i'm not sure minimun how many hours.. but it should be at least as much time as possible. you can spend time with them even when they are sleeping..just keep them in a bonding pouch and close to you.. so that they get used to your scent and voice and the sounds around them. once in a while, stroke them while they're sleeping.

and if they are not tame, better not let them run around on your body.. cos once they jump off and run.. it'll be hard to catch back. (especially outdoors) indoors, if they run off and hide in a corner.. they'll be crabbing and crabbing and crabbing when you try to pick them up.. so gotta go slow, lure with mealworms or other sweet stuff..

if tame.. then it's alright..eventhough not bonded.. you can still let them play on you.. but just dun bring them outside incase they decide to run off.

Ya, it is true, when i bring back the not tamed SG to my fren's bf, he want to try taking out the SG, then the SG juz jump away, so he faster go & grab the SG, & the SG bitten few spots on his hand.

Is it becoz he is not tame or we should not do so? Will a tame SG bite if you try to grab her out of sudden when she escaped?

tame one will not bite.. cos mine like to run off under my table and chair.. and sometimes i just grab them.. they don't bite, don't crab.

not tame one.. if you grab them, you'll scare them.. then even harder to earn their trust...

with untamed SGs.. you should slowly approach them.. let them get used to you.. and make sure they know that u are not a predator ready to eat them. have to be very patient la..

hey any 1 here when their gliders urine on their hand will ur hand start to become red then later on it will be very itchy?

most probably not from urine but their fingernails.

heidityj,

I see, thanks.

ic thx ya. any ways to overcome this? for example cutting or cleaning their nails?

waah....my sugars sleep n eat all day izzit ok for them ah...n the mix i make i nvr keep in frdge leh cause i no fridge T.T

erm...i also dunno coz i too having such problems. Their nails grow very fast la. I have to cut them like every 5 days.

then how? throw away the remaining?

that's bad. my hand will be very red like i'm having rashes. u r still having this problem also ar?

here`s mine..
i`ll be ordering some rep-cal from aust..anyone here interested,rm 90 per bottle..

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No need.

In 1-Utama Pet's Wonderland, right along the entrance there's a calcium sold for reptiles I think it is called Reptile Calcium or something like that. It is phosphorus free, and ladded with vitamin C and D, which I think is a good replacement for Rep-Cal. Get that instead... RM26 only.

RM90 per bottle is a killer!

P.S : Your baby so cute~~

3rd week with Gollum ...

Here's my update of my Adult Male SG Gollum on my 3rd week with him.

He is still very shy to come close to me when he is wide awake at night - around 11pm. I try a couple of times to lure with out of the cage but he will sendiri jump back to the cage.

Last night was the first time I saw him drinking water from the bottle. Trust me, it took me a couple of tries to get him to learn to drink from the bottle. I was so happy. For those who are concern whether he drinks water or not. My Gollum usually will drink water once he wakes up at night......must be very very thirsty after sleeping the whole day.....

Anyway, after following the advices from fellow LYN SG friends here. I have been spending at least 1 hour a day hugging him usually when he is asleep before i go to work..he would eat about 5-6 worms....then i leave him back to the cage...when i get back home from work at night..i will try to take him out again..(he would be half awake)...but still very sleepy....and hug him for another 1 hour and feed him with worms....then i will leave him to sleep in the cage as I need to do housework and stuff....

Then by around 11pm he would wake up and start looking for makan liao....I would usually leave some fruits and koa chi in the tray for him to eat while i am sleeping at night..

Sometimes if i were to take him out and have him go wonder around me...he would get very scared and look for his cage to go back...if it is his first meal of the night...after he have 2-3 worms..he would poo poo liao...so be prepared to clean yourself up after that....

I manage to find a small little bag (girl's bag) that might be able to use as a carry bag for my SG..it has 2 layers of cloth...is it okay? I try to breath through it...it seems okay...can my SG breath through if I can breath through?

Another advice I need is about the nails, his nails is getting very long and I don't know whether is it okay to cut his nails or not? can anyone advice is it okay i use those nail clippers (for human) to cut...when is the best time? when he is sleeping or at night?

As i find i can handle him better when in the day than night time....his nails are so long..everytime he climb on my leg...i get red dots everywhere from his sharp nails...

just read 1st page briefly~

Ive been interested in SGs ever since I saw a pic around the net~

After reading it its even more tempting to have one ;_;

but I keep a very busy college-working schedule, kinda afraid will neglect it~
But really feel like keeping one~

any advice?~ thx~

Carosonel: totally understand your situation, SG do need a lot of attention especially the joeys....i am not too sure about the adults...but to be frank...i try to spend as much time with my adult gliders about 1-2 hours on working day and 3-4 hours on weekends...if you think you could spare the same hours i spend with adult gliders..i think should be okay if you get an adult SG....

dunno leh heidi i still feed them...no time to go buy fruits at times also..aihz

for me my working time will be wake up at 7.00 am and go to work on 7.30 then
back home at 6 to 7 pm then bring my dog to pee pee poo poo half hour

then i m free

and will sleep around 10.30 to 11 pm
so than means i still got about 3 hours for the glider
but glider is active around 11 pm but i going to sleep already woh
so can rear SG or not??

yup..having the same problem. The only way to solve it is that you have to cut their nails.

Daytime is bonding time. Night time is their play time. Usually if you really want to bond with your glider (which means they become so attached to you, they stick to you like glue. They listen and acknowledge what you said and command.) you have to play with them during bonding time even tho they are sleeping.

But if you are just treating the suggies as any conventional pets, then playing with them at night should be fine.

Cheaka---> does your suggie crab when you take him out from the cage?

Badguy --->if you were to get a pair, you would have a hard time taming them especially in bonding since the pair gets more time together. That's all.

No more liao....he is okay with me grabbing him out....unless if i hurt him..then only crab ...