hi am new here

can anyone tell me how to differeniate between a female and male baby gliders? i have a pair but not sure which is male and which is female. my friend told me that the one with a belly button lookalike thing is male.

why the glider die?? scary la.... btw, regarding the gender of my gliders...i managed to see one pom2 lookalike thing but it's not really furry as in the photo posted here...is it because my sg is still very young? 2 mths oop.

am from ampang

hi all,

i have a question... my sugies are still afraid of me though they have been home for almost a month. they dont crab as often but they always hide in their pouch or the wodent wheel...

i tried to scoop them out but they seem to be afraid of me and i can feel their tiny body is shaking, hence i leave them alone. should i give them more time to adjust/bond with me?

i pat them every night and morning before going to work... i will give them treat every few days.. hopefully it is enough... my male one is quite ok with me but the female one is still a bit restless when i try to pat her...

hi eric.... i'll be patient they are getting closer to me daily and i love to see their cute innocent face am asking cause am afraid i'm doing something wrong that makes them afraid of me

i guess when they stop crabbing at me...it is a good sign? btw, i heard them bark this morning...so cute.

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Added on September 9, 2009, 2:22 pmi read about the stupid vet on The Star papers (page N47). he is really a jerk! what kind of lame excuse he has given in order to molest the sg owner... poor sg, died shortly after returning home

This post has been edited by babydaisy: Sep 9 2009, 02:22 PM

hi all

is it advisable to let 2 gliders out to play at night when they are still not very bonded with you?

i got bitten by my glider last weekend till i bleed they are fine at first when they are outside but all of a sudden they got "panic" and start to jump to me! crawling all over me aggressively and i, myself got panic but i brave myself to caught them and ended up being bitten once on my finger... sigh.... i guess it is a bad idea to play with them at night when they are not really bonded with you?

when they are back to the cage..they seem to be at shock and so do i as i never expected them to bite me till i bleed. they have bitten me before but it was not painful at all... shall i leave them alone and cont patting them inside the cage/pouch till they are really bonded with me?

it really scare the shit out of me! crawled all over me... guess my panic reaction scare them lo...sigh...now i'm a bit scare to even touch them! the bite still hurt... i hope it wont get infected cause i have super sensitive skin ??

btw, here are photos of my 'babies'

hi glidermama

thanks for your compliment... i suspect the one who bite me was the brave one, Daisy (female) ... ha ha ha.... your little girl is very brave to grab your SG! lol... now i really have fear when they start to become active and use their hands to grab the spoon (yoghurt) or apple (i usually hand feed them) ... i hope i can overcome this fear soon

that's what happened to me last weekend... LOL. i know it's really scary! anyway i tried other matter than the shirt way... i quickly put their sleeping pouch near to them and they quickly crawled back in... phew. i guess they felt scare outside the cage and feel safe when they are back to the pouch.

my noti baby daisy

night time with light on

my SGs used to sleep in their feeding bowl before i got them a sleeping pouch. at first i was wondering how to train them to sleep in the pouch but to my suprise...they actually go in themselves..haha.

i noticed they love pouches, when they are sleeping and i want to transfer them to the bonding pouch... all i need to do is put both opening of the pouches together and they will slowly crawl into the bonding pouch..hehe. so cute

This post has been edited by babydaisy: Sep 24 2009, 10:52 AM

hi all...

i noticed yterday that one of my SGs was sort of bitting the sleeping pouch.. is this normal? also they used to be ok when i try to hold them but after the panic session (brought them out to play and me got bitten on finger, they got frighten) now they are like afraid of me.

when i try to pat their heads with my finger they will sort of trying to get away from my finger.... one good thing is they still remain silent, no crabbing at all.

am actually quite sad and demotivate when they all of a sudden like keeping a distance from me i thought we were doing fine with the bonding process....

This post has been edited by babydaisy: Oct 2 2009, 10:56 AM

mine barked the whole night yesterday... pening. thought they are hungry but nope.. maybe just want to see my face? ha ha ha....

try to hand feed her and pat her while she is busy eating. my baby daisy used to be very fierce too but after some time she becomes friendlier. bear in mind bonding takes time... your SG only with you for 5 days.. mine took few weeks in order for them to stop crabbing at me.

SG will be sleeping in the afternoon till it's their feeding time which will be late evening or night time mine usually sleeps around 7-8am till 9-10pm.

hi all

i noticed that for the past 2 days there are some ants around the cage of my SGs. i have checked..they are wandering around the cage where got some small pieces of dried apple (my SGs love to "sprinkle" their food during night time) i clean that every morning and seems to have no problem for the past 2 months.

i wonder what can keep ants away? the funny thing is there is none in the cage. i'm so afraid they will bite my SGs one day!

where can i get the ant powder? can i put them there permantly to avoid anymore ants? i have only SGs at home.

i think i'll try the cornstarch first since i got it at home and i think it's safer too if really effective to kill those ants.

eric: how much is the germisep pellet? am currently using the SuperPet Clean Cage Deodorizer 16oz from Petshack to deodorise and disinfect the cage but i find it pretty pricey to use on long term.