rehohk, i'm a noob too but having had all kinds of pets since i was young, i know now that any animal that bonds so closely and absolutely like sugies shouldnt be treated with physical harshness ESPECIALLY if they havent learned to trust you above and beyond..(i dunno,you could say push his head but in actual fact did it very gently...sounds only rough but not really) but i know RJ and FUrla reacts in fear even when i scold my children for being to rough and noisy AROUND them, belum kena ramas lagi! and still they immediately retreat when i raise my voice...they'll run to me if they are afraid but i cant imagine if i were to push their head..jenuh merajuk i'm sure...

not to say cannot play roughhouse style with them i know RJ and furla loves it when i tease them like kittens... dont worry laa you pujuk pujuk them i'm sure they'll trust soon...like RJ and Furla yesterday at Dr jenny's so busy trying to hide inside my sleeves dont want to let Dr J poke them

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Added on March 20, 2010, 6:58 pmhahaaha..eric..that wont work with RJ super picky boy..only eat persimmon berries cherries and half boiled eggs..with honey...BRAT!!

This post has been edited by glidermama: Mar 20 2010, 06:58 PM

tq glidermama....
i dunno,,,,,he seem so hard to bond....like to escape...but eric said, i need to sabar...hhahha..yea, will take sometime

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Added on March 20, 2010, 8:17 pmi put apple inside the pouch...very sad..
i see, a lot of antz...i might afraid the ant bite mu SG, or ant go inside my SG ear...how to know if ant go inside my SG ear...?

Any tips to keep ant away from cage
FYI, i also put baby oil at edge of cage to avoid ant climb...but no differ...still got antz

This post has been edited by rehohk: Mar 20 2010, 09:47 PM

2day i wipe mu Venus Gardian's Baby wipe, but...how you guys wipe your SG actually huh?

Venus oso didn eat too much...as she will eat only when i feed her.if i put in bowl on the floor of the cage,she seldom eat it @@

my suggestion only...dont start teaching them to eat in the pouch...nanti lagi lazy dont want to come out...what i used to do earlier was lipat the pouch kasi pendek (not much room to disappear) put the food near the pouch opening so that they can stick their head out to eat it without their body actually leaving the pouch...

when i leave for work for the first 3-4 days my baju that i wore the night before i cover the cage ( the smell still fresh muahahahahah) and then at night when i come back i would talk to them while putting the food in cleaning the cage and while i do my marking at home the cage is covered with my workclothes pulak but the part facing me i leave open.. after a few days i took them to work every day but i tak kacau them just offer food if thye want but they have to eat from my hand...warning this may backfire. until now my cheeky monkeys prefer to be handfed than to come down themselves unless very very hungry...and then can merajuk with me for a while if i dont feed them..

if they bite you some suggest blowing in their face but i let them and stick them immediately in my pocket..with my hand still around them until they relax...i also like to stroke them while they are in the pouch...soon when they start associating you with pleasure ie food and glider massages they wont mind having your hand come in...RJ has the habit of hanging on to my finger and jerking it if i stop tickling him macam big bolster he make my finger.before he got furla RJ loves to hang out in my pocket even squeezing himself into my jeans rather than his pouch..now got GF i tak berapa laku dah...

the faster they learn that you wont hurt them and only give them good stuff the sooner they will be happy to see you hear you even smell you...

like the sifus have said sabar when they do trust you and treat like their safety net it'll be worth every sacrifice you have made... there was one time RJ was on the couch and my youngest daughter elsa was being naughty and she was trying to grab something from my hand and hitting me because she couldnt...RH actually jumped onto her face and made a sound that was part crab part hiss he almost bit her lucky i was fast enought to take him off her face the scratches were red tho..gliders may be small but they got big hearts like the bravest dogs...

Good One!

because when she brother bring da glider to vet.. da gliders still alive.. and da doc say because lizard pee.. about da diet i nop sure... and da vet i also dont know... because she at setapak... i at jb =.=

Great that nothing serious about Crislyn's pouch. But after reading your explanation, I think it was from over grooming. Very unlikely to be suckling.

Oh, don't put food inside the pouch. It will become a bad habit later. Once a glider is hungry, it will eat. You still got a long way to gain your glider's trust. Just takes time and you have to be committed and consistent.

That is so strange. I have never heard of such a thing.

i wake up and found black drop on my suggie hammock...
dunno drop of sneezing,pee or 'muntah'..

but, i do put a piece of dragon fruit inside cage...is it the color of dragon fruit?? may be the black drop is his pee or sneeze??He sick??

But i feed using my hand a piece of grape, he very 'selera'...i dont think he sick...

Anyone experience feed ur SG a dragon fruit?

black drop..poop?diahrea?

if u feed dragon fruit..red coloured flish...
the poo will be red in colour..
n normally because dragon fruit has lotsa fibre...their poo will be a bit wet...
n u can see the black colour seed of dragon fruit as well

Make sure u peel of the skin and remove the seeds of the grape b4 feeding ur glider. And, don feed too much.. Mayb half a grape per glider every 2-3 weeks? Because it's very high in oxalic acid, not good for liver.

cn someone suggest me the fruit that will be good diet for my SG..

@eric,,tq a lot..i never know SG is not good to feed with grape..
i usually feed him twice a week...

can someone list out good fruit for SG...i will rotate these fruit everyday..yesterday, feed him wit papaya, but he seem not interested

papaya....best fruit
lol!!!
most ca:ph ratio i think
lol!!

Hey guys, any ideas how to feed Crislyn her medicine? The first time, she took them fine. Then second time she didn't want them so I put the medicine on yogurt drops for her. She ate them and I tried again this morning but she don't want to touch them after her first taste. Fed her the first medicine, need to feed her the 2nd one now but she doesn't want to touch it.

liquid form?
if yes, use a syringe n force it in...
best method

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Added on March 21, 2010, 11:26 amhow's criscille doing?

This post has been edited by jitshiong: Mar 21 2010, 11:26 AM

Force it in? Wouldn't they get chocked or so..?

stuff the syringe in the mouth...then slowly n bit by bit u push the medication
once in the mouth, they will drink it
dun la one shot force it in...then sure get choked...

Okay okay, will try. I tried holding her with one hand and feeding her with the other but she keep moving her head. Will try to keep her head from moving now O:

Not one shot, but cause we dont know how big their throat is. Same goes to small birds. O:

Wrong Post.

This post has been edited by petshack: Mar 21 2010, 11:42 AM

the amount, i'm sure dr jenny told u how many ml to give...
slowly pump in, let her finish licking the liquid in her mouth first.
then only pump a bit more