 | Posted by: | Killua, killua@netsiam.com | | Subject: | If I want friend for my glider | | When: | 11:09 PM, 21 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 168.120.63.10 |
I got a male glider for 3 month and I think
I should have more but someone told me that I will
have some problem with my gilder.Is it true about
it.
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| Posted by: | KarenE, KarenElfrank@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:04 AM, 22 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 152.163.201.63 |
Getting a second glider is not always the best thing to do for several reasons.
You have only had your glider for a short time and the bonding process is probably not complete.
Your little one needs all the one on one he can get in order to bond totally with you. He needs to know that you are there for his every need.
Getting a second glider will take away from the amount of time you are now spending with him ... which should be quite a significant amount.
You may want to eventually get him a mate if you don't have him neutered, but I would say that now is probably not the best time.
Single gliders do very well especially when they have all their human's attention ... carry him around during the day as much as you possibly can.
If you are in school, carry him in your shirt or bonding pouch as soon as you get home. Spend a couple of hours a night with him just playing outside his cage.
Often times people get a second glider because they think gliders absolutely have to have a companion. They don't. You be his companion and he will be a happy and healthy glider.
Hopee this helps.
| Posted by: | Barb, barbloo@yahoo.comS | | Subject: | none | | When: | 10:05 AM, 22 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.113.125 |
Karen E is right on the money. 90-95% of the glider owners I know have only one, and it gets undivided attention from its owner. These guys like it just fine that way. Also, here's my comment from the peanut gallery: I don't think it is responsible to breed animals for the fun of it because you cannot keep keeping babies and if you let them inbreed, it will cause future problems with the breed. Unfortunately, this is bad for everyone. Also, technically you do need a USDA license to sell sugar gliders. . . . Comment #2 from the peanut gallery: I find the USDA rule both good and bad. I'm sure that my previous comment is the reason for the rule, but by the same token I have heard MANY, MANY comments from USDA breeders that were WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. I strongly recommed every glider owner purchase Caroline MacPherson's book SUGAR GLIDERS (publisher Barron's). It should be available at any bookstore and will cost you less than $10! (No, I don't get a commission on that.)
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