@Jcmf,

updated your name in the list d.

How many glider i HAD? erm.. if counts in all the gliders i kept years b4 and died..then total got bout 10-11.. Now got 5 with me...

Actually glider supplement or diet is not that expensive.. For example, I'm using Bugsy HPW Diet..one batch of HPW with manuka honey & eggs will cost me bout RM60 only.. And it last for approx 4months if you keep one glider.. which is 2months if you keep a pair..

Of course, it will be cheaper if you use normal honey..

Just remember a thing, feeding fruits and vege solely doesnt fulfill their dietary needs. Basically there is no single food that can provide 'everything' they need. You need to serve few things together to strive for the balance of diet. Just like HPW, it's daily supplement, but we still have to give fruits and vege together with it.

You can do that. But the melted mixture become liquid? I don really like my gliders to consume all their food in liquid form.. Because it's not healthy for their teeth and gum. Dr Jenny mentioned b4 she met gliiders with gum problem because of having liquid diet solely for long period. So is good to give solid food some time.. You can stick with ur current method, but extra supplement them with good glider dry kibbles.. Try the Happy Glider Fruity Flavorr~ Very nice.. So it helps to maintain their teeth health by chewing too.

What I did now is, i bought 2 air tight container: One is for vege, one is for fruits. Then one shot i will buy half papaya, tomatoes, apple, sawi, honey dew, mango and etc... Cut everything into cube then put in the container.. Then keep inside fridge, not freezer..

So every night i just scoop the fruits and vege then serve to my gliders, gerbil, hamster, hedgehog and dog...

In fact, the nutrition will goes off bit when we keep in freezer or fridge compare to you cut fresh fruit daily.. because it expose to air and etc..

But for me, it's more efficient to do in this way.

1. Your cage is not suitable for glider, and also not suitable for chipmunk too. Both of them need taller cage to sustain their high exercise level.

2) We don stud our gliders. As emino mentioned, both parents need to be there to take care of the babies. And If you separate the parents after they stay for some time, they will feel stress.

3) Of course not. Please do not try to do that.

Out of your 4 questions, 2 of it are actually asking bout breeding. I hope you don intend to breed your gliders before you really study and research bout gliders.

Please go stage by stage...first u nid to study and learn how to take care of sugar glider.. learn their basic needs, their characteristics and etc... then only start research bout glider breeding after u got all the basic glider keeping knowledge.. After that, only proceed to practise glider breeding when you r MENTALLY and FINANCIALLY ready...

I am not sure what is the actual reasons that your chipmunks left.. death? escaped? But, i hope you understand, it's a huge responsibility to keep sugar gliders, and it's even BIGGER if you breed them.

farid87, one more thing.. jus make sure u soak urself with all the breeding knowledge if you don plan to neuter the male..

Then you should have explain to your grandma properly the impact and consequences..

I don see why you will need another 2 pair of gliders? Ur burden and responsibility will increased when u add in more gliders.

wipe frequently and regularly~~ wash their pouch wheels regularly... wipe their cage regularly...

when you do all this for 2-3weeks....then u will find them smell better..

Don't put the blame solely on Petshops, owner need to bear big responsibility too.

If you have done your research on gliders, no matter dealing with petshop or home breeder, u will able to identify whether the joey is healthy or not..

What kind of price is affordable/reasonable/cheap price to you?

@aldarisgan, i don mean to put the blame on you too. At least now you putting effort to learn more about gliders. There are few home breeders who sell healthy gliders in LYN, but there are some mass breeder too who sell underaged and unhealthy gliders at 'cheap' price. For petshop, so far I only know PetShack who sell healthy gliders.

@Jolene, updated d..hehe..no wonder u wanna get the bigg cage la...

@Glidermama, by now i think you should aware that it's not good to let the female glider to get pregnant at such young age right?

Went to supermarket jus now and grabbed few fruits and vege... blended a batch of fruit smoothie for my babies~~~ They love love it so so so much~~~







This post has been edited by eric138: Mar 2 2010, 12:30 AM

@eekang, no siew bak choi and no cucumber also la... i never feed cucumber to my gliders b4..because it is not really nutritious for them.

@ Shazman & babyvey, erm, i put in japanese sawi, honey dew, tomato, thailand mango..then to make the smoothie taste sweeter, i added bit pure mix fruit punch too.. Oh ya, with bit bit of calcium powder...It is greeen in color..but smeellss like mango~ very sweet taste..

okok...updated.

You can either mix the gliderade with water, serve in saucer plate. 1part of gliderade powder + 5 part of water..

If they don drink, then sprinkle on top of fruits & vege then.

Gliderade is the nectar supplement, provide carbohydrate source to ur glider in order to sustain their high exercise level. It's very good for those dehydrated gliders too.

Erm..you nid to check the overall ratio of your fruits and vege..of course it's hard to get it accurately but at least you can estimate roughly..so you will know the portion of calcium powder and yogurt u nid to put in..

If the ratio is already high in calcium, then u chunk in more calcium powder, end up it will be overdose calcium.

Make sure you peel off the skin of grapes and startfruit, and don put so much..because they are kinda high in oxalic acid.


This post has been edited by eric138: Mar 2 2010, 10:42 PM

You nid to peel of the skin pls..

1/2 teaspoon of glider-cal is A LOT!!!

Erm.i think u can cut ur joey's nail already..they are big enough..make sure u see properly la...joey's nail is harder to cut than adult..

Good one SCC.

@Mingwai89, This is your first time having pregnant gliders, so go and study and read more bout glider breeding before it's too late. Anything can happen, especially rejection baby. And I hope you are feeding proper diet and nutrition to your gliders pair before this, otherwise the chances of rejection will be higher.

Please don't feel offended by our words here becasue we are pretty straight forward. Our direction here is not to spoon feeding owners but encourage owners especially newbie to take their own initiative in learning bout glider keeping. Of course, this is an open forum, it's for public discussion. But i guess you will absorb easier and more if you study first before asking questions.

@Mingwai89,

Erm, unexpected pregnancy for your case is not an accident because this definitely will happen when u put one inate male and female together in a cage.

Anyway, this is already happened, and we can change anything though.

Now, u nid to quickly decide on a diet to follow. If you ask me, I would recommend Bugsy HPW Diet. I have been using Bugsy products for quite some tiem, and all of them are doing well.

As you study deeper in glider diet, you will realize there are more things that could affect the calcium absorb by your glider such as vit. D, oxalates, phosphorus and more...

So keep on studying..then u will earn more knowledge..

Yes, along with Bugsy HPW Diet, u still have to feed fruit and vegetables EVERYDAY.

Don expect all the gliders will carry the same characteristics.. Some will stay quietly...but some may hiss to complain...

So, enjoy seeing different kind of faces of ur gliders..

Don blend together with fruits...

You can mix with fruits in order to introduce HPW to your gliders. But after sometime try separate it, if ur glider can eat it separately then it's good.

You should get gliderade for carbohydrate source. HPW and Gliderade are the most basic supplement.

Others are optional.

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Added on March 3, 2010, 11:45 pmDon blend together with fruits...

You can mix with fruits in order to introduce HPW to your gliders. But after sometime try separate it, if ur glider can eat it separately then it's good.

You should get gliderade for carbohydrate source. HPW and Gliderade are the most basic supplement.

Others are optional.

This post has been edited by eric138: Mar 3 2010, 11:45 PM