy | | Subject: | Gliding | | When: | 1:02 PM, 10 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 65.27.205.2 |
How long does it usually take a sugar glider to learn to glide. I heard that most of them only jump for the most part, and i was wondering that to make one glide across the room, if it will take only a few day, months or what? thanks
| Posted by: | Pandy | | Subject: | Tracy | | When: | 2:58 PM, 10 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 205.188.196.34 |
Tracy,
You'll probably get more response if you started a seperate thread then posting your question on an unrelated thread. Just a thought...trying to help.
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