Kiah anti social with gliders liao.... She loves any human hahahah....

haha... poor Joey..hehehehe... but Kiah was so cute..popping in and out of your shirt..

hi all,

sorry for asking question again.

both of the newly bought gliders love mealworms.I see them not eating alot of fruits...so I feed them...feed ha feed ha...suddenly I'm puzzle..
wht will happen if I overfeed them with insect's protein ?

how u guys do it ?I mean to put the glider in to pouch....my both hand are full of wound...now not even carry them...try to touch...kena bite liao...

now I know...I should buy baby instead of fully grown adult.

thanks all for the previous help !!!

InfiniteVoid, well said.....
Thanks for answering for me....bwahahahahahaha.....

To all Glider Owners, pls take note:

Please keep the SG population in Malaysia clean!!!! We don't want to be blamed for causing infectious diseases. This article originated in the US and CANADA. Hope we are not affected.

THIS IS A HEALTH ALERT FOR ALL CARERS DEALING WITH SUGAR GLIDERS AND/OR PEOPLE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH SUGAR GLIDERS:

SUGAR GLIDERS CAN CARRY AND TRANSMIT SALMONELLA TO HUMANS. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN SOME SUGAR GLIDERS THAT ORIGINATED IN TEXAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS (MOST LIKELY FROM GLIDER MILLS LIKE FLYING FUR RANCH AND CUSTOM CAGE WORKS )

THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION--IT JUST BEARS REPEATING FROM TIME TO TIME. PLEASE BE SAFE WHEN HANDLING SUGAR GLIDERS:

ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER HANDLING A SUGAR GLIDER--IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT CHILDREN ESPECIALLY WASH THEIR HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING SUGAR GLIDERS.

You can find this article here:
http://www.glideruniversity.org/index/

This post has been edited by sangterap: Sep 27 2006, 10:12 AM

adults are very hard to tame actually. can still tame but needs a lot of time and patience

Having trouble maintaining my glider because my refrigerator is having problems and I can't store his food properly. Even ants can run in and out of my fridge! Now feeding him fresh stuff but I can't keep this up because we don't have fresh fruits and meat all the time...

i guess you can make a point to buy those rm 1 fruits for lunch everyday, then u eat and your glider also eat.

yayaya..two hand up agree..b4 this I hardly touch fruits...since keeping these gliders...they eat I also eat...not bad after all


samonnella....tht decease...only children are affected badly...adult also meh?
buy a hand wash kautim liao larr.....if wanna kira decease...u keep dog also got deseace what....

gosh...sangterap...do u have to come in n slam evrything...I mean be polite lar...no need b to harsh on evrything wht....

i like the SG make the noise hehehe very lound

kuek kuek... woof woof... miaooo..... chi chi...

how much glider eat per day.....?
i feed my glider v nestum 3 times per day. but he seems eat a bit oni but he loves mealworms......

you feed only nestum and mealworms? They need fruits as part of their main diet wo

oh yaya i oso feed them v apple n watermelon.......

I definitely prefer having just one glider for now -- I'm able to bring him with me to work and stuff. If I've got two, then I'd probably leave them both at home.

Out of the house, he's very well behave and he wakes up on time for his "midnight snack" during my lunchtime everyday He eats his mealworms and a few pieces of fruits. Every other morning before heading out of the house, he'll have a bit of yoghurt la. When he hears that I'm awake, he'll wait at the cage bars -- then when I go over to him, he'll climb into his pouch, poke his head out and expect to be brought out in his pouch His schedule is already pretty predictable and that's a good thing cause when and if they start doing something out of the norm, then I'd know that something might be wrong with him cause they don't ever exhibit signs of sickness until it's too late but through a change in their daily routine, we at least get a bit of a warning.

Aiya with regards to Salmonella -- a lot of other animals also can give you this disease la -- lizards, iguanas, tortoises, hedgehogs, etc etc. Just be careful and wash your hands after coming in contact with their pee or poop. And make sure to give their cage a thorough cleaning at least once a month! I usually sun the tree branch in his cage once every two weeks and I'm planning to get a new branch every three months. Also, I wash his pouch once a week and clean his food bowl, water dish and water bottle twice a day. I change his newspaper bedding once a day and wipe the cage bars down every other day with baby wipes.

Here's an article that you might be interested in reading, from SunCoast Sugar Gliders -->

Zoonoses refers to those diseases acquired from veterbrate animals (i.e. animals with backbones) by humans. I will be introducing you to two bacterial diseases of public health concern which have been know to be carried by sugar gliders.

Now before we go into this, let me allay some of your fears and tell you upfront that these situations can be controlled by good hygiene practices. Also, you need to be aware that sugar glider incidents connected to such issues are not highly recurring events. These are simply possibilities and similar possibilities exist from keeping any type of captive animal.

Sugar gliders can be a reservoir for certain diseases, meaning that they may or may not show any outward signs of illness. The sugar glider may simply carry the bacteria, but not be personally affected by the presence of the bacteria.

Salmonella is a bacteria that has probably received a fair amount of publicity. For instance, the sale of turtles was disallowed in manycommunities due to a high exposure to the salmonella bacteria. Salmonella is a bacteria harbored by nearly all species of warm and cold blooded animals. The bacteria escapes from the animal in feces, is transferred by contact exposure, and may live and multiply outside of the host. The bacteria typically enters humans by mouth. This occurs after handling contaminated material and then by eating without washing your hands. Symptoms may occur 6-72 hours after exposure. Humans get gastroenteritis (irritation and inflammation of the digestive tract) and some additional unpleasant symptoms, such as diarrhea.

Small amounts of the bacteria may be carried for up to three months even after you recover from the infection. If the bacteria spreads from your digestive tract into your bloodstream, they may settle in other organs, such as the liver, kidney, gallbladder, heart, or in joints and cause inflammation or abscess. This is very rare and most infections are very mild. Treatment depends on the severity of the infection and whether it traveled outside of the gastrointestinal tract. Your physician will be able to advise and prescribe appropriate antibiotics, if needed.

Leptospirosis is a bacteria which may be found in dogs, cattle, swine,rodents, birds and marsupials, such as sugar gliders. This bacteria escapes through the urine and is spread through direct contact with infected animals or contact with contaminated material such as cage bedding. Carrier animals may shed the disease for long periods of time. For example, dogs may shed the disease for four years.

Following infection, human incubation can be from 2 to 30 days. Human signs and symptoms can include fever, chills, headache, myalgia (muscle spasms), nausea, vomiting, nuchal rigidity, encephalitis, retroorbital pain, jaundice, hemorrhage and occasional death. Fatality is low in healthy people, but may be increased if suffering from chronic kidney disease. Your physician can successfully treat leptospirosis with a variety of antibiotics, but good hygiene is the best prevention.

Both salmonella and leptospirosis are prevented by good cage cleaning practices. These are only two possible bacterial infections humans can become infected from keeping pets of many varieties.

The best medicine concerning zoonotic diseases is prevention. Prevention starts with good hygiene practices. In addition to washing your hands after handling any animals, you will also need to keep the cage and all accessories clean. This includes frequent changes of the bedding, periodic cleanings of the whole cage, daily food dish and water bottle cleansing and cleaning all other toys and accessories that your animals come into contact with.

Nest boxes, sleeping pouches, wodent wheels, and other toys should be cleaned and disinfected periodically. I suspect this comment will lead to the question of how often is periodically, but its really dependent on the size of the cage, the number of critters housed in the cage and other factors. Bedding should be cleaned at least twice a week if not more. Food and water containers should be cleaned daily. Other items should be cleaned at least monthly.

You can use a mixture of 4 ounces bleach per gallon of hot water. A bleach and water mixture is able to kill a wide spectrum of microbes if allowed to stand for five minutes or more and then rinsed thoroughly with fresh, hot water.

yes yes yes misa...good 1

if u really care for your pet...clean it n it surrounding...be it samolena or what leptospirosis ...got to go ...my flight docking in........

Nestum, mealworms, apple and watermelon? Well, that is really quite a bad diet. Watermelon has loads of water only, can cause diarheaa.... then not enough nutrition. Same goes with apples.... You need to give a VARIETY only they can have all the nutrition they need.

Mealworms is just protein with loads of fat... no vitamins or minerals in them.

Nestum has cow's milk inside plus sugar.... you are spoilling your glider's health with such food....

No la -- don't just feed them mealworms. It's a good thing for them to eat it but too much of a good thing can turn out to be a bad thing, yanno. It's kinda fattening. So feed it to them sparingly. Like I feed my glider just 5 mealworms a day. He gets it in the afternoon with a few tiny chunks of fruits (usually apple). At night is when I suggest you give them their full meal -- meaning the glidermix (if you have any), a few pieces of fruits, frozen veggies (corn, peas, carrots -- I give two of each -- and I steam it in the microwave first). They don't eat much la. Just one tablespoon of everything is enough. Like my glider doesn't eat his veggies so I'm going to puree it for him. Choose a schedule that fits you and your gliders la -- then stick to it. They are creatures of habit so they'll appreciate you giving their meals at the same time everyday. And the reason I feed the mealworms in the morning/afternoon is because they won't lose their apetite for the full meal at night (which I usually give at about 10pm).

If they aren't used to you yet, don't force them into the pouch. Leave the pouch in the cage -- they'll usually go to sleep in it and when they do, just slowly, quietly and carefully take the pouch out and carry it with you. It takes time to bond with your gliders -- for some it takes just a few hours or a day, for others it might take weeks or months or years. It depends on the gliders themselves and on how you treat them. They need to learn to trust you and you need to be patient with them.

All the best!

Hi,Can i know where can i buy the sg pouch?Pet safari out of stock liao..Really need 1...

Erm... you don't need to get those pouches artually. you can use those RM5 denim pouches, or cloth cotton pouches.... with draw strings....up to you if want draw string or zipper... but it is cheaper than a SG pouch from Pet Safari...

If you visit some websites, they don't sell SG pouches like pet safari, very few offer those pouches. Many make drawstring pouches coz easier to carry around, wash and comfy.