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Subject: I GOT MY SUGAR GLIDER TODAY!!!!
Posted by Roy Hannah on December 29, 1998 at 00:08:18:
i got a SG today i paid $175 for cage and 6 month old male (i was told its a good price??)
its kind of a small cage, but soon i will build one (when i get $$$)
they had peanuts (i had the impression not to feed peanuts as a meal??) sunflower seeds, and some high quality cat food (again i thought it was a good idea not to feed cat food)
and they said that they feed him fresh fruit every night.
i have the same food in the cage(not the same fruit obviously) and i made the mistake of putting oranges in his cage along with apples and mango i soon realized that i shouldnt have given him oranges so i took the oranges out imediatly but he did eat some. is that real bad?
thx for the info some of u have sent me but i still want advice ;)
when i looked at him at the store he didnt smell but once he was at my house for a while i noticed him leaving his sent a lot and now it smells bad. is that just because he is getting used to his surroundings?? or could it be that they r territorial because i have a cat in my house and i found him in my room w/ my SG i took him out though and shut the door.
he seems to like that brisky SG food alot (i got a sample in the mail) but i dont want to give him the whole package as a full meal untill i have more incase he decides to ONLY want it.
i kind of have an idea as to what to feed it for now, but can someone PLEASE tell me a meal that will last for a weak.
everyone tells me what they feed their 5 gliders or whatever, but i only have one and i dont want to make it sick or anything how much food does it eat? can u over feed it like u can fish?? or will they stop when their full??
he let me pet him when he first got here and was calm but he is extremely jumpy now.
now he will try to bite me no matter what i do when i get near him he will grab my hand and bite me?
well i gotta go for now please help in any way possible.
THANKS ALOT!!!!!! bye