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lancegtx Glider  194 Posts I cant believe how deceptive pocket pets are. Their youtube series of videos COMPLETELY fooled me when i was researching gliders. Here's some good news tho. I just googled pocket pets and some of the first page hits were exotic nutrition, a reputable breeder, and a news video exposing pocket pets. So personally i think its awesome that if anyone see's one of these kiosks or boots and decide to go home and do research they will learn the truth. This forum among with may others have done a GREAT job getting the word out about PP. One little suggestion tho. A page 1 sticky thread with all of the info on pocket pets would thwart alot of sales. I know ALOT of first time users come here for info. LSardou Glider  USA 121 Posts If anyone has seen or hear of Pocket Pets, or any other Mill Broker selling at your local malls, trade shows, or flea markets, PLEASE contact me ASAP. I will provide you with detailed instructions on what you can do to help, and keep yourself protected in the process. Please email me at director@millbreederproject.com Address, Phone Number, Name of Organization. Also, if you do have comments or know their whereabouts, please do not post that information on the boards. Doing so, will 'tip' them off which in turn will hamper our team of investigators from doing their job in helping us nail them. Thank you, LSardou/Director NibblersMom Starting Member FL, USA 1 Posts <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by LSardou</i> <br />If anyone has seen or hear of Pocket Pets, or any other Mill Broker selling at your local malls, trade shows, or flea markets, PLEASE contact me ASAP. I will provide you with detailed instructions on what you can do to help, and keep yourself protected in the process. Please email me at director@millbreederproject.com Address, Phone Number, Name of Organization. Also, if you do have comments or know their whereabouts, please do not post that information on the boards. Doing so, will 'tip' them off which in turn will hamper our team of investigators from doing their job in helping us nail them. Thank you, LSardou/Director <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> PPP came through Seminole Town Center Mall in Sanford Florida several months ago. Seminole Town Center Mall is owned by Simon Property which is a large National Group who owns malls all over the country.. We bought a Suggie when they were here... I researched what is best for her and have her on a good diet we have purchased though Exotic Pet Nutricion out of Newport News Virginia. scoutandmiko Glider 122 Posts Ugh I know. I think almost everyone that knows sugar gliders hates them! They came last year and I TOTALLY fell for it. The way they said it made it sound so real. But really they called security? Poor sugar gliders..:< jbaudia4 Glider USA 135 Posts ya this expo was in timonium md. appreciate everyones support! For exotic nutrition i buy alot of our girls toys,wheels,yogurt drops from them and have had a great experience with them. As far as pocket pets its just wrong what they are doing and feel so bad for the gliders. now im sure a small handful of the gliders they do sell end up going to good homes where people have done their research, but for the rest of those uneducated future glider owners they end up with malnurished, unhealthy, unhappy gliders that eventually end up on craigslist or dying. If i could get people to go in with me for next years expo i would honestly like to rent a booth right across from theirs and expose the truth and educate these people so they can actually realize the investment of time, attention, that goes in to raising a healthy, happy glider!If you get a chance, go on your local craigslist and see how many gliders are up for adoption/sale that arent under 6 months old. Perfect example right here. I copy pasted this out of my local craigslist, and looks just like the cage you would get when purchasing from pocket pets. CRAIGSLIST I am selling my 1 year old male sugar glider! I absolutely loved having him, but unfortunately simply did not have the time to care for him like he needed. He is an absolute sweetheart and will bond really quickly! Also, with the sugar glider I will include the following: 1 male sugar glider, 1 24in. x 18in. x 18in. wire cage, 2 plastic food bowls, 1 hanging water dispenser, 1 sleeping pouch, 1 sugar glider approved running wheel (w/ extra sand paper insert), 1 bonding pouch, a supply of sugar glider food pellets, and a complete guide to care for your new sugar glider! This is a great deal and it is a joy to have a pet sugar glider! The cage requires minimal cleaning, but you do need to spend a fair amount of time with your sugar glider; atleast a few hours a day. Please email me with any questions! Serious offers only, only cash accepted. Thank you!
Mamag Glider USA 156 Posts Stella Starting Member 2 Posts Thank you for this!!! I was at the Pet Expo at the Timonium Fairgrounds last weekend and it was my first time seeing a "demonstration" from the Pocket Pet people. I stopped to watch because my vet had asked me one day if I had ever considered a sugar glider for a pet. (He knows that I'm a sucker for small furry animals and he has a breeder that he helps find good homes for the breeder's sugar gliders.)So I stopped and watched the presentation. I even held "Julius", have the flyer and came home talking about how amazing that is was that there is a pet out there that might be perfect for me. BUT, I decided to do a little research and I found this forum. I had asked several questions..What about the smell of the urine/droppings? <i> none</i>, What about illnesses? . What about the type of litter? etc..He answered my questions and I could tell that he didn't want to answer anything, just tell things to people. The 800$+ price tag fell in line with my thought that if they charged more for hamsters, people wouldn't treat them so poorly, so it seemed reasonable to have a high price. But it was all too "pretty". I would love to hang out with the people here to get to find out the truth about the Sugar Gliders and make an informed decission before I purchase. Stella Starting Member 2 Posts That's very generous, I may take you up on that. We have a cockatiel, 2 hamsters and a guinea pig. The bird flys everywhere, after years he finally has learned to go back to his cage (70% of the time) to poo. The rest of the time, he usually ends up on my husbands shoulder and leaves his mark down his sleeve. The hamsters pee is pretty strong, but we are always cleaning and picking up after them to be sure that we minimize the pet oder. The guinea pig, well he's only 5 mo old and just getting litter box trained. We have to trim the hamster's teeth because they don't know that they are supposed to gnaw on things. So one more flying, peeing, smelly furry, high maintenance thing really isn't an issue. What I'm most concerned about is proper housing, proper diet and a good idea of what to expect regarding temperment, disease or things to watch for. It wasn't 'till we lost our first guinea pig at age 3 due to bladderstones. We even had a 600$ surgery done on the little guy,to remove the stones, but the stones returned. We didn't know till it was too late that he should have had romaine lettuce vs leaf and bottled water. The 2nd one lived to be 7 and we hope it's because we learned from our mistakes. I don't want to make an investment and then make mistakes and have to poor little creature die because of MY ignorance. We know that our 16 year old bird and 3 year old hamsters are pushing the age limit. I'm not going to buy any more pets while we still have them. But when I do, so far I've not heard too much that would scare me away from a glider. I AM interested in the tooth decay thing and how to handle that.
Some photos from our members DexterW1 Joey USA 11 Posts It's terrible. My boy was a PocketPets suggie and he was neutered and already half grown when they sold him to my friend and he was over-whelmed with how tedious it can be sometimes and so i bought him from my friend and have been trying to get him to bond but he is so confused now, but we are making progress and he is healthy and pretty happy vicky_johnson Starting Member 2 Posts The Super Pet Expo at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly Va is hosting these guys this weekend - March 17&18 = they are doing a serious hard sell, my kids were sold and really really wanted them. I had to get online and show them how these guys were salesmen and no better than puppy mills. You wouldn't buy a dog from a pet store but you'd buy these animals from these snake oil salesmen? The place is filled with Dog Rescue organization having booths promoting responsible pet ownership and the coordinators felt it was okay to sell booth space to the Pocket Pets people. For Shame! vicky_johnson Starting Member 2 Posts You can email the organizer of the Super Pet Expo to protest their support and continued promotion of the Pocket Pets group - EUdler@superpetexpo.com While you are at it, send a couple of emails to the big financial supporters of the event too letting them know you are unhappy with their support of Pocket Pets. Like INNOVA dog food. These animals are ILLEGAL to own in Fairfax County and in Prince William County VA, and I spoke to a FC Police officer today about this and the Pocket Pets group. The officer told me that every year they have problems with Pocket Pets at the Expo, that while they are allowed to be there they are NOT allowed to sell the animals to any FC residents and much have a sign clearly stating that these animals are not allowed to be owned here. I wish they could get them for their shady business practices but if the only way I can get some attention drawn to this group is by getting Animal Control involved regarding the Exotic Animal code that's better than nothing.
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