 | Posted by: | stefanie, lilweewogirl@aol.com | | Subject: | hurry!!!! i need advise! pleas | | When: | 6:06 PM, 06 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 205.188.200.137 |
i have a huge question! ok i have a little girl and me and her have bonded pretty good and i feel bad because i am busy alot so i dont get to spend alot of time with her and she wakes up at about 11:00pm! so i never get to see her only for about 1hour and that isnt enough! i want to get a friend for her. there is a male ready to go in about 1week and the breeder will neuter him before she gives him to me. is he too young to be neutered? and do you think that they will get along? please help before it is too let!
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| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 6:37 PM, 06 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 152.163.194.197 |
If your schedule does not allow you to play with her for more than an hour, then you might want to consider finding her a new home. Getting a friend won't solve the playtime trouble. They still need the same amount of human interaction. If you get a glider a companion that doesn't make up for your lack of time for her. There is also no guarantee that they will get along. Not all gliders like each other, just like people.
You will have to quarantine your new glider for at least 30 days to make sure he is not sick (1 sick glider is better that 2). Even though he may look healthy, he can hide his illness. I got two gliders from a close friend and I still quaratined them. During the quarantine you have to wash your hands between contact and change your shirts and keep them in separate rooms. It is kind of a pain but if he is sick, you will be grateful for the precautions you took. I had a sick glider and those medicines were expensive for just one glider and I got them at wholesale price because I work at a vet!
After the quaratine period is up you can start introductions Here is a link:
<a href=http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/tips/intros.html>http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/tips/intros.html</a>
Allow the boy to grow to about half her size or more so she won't bully him. Vets recomend that you wait until he is 6 months or to neuter.
| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:08 PM, 06 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 152.163.194.176 |
If your schedule does not allow you to play with her for more than an hour, then you might want to consider finding her a new home. Getting a friend won't solve the playtime trouble. They still need the same amount of human interaction. If you get a glider a companion that doesn't make up for your lack of time for her. There is also no guarantee that they will get along. Not all gliders like each other, just like people.
You will have to quarantine your new glider for at least 30 days to make sure he is not sick (1 sick glider is better that 2). Even though he may look healthy, he can hide his illness. I got two gliders from a close friend and I still quaratined them. During the quarantine you have to wash your hands between contact and change your shirts and keep them in separate rooms. It is kind of a pain but if he is sick, you will be grateful for the precautions you took. I had a sick glider and those medicines were expensive for just one glider and I got them at wholesale price because I work at a vet!
After the quaratine period is up you can start introductions Here is a link:
<a href=http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/tips/intros.html>http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/tips/intros.html</a>
Allow the boy to grow to about half her size or more so she won't bully him. Vets recomend that you wait until he is 6 months or to neuter.
| Posted by: | dagny | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:33 AM, 07 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 138.16.130.2 |
i disagree that if you hve two gliders that you cant leave them to their own devices a little more..i still spend time with my gliders...but they are perfectly happy hanging out with just the two of them..when i went to my parent for a christmas (about a week) my gliders hd almost no human interaction and they were fine because they had each other) gliders do not NEED human interaction if they have glider interaction..if you want them to be good pets for you then you need to spend the time with them..in the wild gliders could care less about humans...because they have other gliders. if you do get another one you will have to quarentine him first...and get him checked by a vet....also if they dont get along you will have a problem..good luck with whatever you decide to do
| Posted by: | O Mysterious One | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:18 AM, 07 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 216.46.140.186 |
K this is my own personal opinion about this whole thing and it's similar to Rachel's,
I think that if you have two gliders then they'll usually be happier but it doesn't make them so much like hampsters that you can play with them once a week and the other days just feed them (just to make this very clear, I'm not commenting on you dangy) but you don't have to spend as much time with them as you would a single glider. They still however, need lots of TLC! You still need to play with them on a regular basis. You can afford to skip a day 2ce a week at most as long as you don't make a habbit out of leaving your gliders unsocialed, but if you just don't have time to care for both gliders then you might consider finding another home. Maybe this isn't the case with you- you have to decide.
If your female is still a joey: then you have a good chance of him being accepted.
If your females not:
An older female and younger male:good chance as well.
You can't know what will happen until you get the male though, so be prepared!
| Posted by: | Barb | | Subject: | new glider | | When: | 3:57 AM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 63.180.48.18 |
Rachel2 is right. If you do not have time for one sugar glider, you most certainly will not have time for two. If I were you, I'd seriously consider what she said and try to find your glider a good home where the owner makes time for and loves the glider. That truly would be the best thing all the way around.
| Posted by: | Kimi, kimi4gliders@email.com | | Subject: | :) | | When: | 1:31 PM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 209.117.80.33 |
LOL I should have read this one first....
These peoples are tellin ya true hun 
| Posted by: | Mary/Beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | more gliders | | When: | 5:35 PM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 12.77.82.216 |
Dangy: Some gliders do not depend upon humans as much and will be just as happy with a glider friend...however I have personalyl had two gliders that cared nothing at all for other gliders..sure they may sleep together and even play together..but they craved human interaction and they would become depressed and lonely if they were not played with enough each day.
So some gliders will be fine having a playmate and some will still be lonely even if they have a friend in their cage.
What happens a lot of tiems is soemone has a lone glider for a while and the glider gets a lot of attention and playtime..the owner may get busy and starts to spend less time with the glider...so they say well I can'r spend 2 hrs a day with my glider so I better get them a friend. Sometimes this glider gets really happy, and sometiems it just upsets the glider because they are jealous. Already they feel they are not being played with enough, and now this new glider is taking even more time from mommy or daddy. People have deffinitly had the problem of their first glider becommign aggressive after the addition of a new glider...while some have seem them become more affectionate. Gliders are very different...so we can't really say all gliders want a mate or all gliders want to be singles.
The fact is if you love gliders and you just want to have more then its fine to buy more gliders, but be prepared in case they don't get along. Multiple gliders do take more time and attention...so don't get more gliders because you don't have enough time for one.
I agree with rachel if you don't have enough time for one then adjust your scheadule or find the glider a new home, buying more is not the answer at all.
| Posted by: | Jasmine, Spookie_Girl@yahoo.com | | Subject: | A Friend? | | When: | 5:59 PM, 08 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 63.78.31.223 |
Stephanie-
It all depends on what you mean by spending enough time with your sugar glider. If you are spending less than 1-2 hours a night with her, you need to find her a new home. Even groups of sugar gliders should have at least 1-2 hours of out-of-cage playtime...especially human-bonded animals, because once they are bonded they always crave human attention. The playtime is also important to all gliders, because it gives them exercise. Animals that spend all their lives cooped up in a cage (even a big one) tend to end up obese and/or neurotic.
If you are spending that bear minimum of 1-2 hours a night with her, and feel you aren't giving her enough attention then by all means get her a pal. Keep in mind though that you should quarantine them for about 3-4 weeks, and realize they may very well not get along. You also will have to spend 2+ hours a day to bond him to you if he's just a baby. This will take extra work and time on your part.
You did not say the age of this male so no one can really say whether or not he should be neutered so young. I've heard you shouldn't neuter them younger than 6 months...I prefer to wait up to eight just to make sure that it doesn't effect their development. I have heard of people neutering them as early as 10 weeks, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's good for them. Sugar gliders are still relatively new pets, and as far as I know nobody knows if neutering too early can hurt them or not. I know that I was recently discovered that neutering male ferrets too early can cause lots of health problems. I'd be even more cautious about a marsupial, because their "plumbing" is so different.
Just another suggestion: If your girl's sleeping habits interfere with you getting to play with her, why don't you try to change them? Wake her up and feed her earlier every night. Artificial lighting can also help. If the room you keep her in is lit up until 11pm, make it darker earlier or cover her cage up with a dark cloth. You can also buy a timer that turns a light on early in the morning to make her go to sleep earlier. Light cycles are very important to animals' sleeping patterns. This is even true of humans.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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