 | Posted by: | GottaLuvUm, blueundies@usa.net | | Subject: | Barking every night! | | When: | 8:53 PM, 06 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 207.250.192.106 |
Hi, I have two sugar gliders! Alecks and Joel! Alecks is very very very bonded to me! But everynight lately he barks non-stop for sometimes 30 mins when I put him in his cage after him being with me most the day! So today I said ok we will leave him in the cage most the day. He barked on and off most the day!  Is something wrong with him or is he just missing me and barking to let me know? He barks so loud too, what can I do some nights I cant even get to sleep!
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| Posted by: | Kyla, qtpie@canada.com | | Subject: | barking | | When: | 2:19 AM, 07 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 216.66.144.55 |
Gliders bark when they feel distress, lonliness, hunger, basically whenever they need something or somthing is wrong. In your case it sounds like a situation related to lonliness. Are the two gliders in the same cage? Have they had a chance to bond with each other? Perhaps they need some alone time. A short term remedie for barking is just to look and see what the prblem is, turn on a light to let them know your presence. My gliders are always quiet whenever I enter the room, it's their way of getting attention. Maybe he's found out that when he barks he gets atention and knows it works so he continues to bark. You could try sleeping with his bedding (whatever it is, T-shirt, sock, cloth...) so your scent is on it and he can smell you even when your not in the room with him. Well thats all I can think of. hope I helped.
| Posted by: | Jesse and Luke, messyjesse78@hotmail.com | | Subject: | barking | | When: | 12:33 PM, 07 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 198.209.18.229 |
The breeder that we bought our sugar glider from says that barking is a happy noise for gliders. Our glider's cage is next to our bed, so she is never lonely, and she barks all night long. Your glider sounds very happy, but if you want to get some sleep, move the cage or feed your glider a treat.
| Posted by: | Mary, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | Not a happy noise | | When: | 3:44 PM, 07 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.81.166 |
Barking is not a happy noise. Chirping and chattering are happy noises. Gliders bark when calling out for other gliders. They do this a lot of times if they are lonely or looking for another glider. Just because the cage is next to your bed doesn't mean they aren't lonely. The glider may want to get out to play. They also bark out when something is wrong..its like a warning. They may be hungry, hurt, or hearing a strange noise.
| Posted by: | chrissy, crisi 13@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:23 PM, 07 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 152.163.206.177 |
i always thought that barking was neither happy nor distress, I actually thought that it was just them communicating.. My gliders rarely bark, and when they do its not for long.. 
| Posted by: | GottaLuvUm, blueundies@usa.net | | Subject: | ....... | | When: | 9:34 PM, 07 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 207.250.192.99 |
My gliders are brothers! They sleep together! They are in the same cage! Ummmm Im still confused on what to do, is he happy sad what? I know he isnt hungry I feed him at night and when ever he barks and then I pay attention to him he stops! Well write back on some advice please!
| Posted by: | Mary, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | Attention | | When: | 1:49 AM, 08 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.80.9 |
If he stops when you talk to him then he just wants your attention or wants to know where you are. They often call out like that to see were another is. He may be calling for his brother or for you. He may also want to get out of the cage and play.
| Posted by: | Jasmine, Spookie_Girl@yahoo.com | | Subject: | Many reasons for barking | | When: | 9:09 AM, 09 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 165.247.112.10 |
I've discovered that barking means many things. I've found that mine bark mostly when they really want something or are upset. Sometimes they use it to locate each other in the cage (kind of like someone yelling across a house for another person).
Murry was my first glider, and until he was 6 months old, he was my only glider. At first he was lonely and scared, so he'd bark until I took him out and told him it was okay and gave him pets until he fell asleep in my hand. This stopped after he got used to his new home, but I couldn't stand keeping such a social little guy by himself so I got him his mate (Zelda).
There have also been times that I'd hear a loud thud from the upstairs apartment (loud enough to wake me) and then I'd hear my gliders start to bark (can't blame them, the thud freaked me out too). If my gliders don't get their 2+ hours out of the cage every night it is GUARANTEED they will bark.
Sometimes the three of them still bark just to get me to visit them in the middle of the night. Zelda barked when she wanted me to see her new babies, and they all occasionally like to play this game: They'd bark until I get up, go to the cage and reach in, then they all run to another part of the cage, turn to me and bark again (teasing). This would continue until they got bored.
The funniest situation was when I worked in a pet store and took home parrot feathers for them to play with. One day I took home the tail feather of a Blue and Gold Macaw (BIG FEATHER - 1.5 ft long) and put it in their cage to see if they liked it (they always had little feathers). Well, 2am in the morning I heard yipping. I went to investigate and there was the Murster was running around the cage with the giant feather wrapped in his tail (looked like the giant bone in Pebble Flinstone's hair), and he had the proudest look on his little face. To this day, I believe he barked to get me up so he could show off his new "fashion statment." 
| Posted by: | Lora | | Subject: | barking | | When: | 2:14 PM, 13 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 63.98.155.117 |
I have had mine for a week now and she just started barking last night. I'm not really sure why she did it because she isn't really bonded to me yet so she don't like to come out. And she has no partner, she never did. I do pay attention to her before I go to bed. What do you think it could be?
| Posted by: | KarenE, KarenElfrank@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 4:40 PM, 13 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.197.21 |
Well, I may as well add my theory ... if your gliders are by your bed then when they are awake they KNOW that "mommy" is right there beside them. In their minds they cannot for the life of them figure out why in the world she would waste perfectly good play time sleeping.
Come on mom wake up ... the night is awasting ;)
| Posted by: | patty, rehabrn_2000@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:42 PM, 13 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 152.163.207.77 |
i AGREE...I think they bark for different reasons...butin one way or another for the attention it brings...usually when mine bark..when i go to the cage and pet or talk to them they stop...may be for reassurance...the bark sounds like a little squeek toy...lol
| Posted by: | Rocki'sMom, babygirl@ccp.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 6:36 AM, 14 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 216.60.86.91 |
I have on that wakes up much earlier than everyone else each nite and you can almost set you clock by her....She barks promptly at 7:30 each nite.....she is putting in her short order fo supper!
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