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Posted by: CuteNFluffyHey there! My name is Carrie, I have looked into getting a Sugar Glider for a few years now and finally got the opportunity to become a Sugar Glider Mom, I more or less rescued my little girl, she had an owner who thought they were taking care of her but did no research at all, she is less than a year old. I brought her home on August 24, 2016. She is incredibly curious and does not seem afraid of much, she was allowing me to hand feed her the first day I got her and even climbed into my hand. I have started bonding with her, slowly increasing the time she is with me during the day, even if she is just sleeping.

After tons of research and poking around I found the ideal cage to meet her needs and also be able to not take over my bedroom, I also have decided to do the BML diet, along with fresh fruits and veggies, and of course mealies. I have done lickie treats with her, but try not to overdo it on the treats.

Still working on nailing down a name for her, so far the possibilities are Mimi, Maisy, Midgee, Mocha, or Maple. I was hoping her personality could give me a better idea on picking one specifically for her, however because she is still adapting to all the new smells, a new diet, etc. her true colors haven't started to show yet.

We are making great progress in bonding though, I am happy to say I can walk up to her cage without crabbing at me, and I can pet her and pick her up without crabbing at me as well, so those are all good things. Will up date more as her and I continue getting to know one another!

Thanks for reading!!

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Posted by: GliderDiscipleHello all! I was looking for some advice on what I should place on the floor of my gliders cage. The wheel I have currently isn't that safe, so I was going to remove that off the side of the cage and lay on the bottom of the cage and fill with Pom-poms or fleece (advice on safe poms and material would be great too) is there anything else I could put on the bottom of his cage?

Posted by: Chelsea03I'm a new mom so bare with me please. I just got my little Enzo, I've had him for a week now. He comes up to me when he's in his cage climes on my arm, he bite my nail once but I think he was just trying to groom me because I had a hang nail? He kinda runs his teeth across me but it doesn't hurt and if it does I just psst him and he gets the point. Anyway I know play time is extremely important, when should I start play time? I just want to do everything right and I don't want him to get depressed. Oh and I plan on getting another one and introducing them I just kinda wanna get the hang of Enzo first. He's fine with my hands and arms going in and out of the cage, when I wake up in the morning he jumps to the front of the cage to greet me but when I put him in his pouch during the day he crabs at me. I don't know if its because I woke him up or he's scared. I can always quite it by just kinda pressing him into me and than he's fine after a little bit. So my question is at this point can I have play time with him? Or should I give him some more time to get use to me.

Posted by: BeryunI have two male gliders both very well bonded to each other. I know this is probably going to get a bunch of Finger wagging but they are both intact as well. Before I get the lecture listen...read this whole story first. Loki is my first boy he is a gorgeous gray and sweet as can be but, he wasn't always this way. It took my lil guy months to warm up to me. The breeder I got him from was... Well I be polite and say very under qualified for even raising gliders. I was well aware about getting a new Joey also means that they will be scared of you for at least a few weeks. I learned the lies he told me the hard way. I was told he was 8oop but after having him checked by the vet and a fellow breeder that truly cared for gliders I learned he was only 5 maybe 6oop. That alone broke my heart I would have waited happily a few more weeks so that he would be fully ready to pay from his mother. And being told he was hand tamed oh it was clear that the lil guy had never been held by any person even his parents were scared of the breeder it seemed. I made sure I kept him on me at all times I know I amay have been scary but I was more than willing to take his biting if it meant that it would work out in the end. It was hard and irritating at times but he needed me more now than ever is what i thought. For a while I believe that he thought I was a monster. But then one day he fell asleep on my hand and without me pulling him out his bag. From then on it started getting easier then things started getting bad again. He didn't want to eat, or even drinking. I asked my reliable breeder contact and she said it sounded like depression. My heart again sank. I suffer from depression myself so I understood just how rough it must have been. I started looking everywhere for a female glider with no luck at least not in price range. I started to just looked for anything boy,girl, old, young, I was feeling kinda desperate. I found a breeder that had good reviews both by vet and clients. He had a boy Lue available and sent vids of the lil guy walking on his arm and hand. I was beyond happy. He even cut the price down for me after explaining to him my situation. And that is when I drove from Destin FL all the way to Miami FL. I had brought Loki and had divided the cage with a grid to safely introduce them but I also brought Loki pouch. For a while I had a angry white glider in the pouch but I did eventually let him in the cage. They..... really didn't like each other. But I had a method. For a week I had intro time in the bathroom playing reffery. And for 3weeks I had a lil cage in a big cage method to get them used to each other more. Yes I did wake up to crabbing but I was able to go in and check on them and know that they were both safe. Time went on and I was able to let them both be in the cage knowing that they wouldn't hurt each other. But then Loki got sick.i took him to the vet and thankfully it was just a cold but I still worried I upped their vitamins and made a lil chicken soup (suggest safe of course no salt or onions) and gave oranges to them. But what got me was I went to check on Loki one morning and saw Lucius (the new white one) grooming Loki. I then open the cage to get Loki who didn't mind only for Lucius to become protective and bite me. I would have been a bit upset any other time but seeing he and Loki had bonded made me smile I just petted Lucius and said "you're a great friend for Loki" and check Loki who seemed better than he was a couple days ago. After that I found then both sharing everything down to the meal worms. They both are now mature and Loki is the dominant one and Lucius is OK with it. Lucius let's Loki sent mark him which to me looks a bit funny. Sence they are intact males though I still check for any signs of injury but luckily I still don't ever find any. They both now like to bark at 12ish at night and I get up and have a sorry chat with them and they are happy. Lol now they both wake me up so they can go to work with me in the morning. I don't blame them loud kids and a pouty hubby I would want to go too.i have they both registered as e.s.a. services animals and my boss doesn't mind a bit. They have kinda grown to be a mascot for my work place. If I don't bring them I get asked if they are OK. And I tell them they are they just felt like playing a bit more that day and didn't want to make them stop. I have to say I feel really lucky to have these amazing pets these two are amazing and they never stop surprising me. Just like my kids except they don't get in as much trouble.

Posted by: Ljeske01In a couple weeks I am picking up my new glider from the airport. I am a new owner, and I'm not sure what I should bring. Any help?

Posted by: TealSuggieMy sugar glider Stitch seems to be biting, It's been around 3 months since I've gotten them, not sure if they are just taking more time to bond then usual. But if anyone has any tips I'll take it! Thank you!

Posted by: SugarGliderGirlHello! My poor Acorn was suffering from low calcium so we took him to the vet and he's doing much better. But a few days ago I noticed on the pinch of his back there's some sort of scab thing forming and he's losing hair around it. There's also a bit of a scab forming on his ear as well. I'm freaking out a bit so if anyone has any tips to treat it PLEASE let me know.
THANK YOU

Posted by: King12My sugar glider named King is 10 months old he has adapted to the cage and the other sugar glider very well . King is developing at a fast pace. King is very gently. I can feed him thing out of my hand with out him trying to bite me.king and the other sugar gliders have plenty of room to run in their cage and have lots of things for them to climb on and tons of room for them to glide

Posted by: CeppersonMy sugar gliders are very sweet and have never had any problems until recently. Both are female and are about 1-2 years old. It started when one (JJ) began taking the other's (Po) food and hissing at her if she tried to get it back. Then, JJ began hissing all the time around the cage at night. PO didn't even have to be near her. Sometimes JJ will even start crabbing at PO and start a fight. I'm scared one of them will get hurt. I also noticed that PO started to sniff JJ's bottom. I don't know if that will help the question but you never know#128514;

Posted by: Glidergirl52I also have a glider name Dixie she is usually very sweet and has never crabbed in the past. I was gone for a week but I had a friend take care of the glider who has dealt with gliders in the past take care of her. I also just got a new glider and input her cage a few inches away from Dixies could this be a cause? Dixie has a male glider in the cage with her. I have also noticed she has not come out of the pouch and ate much. Is this stress? Or is she pregnant...? Please help! Thanks

Posted by: Glidergirl52I have a glider named pixie not very sure how old she is recently I put a divider through a big cage. One side had a girl and a boy the other side had two girls and a boy. They crabbed at each other for at least a month but then they stopped so I introduced them and took down the divider. Now I've noticed the girl pixie on the side with just the boy has been starting fights with one of the other girls and she sleeps in the pouch alone most of the time but sometimes the guy (syd) sleeps with her. And she is having trouble hanging onto things now and she has lost her two front teeth. Do I need to take her to the vet or do anything special for her. Please help!

 

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