In Reply to: Re: Incest - Info (Everybody please read and respond if you know more) posted by Maria on July 27, 2000 at 22:37:55:
Are you sure about that? I know of one group of twelve sugar gliders (8 female / 4 male) that are all one family and the only breeding pair are the parents (both wild-caught gliders)...
: In the wild, the youngsters are driven away from the family as they mature so incest doesn't happen. The youngsters eventually meet up and form their own mating/family group. In captivity, this doesn't happen so it is our job to be sure that they don't interbreed with parents/siblings.
: : Has anyone heard something about an "incest-blockage" instinct that sugar gliders are supposed to have???
: : I read something about this in a small info I got from the Sydney Zoo, but am not quite sure about this....It said that in the wild, gliders do not mate with their siblings/parents....
: : Has anyone more info???