QUOTE(babyvey @ Oct 10 2009, 12:32 PM)
Hey, that's what I figured.. That's why I edited my question. I guess you didn't see it, but do you mind answering that too? ><
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.

QUOTE(CazzyCazz @ Oct 10 2009, 01:30 PM)
Hi everyone & all the sifus out there,
I have been considering keeping suggies but i don't want to rush into it untill i gather enough of information from web & forums.
I really enjoy reading this forum as it is very informative and interesting, indeed it is really an eye opener to the suggies world.
Though i have been considering and tempted in keeping a pair of suggie, but i still have hesitations as i want to make sure i can handle and provide the right environment with lots of tender loving care. I am an animal lover but i know it takes more than that to be a good suggies owner.
I need some advice from all the sifus before i come out with a firm decision. My current situation is like this, I have 5 kids (adopted stray cats) living with me and my fiance in an apartment. I am not sure how would this affect suggies, can someone please advice? Setting up a nice cage and placing them in a safe place with good food is not an issue, but will my cats scare the hell out of suggies?
I also work from 9 - 5, but every Thursday i will be home late, around 10.30pm. I also travel back to home town in Penang once a month by bus. I also understand from this forum that once i am bonded with my suggie, i can also bring suggie to my office. Bringing suggie to the office is not an issue bcoz my boss always emphasize in making our office as our home. I also have 2 betta (fighting fish) in my office. I am in the sales & marketing line, occasionally i will have to visit my clients, which means i have to be out of the office.
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.
2) Once i'm bonded with my suggie, can i bring suggie out when i need to visit client? Will they make noise, etc?
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?
3) Can i bring suggie out with my everyday when im out of my house? (dont want my cats to disturb them)
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?
5) Occasionally i travel outstations and overseas for work, is there any solution for this? Like boarding, etc?
Sorry for throwing so many questions at once, i just wan to make sure i can cater up to their needs and be a responsible owner. Hey is there any gathering or TT sessions for suggie owners? Though i am not a suggie owner yet, but can i join to gather more info and learn from all the good owners out there?
I thank you in advance and hope that you guys can help me out with some of my questions.

Welcome to the thread. I guess babyvey has answered your questions. Feel free to ask more if anything u don understand. I'm sure a lot owners here will help you..
Good to see a lot future owners study b4 getting glider... thumbup for you~
Added on October 10, 2009, 7:07 pmQUOTE(CazzyCazz @ Oct 10 2009, 07:01 PM)
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!

It's better if you can put in separate room. Your cat might not intend to hurt the suggies, but sometime out of curiousity they may wan to 'play' with the gliders. Your lovely kids may accidentally hurts the glider, physically or mentally. You donwan to take the risk right?
Don forget, there is nature within cats to prey on mouse-liked animals. I heard a lot cases where cats kill gliders with their claws..even the cage door is closed... T-T
This post has been edited by eric138: Oct 10 2009, 07:07 PM