Actually, flash don't hurt the eyes. They just startle and scare the animals. But if you place the flash right in front of the eyes, the heat and light intensity from the closeness would blind the eye. If we take pics with flash from a distance, it is ok, no harm done. In zoos, they advice people not to use flash photography not because it would hurt the animal's eye sight but rather make them shock and panic. Animals that are used to picture taking will not get startled. Like my gliders, those that have always been my models for my blog do not jump away from the flash. Now Pugle, who has never had a camera in front of him jumped away everytime my flash went off. Same with my dogs, none of them budge or move away while I take their pictures.

where is it located? maybe when i go back to kch nxt month, i'll drop by and have a look. sadly, most of the pet shops are like that.. they're just in to make profit

hmm.. i just wanna know where got sell suggies in kch. nth wrong with dat i guess?
i got friends back home who are interested. where did u get urs from?
i'll catch up with u tmr. gtg cause i still have to work tmr morning~ nites!

Well, the fact is.. I rescued my Baby Girl from a famous pet store in PJ just like the one you described about 2 years back and she turned out to be a fine young lady, no? I believe a lot of us bought from pet shops like that because let's face it, most of the pet shops ARE like that. The only one Pet Shop that treats Suggies the right way, so far I only encountered one - Pet Shack, which is in West M'sia. Unless you have a better suggestion of where to adopt a sugar glider in KCH? That's why I'm asking you where you adopted yours from.

How do you fly him back? How's the procedure like? I don't think MAS/AA would let you carry him in your bonding pouch.
Another question, does KCH have vets for sugar gliders? As I know, it's not easy to find a vet that knows how to treat a sugar glider.
Sorry if I asked too much Thanks in advance for being helpful.

I won't say glider is hardy animal that doesnt fall sick easily. In fact, they are kinda fragile as their body is small, virus spread very fast.

People think they don fall sick easily because they are good at hiding their sickness. They don show until it reach very very severe stage.

In Malaysia, vet such as those who listed under recommended vet at front page also not really very expertise in treating sugar glider if we compared to vets from overseas.

But, Dr Jenny and Dr Yeoh so far both are the most experienced and passionate vetS in treating exotics. Therefore, it's would be better if we could bring our glider for regular check up every few months. Safer. Don 'assume' our glider has been under proper care and nothing will happen..

Oh ya, as i could remembered the conversation with Dr Jenny, all the vets in Malaysia attended seminars  and knowledge of sugar gliders' diagnosis, sicknesses and treatments had been taught/shared before. So i guess, if the vet at Kch is hardworking and not sleeping during the national vet seminar, he/she should at least acquire basic knowledge of sugar glider.

Any animals will fall sick without proper taken care. But sometimes, we 'thought' we r doing the correct things, we 'thought' we are giving proper care, and we 'thought' they are ok..

In fact, they might not be ok. Bringing them to vet regularly to check their bone, urine, and stools is to ensure they are free from parasites and hidden illnesses.

I use 'virus' word to conclude everything such as the parasites, infection and etc. Sorry, my fault.

Back to last last time, we might not know feeding grapes too much in long period may contribute to kidney failure in sugar glider. Jus like now, mayb we are feeding certain fruit/vege that possibly harmful to them and we are not aware of it because the effect doesnt show in a day or two.

Regular vet check is a good habit for every sugar glider owner as it is one of the step that safeguard your glider a little bit more.

guys i wanna ask something! will a 2-4 months old suggie have a diamond shaped forehead to show its sex as a boy ? well im not sure but i wanna ask ! or the diamond will appear when it reached maturity

or if there's possible a male suggie wont have a diamond?

I would prefer stick on HPW, then give Premium Sugar Glider Diet as dry staple.

I use Bugsy Sugar Glider Diet when i am away or during daytime.
Yes, it's possible that a male doesnt develop the diamond shape on forehead. Look at kelvin's Cairo, the diamond shape is really not visible.

It will come out when they reach maturity age.

Ok i think i should summarize my points and questions as below:
1) Izzit possible to have suggie while i have cats in my house.
I'm quite sure that it is fine as long as you can keep your gliders out of your babies reach, because sugar gliders are very small, and cats are hunters by nature.
2) Once i'm bonded with my suggie, can i bring suggie out when i need to visit client? Will they make noise, etc?
Sugar gliders are nocturnal, which means that they sleep during the daytime and are active at night. Your glider will much probably sleep in your bonding pouch than make noises at your client.
3) I travel back to hometown by bus at least once a month, morning bus back to Penang and 4pm bus back to KL on Sundays (reach KL around 8 - 9 pm). I understand suggie wakes up between evening to midnight, is there any solution for me if i really have to take the 4PM bus back to KL from Penang?
I guess there's nothing much you can do aside from bringing them with you or leaving them at home. I suppose it depends on yourself. But in my opinion, reaching home at around 8-9 isn't very late so you should leave your gliders at home so not to stress them out with all the moving around.
3) Can i bring suggie out with my everyday when im out of my house? (dont want my cats to disturb them)
People actually suggest bringing your suggies with you while you go about doing your chores so they can get used to you and speed up the bonding process... But make sure that you have an apropriate bonding pouch and keep in mind that they have no control over their bowels and will more than likely eliminate in their pouch or on you if you take them out. Are you sure you don't mind being covered in suggie poo & pee while you work/play?
4) My fiance and housemate are both smoker, i suppose there will be ciggie smell on them and their fingers, how will suggie re-act to it?
First of all, do NOT smoke around your sugar gliders because it can kill them. As for the ciggie smell on your fingers, I'm unsure as to whether it is harmful or how the gliders will react (may try to taste your fingers, I guess?) but a little soap should get it off.
5) Occasionally i travel outstations and overseas for work, is there any solution for this? Like boarding, etc?
You can either entrust them to your fiance or housemate or send them to boarding. I think Hun at suggiesathome.com offers such services.

Hi Babyvey,

Thank you so much for your information and tips, very happy to find out that there is still a hope for me to actually own suggies! Hey why are you a hopeful parent? What's keeping you from becoming a suggie parent?

In my case, i will have to re-arrange my apartment to locate a safe place to house the sugar glider. All my cats are indoor cats and they are let free and not caged. Can i still place the cage in the common area (living room) or i should separate them from my kids? If i put the cage in the living room, i suppose my kids will do no harm but i am worried when suggies come to life at nite and making all sort of talking and noise, my kids will get curious and excited. What they will do is they will probably checking the cage out and jump on the cage or trying to reach them. Though they might not reach them from outside of the cage, but i guess it would scare them or the suggies under tremendous stress.  (It sounds like i already know the answer, silly me!) I still have a spare room available where i can place the cage, just that occasionally my parents would come down to KL for short stay, then i will have no choice but to place the cage in the living room.

Oh well, i guess i should continue staying on in the forum to learn more until i get a solution for my future suggies

Anyway thanks for your help and hopefully it does not take long for your to fulfill your wish of becoming a sugar glider parent. All the best and take care! 

Ops i didnt realize u edited the ques..hehe...

Glider-booster: It's really useful if you got yourself a picky eater. If your gliders eats up all the nutritional balanced diet you feed, then it's not a must.

Glider-cal: For HPW user, as long as u monitor and control the overall ratio of the fruits and vege you serve. It's not neccesary to feed glider-cal. Glider-cal is very concentrating calcium powder, can overdose easily. I still prefer to use fruits/vege as my glider calcium source.

Gliderade: Carbohydrate source. It's good for glider that has high exercise level. Replenish back the moisture and energy that lost after high activity level. I always suggest ppl serve gliderade and hpw as the basic supplements.

Acacia Gum: Also carbohydrate. But acacia gum is complex carbohydrate, glider absorb better. And it's fun for them to eat because it's sticky like gum. Optional. I feed because i wan my glider to hav more variety.