 | Posted by: | Rose, BlueEyedGal35@aol.com | | Subject: | Female or Male is more timed? | | When: | 3:20 AM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 205.188.199.31 |
Hi! I want to buy a baby suger glider, but first I wanted to know which is more nicer and easier to tame? Male or female? Also which one of them smells less? And is the smell really bad?
Thanks! Rose
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| Posted by: | Barb | | Subject: | M or F | | When: | 3:51 AM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 63.180.48.18 |
Before deciding to get a sugar glider, you need to spend some time doing research. Have you done that? If not, a good place to start is with Caroline MacPherson's book SUGAR GLIDERS (publisher Barron's). Sugar gliders, like people and other animals are very much individuals so that is not the way to determine what animal to get. What is more important is how the animal was raised and fed. Handraised animals bond much more easily: It is like the difference between a handraised bird and one that is not. I always recommend (whatever the pet is) choosing the animal you like best and vice versa. This will always be the best choice. I feel that no sugar glider should smell. If it is giving off a musky odor, it is because the glider is very unhappy about something. Please, please do some research: A sugar glider can be a lot of work for someone who does not know what to expect. It is a long term commitment because gliders can live 12-15 years. Also, did you know that it has documented that gliders can die of loneliness? You need a minimum of one hour/day to spend with your glider. This means that you do not go away on vacation and just leave the glider for someone to feed OR you could very well come home to a dead glider. Were you aware of these things??
| Posted by: | Mary/Beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | Either | | When: | 5:41 PM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 12.77.82.216 |
All gliders are different...but how much they are habdled means a great deal. Make sure you buy froma good bredder that handles their babues every day. You should watch the breeder with the baby and parents...the breeder should have no problems with the gliders. Deffinitly no biting and in general no crabbing unless its from the baby. The baby may crab a bit when first woken, but should calm down soon after realizing the breeder is holding them. If the baby keeps crabbign and biting then its liekly they have not been held much.
As for smell...well males do tend to smell pretty bad sometimes..but if you get a neutered male they smell the same.
Please do reaserch for at least 6 months before getting one..they are very complicated animals.
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