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Posted by: JazlynR0919i been looking for two sugar gliders im located at new york state, i wanted to get two that are in need of a home. Does anybody know someone that is selling?

Posted by: FurryFriendMy daughter has not held her joey in 3 months. Now she is frighten that he will bite her if she tries to pick her up. When she puts a piece of her clothes in his pouch he does calm down. She also does feed him and wear him around the house in a pouch. Any bonding suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Posted by: sWEET_sUGARmy girl Delta has these weird bumps on her tail. she is perfectly healthy and nothing else seems to be wrong with her. I want to take her to the vet...but then I did research. I saw photos and read that sugar gliders with these tail problems get their tails amputated. I don't want that to happen to my girl. please comment if you have any advice.

Posted by: LilostitchmartiniMy pair had 2 babies. They were doing great or so i thought. I had to bring them from my lanai to inside due to cold weather. They were still okay however i cgecked on them yesterday and one of my babies had been mostly eaten. Yhe other had a nip. I took her our. Made sure she was warm. Fed ger with a dropper. She is very very spunky. I put her back with mom and dad but didnt sleep much and kept checking them. Mom let her nurse. This morning she was alone so i fed her etc. She is still spunky. Dad was acting very odd so i let him go back to his large cage since its waem again and baby is snuggled mostly in moms pouch and she is holding her tight and nursing her. I am hand feeding mom while she is with baby. Should i let the male back in with them? I am nervous. My baby is about 3-4 weeks out of pouch. The last set died before the eyes opened.

Please help.

Posted by: zackmerritt333So I have had my sugar glider for 3 years, going on 4. i love her to death but she’s super timid, doesn’t like leaving her cage, crabs and bites anytime anything gets near her pouch, and spends most of or time together trying to find an escape. Am I doing something wrong? or is this her personality? how can i become comfortable with holding her in my hand without fear of being bitten?

Posted by: OmniI got Willow October and in November I decided it was time to get a friend. I got Dakota and the breeder told me she was the sweetest little thing. I have tried many bonding tricks and I'm confident enough to say she is bonded to me but she just bites me all the time. She bites so often and so hard that it draws blood. I have looked all over these forums and saw a few with people saying they have had their sugar gliders for a week or even less but I don't know what to do with Dakota so I took it upon myself to make an account to ask because it's really frustrating and I've been patient but nothing I try works. Also, the pssst sound or the blowing in face has not worked. Please help.

Posted by: Sir AlbertoHey!
I’m Jana and I have a new glider called Sir Alberto or Pablo for short. I just got him yesterday from a family friend because she got an allergic reaction from the innocent little creature, she had to give it away and I offered to take him! He has no other mate/fellow glider at the moment so I need to get to know him and everything. The problem is that he keeps crabbing when I try to interact with him. I’m trying to get used to him as much as possible, I
spent a really long time trying to get along with him but I just cannot.

Also, I’m being extremely honest. I’m afraid of him. I don’t know what to do and I’m scared if he bites or scratches me. This sounds childish and all but I really need tips.

Moreover, I have a Scottish Fold cat. I had her for 4 years so I can’t let go of her and I’m not sure if she can get along with Pablo. She keeps going close to him but I’m scared for poor Pablo’s life. I need help ASAP!!
Thank you so much for reading! Please help me whenever you have the time to. For the time being I cannot get another sugar glider but I am getting one soon. I really do not want Pablo to get depressed so please, please, please help me! (I need to keep my cat and I can’t keep her in one place without her moving).
-Jana

Posted by: watringmyplantsHello, my name is Kaylee and I am a new mommy of two beautiful suggies. I have recently adopted two female gliders, a night ago actually. Both are still young but of an unknown age. The man we got them from had recently saved them from a mobile petting zoo, having no clue what their exact ages were. All we know is that one is roughly 2 months younger than the other and they are still young. When we picked them up the older one had a name Isabelle, that's just what the man called her, I however didn't care for the name much. I ended up changing her name and naming the other as well, Jinx (the younger one/no name) and Jingles (the older one/Isabelle).

The car ride home was nearly an hour and a half which Jinx and Jingles both spent playing around in their cage. When we arrived home they both stayed in the pouch for a little while until Jingles finally got brave enough to venture out. They have both been eating and drinking and doing very well, also crabbing only a slight few times. I haven't had a bonding time yet but that's only because I wanted them to adjust to the house before I tried to mess with them too much. (If that is the incorrect thing to do, I'm sorry..) We are feeding them The Pet Glider Fresh Diet and they seem to be very intrigued by it. I don't think they ever received a fully fresh meal, just treats. I also, leave pellets in their cage at all times (not as a meal) incase they wake up and need something to munch on.

Although I have had them for only a short amount of time I'm already noticing the strict differences in their personalities. Jingles is more adventurous and a curious little girl. Today we made a little pouch/hammock out of one of my shirts, just so they can get used to my smell and stuff, that Jingles loves to play in and sleep in. (I read that that's a good way to get them used to you. If you have any other ideas, please tell me :) )
We also bought some little cat toys (the balls with bells inside) that she really enjoys playing around with.
Jinx on the other hand likes to just pop her head over the side of the pouch and observe whats going on before going back to sleep (I'm not sure if this is due to her being a little younger?) She's the one that crabs and although it's not often she still does it. (I know it's to be expected) Also, both girls love grapes however Jingles will eat the entire thing while Jinx just eats the insides and leaves the skin. (I cut the grapes in half so it's easier for them to eat and/or hold.)

Tonight around 11:30 they both finally came out and started playing, eating, and drinking so that's good.

If anyone has any advice on anything really, I would appreciate it immensely. I want to be the best suggie mom possible and anything could be helpful. :)

Posted by: ThesugarbeatlesDesmond is finally bonded to us! He still crabs when I touch him on the outside while he's in the pouch, otherwise, when he's with the girls, he lets me pet him, he climbs on me, he runs to me, he loves sitting on my shoulders, man. I like to think the girls had a big part in it, seeing them climb and jump to me maybe influenced him that I wasn't such a bad guy. He's still a bit skeptical about my fingers and gave me a few nips when I let them go in the playroom, but otherwise he's doing just fine. In fact, I think he was scared to run around in the playroom because he stuck by my side the entire time. Until he got the courage to run and got in the closet and I had to catch him. He still doesn't like being chased, but he doesn't crab when I pick him up, he just panics and squirms to get out of my hands. He doesn't seem to flinch as much anymore when my hand comes towards him for a pet though, which is really nice. He's still really jumpy and fast, but he's about a month younger than my girls (5 months) and they're just growing like weeds now. I'm sure the girls were jumpy when they were that old. Or Eleanor was, at least. Also, I'm 99% positive that Desmond's reached full maturity. I thought it took from 7 months to a year, but it turns out that's only average time for females, it can take males from 3 months to a year to mature. He started getting pretty smelly, and the spot on his head is super greasy, and one day it was basically bald. His pom is hanging out now too, I noticed this all in a change of the night. On December 17th to be exact. :) I think that's why I heard Pepper talking to him, because she's our oldest, at 6 months. She might've matured early too. But that's too bad for them, because I'll pair them together as a mating couple, but not for another 6-9 months. I'm not ready, they're not ready, we need more space, and in the summer, my mom's boyfriend is moving up from Texas, and hes retired so he has a lot of time on his hands. He says he's done lots of research on sugar gliders and would be glad to have a colony with us. That makes me feel more secure, knowing that someone can take care of my babes when I can't, and someone can help me raise the young Joey's and have a nice home for them.

Posted by: ThesugarbeatlesDesmond is matured. He was OOP July 23rd, we got him October 18th and as of today, we can tell he is 100% matured. His head has been a little greasy the past few days, and now it's almost completely bald, and his pom is completely visible. Yesterday, he was really smelly, but we thought it was because he isn't bonded to us yet and he's just scared, and they seem to have a bad odor when they're scared. Maybe Pepper knew he was matured last night when she was calling to him. Hopefully she isn't matured yet, because we don't need babies. I think it's time to keep them in their separate cages from now on, no more sleepovers.

Posted by: ThesugarbeatlesI've been listening to my girls recently, and I've been hearing a lot of hissing. The first time we heard Pepper hiss, it was a UTI and we got it fixed right away. This time, I thought it was Eleanor, but tonight we witnessed Pepper hissing. Right when we put her back in her cage, she came out of her pouch and ran around, and then went up to Desmond's cage (they're next to each other) and starting a hissing-bark, hissing-bark type sound. She wasn't urinating, so we took that out of the equation, and we decided to put her in Desmond's cage. She immediately climbed into his "upstairs" pouch and kept hissing, and he came out of his "downstairs" pouch and joined her in the other one. She stopped hissing, and now they're snuggling and chirping. I'm not sure what this meant - some people say it's a mating call, but I don't think they're ready because Desmond isn't even five months old yet, and his hair isn't missing from his head/chest/genital areas, plus he just seems too small. She could possibly be mature, she's a month and a half older than him so there is the possibility of an earlier maturity. So maybe she is wanting to mate? Otherwise, what I've also read is that it's just a simple call to a friend, though she does live with Eleanor so I'm not sure on why she would want more attention from him. I hope he's not gonna break the girls bond :(

Posted by: ThesugarbeatlesI've been listening to my girls recently, and I've been hearing a lot of hissing. The first time we heard Pepper hiss, it was a UTI and we got it fixed right away. This time, I thought it was Eleanor, but tonight we witnessed Pepper hissing. Right when we put her back in her cage, she came out of her pouch and ran around, and then went up to Desmond's cage (they're next to each other) and starting a hissing-bark, hissing-bark type sound. She wasn't urinating, so we took that out of the equation, and we decided to put her in Desmond's cage. She immediately climbed into his "upstairs" pouch and kept hissing, and he came out of his "downstairs" pouch and joined her in the other one. She stopped hissing, and now they're snuggling and chirping. I'm not sure what this meant - some people say it's a mating call, but I don't think they're ready because Desmond isn't even five months old yet, and his hair isn't missing from his head/chest/genital areas, plus he just seems too small. She could possibly be mature, she's a month and a half older than him so there is the possibility of an earlier maturity. So maybe she is wanting to mate? Otherwise, what I've also read is that it's just a simple call to a friend, though she does live with Eleanor so I'm not sure on why she would want more attention from him. I hope he's not gonna break the girls bond :(

 

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