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kelvin, where is the address for the forum

Grabbed Lara and Belle out for photo session today~~~

waa.. so gemok2... hahah

Yaya.. Seems like all gemok2 wan these days!! Haha..

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Added on June 14, 2010, 6:13 pmhttp://www.glidercentral.net/ubbthreads/ub...ds.php?ubb=cfrm

This post has been edited by kelvin_faye: Jun 14 2010, 06:13 PM

lol..mine is not consider gemuk d lo... u nvr see kelvin's...

Cairo? hahaha.. i know that 1.. Big Fat Chubby 1.. hahahaha

kelvin's glider soooo

Kelvin.. why dont u post Cairo's pic?

Hi all,

Just wondering, do glider smells bad?

Male glider will develop musky odour when they reach maturity age, and they will do marking on the cage/owner/other gliders as well.

However, neutered male glider woudn't have such issue. Most of the cases happened where the smell drop a lot after neutering.

For female glider, they smelss good for me. As long as you clean their cage, food bowl and wipe their body regularly, i don think there is any problem in smell.

Wow thanks for the fast reply. How often do we need to clean their cage?
And to clean the cage, are we suppose to wipe or wash?
Sorry, i'm really new here.

I will suggest u clean the whole cage at least once a week. If you have an innate male glider in the cage, then u better wipe the cage using cloth every 2-3days to reduce the smell.

There r different ways of cleaning the cage. Some will use detergent, some will use dettol... If u r using any chemical/substance that u are not certain whether it's safe for animal, then u hv to make sure u rinse the cage well using a lot water and sun dry it. Make sure no leftover detergent or soap on the cage.

I'm using Germisep (http://www.germisep.com/), a disinfectant which is safe for animal and pet use. Normally i wipe the whole cage using diluted germisep water, then wipe again using clean water. Because i'm staying in condo, and it's very inconvenient for me to push the cages to rinse and sun dry so i couldn't use any dettol/soup/detergent.

Thanks for the germisep link!
I heard ppl mention cleaning the cage using water + vinegar to reomve the smell. Have you try that before?

Yea, a lot ppl using vinegar for pets cleaning purposes. But i don like it, coz personally don like the smell.

And one thing, i don think vinegar kill bacteria and viruses.

....errr.. vinegar don't kill bacteria & viruses? .
Anyway, thanks a lot for your answer
eric138 = good man!

i clean my pets area with bleach . 3cups water mix with 2drops of bleach. that kills bacteria and really does help to reduce odors .but after u do that make sure u wipe the area with plain water again cuz bleach is quite strong.

Done a basic reading on vinegar. Yes it does kill 80% of bacteria and viruses.

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Added on June 14, 2010, 9:45 pmUsing bleach without rinsing the cage is quite risky, to be safe, u better rinse the cage using water and then sundry it. Otherwise, ur glider might get to lick the bleach if there is any leftover on the gap between cage bar.

This post has been edited by eric138: Jun 14 2010, 09:45 PM

yeah .it might irritate their little fingers too

I heard the minimum cage size is 24 x 24 x 36. Is that the minimum?
I mean, if we get any cage smaller than the above size, it's not comfortable for the sugar glider is it?