Why was it bald?

misa..the glider of yours are truly clean color heh...u spray anything on him? or he is this color when u got him ?
coz mine are a bit yellowyish n dirty in color...althought the head part got a bit clean than 1st came...but the stomach area are coklat color....haha

No, I don't spray anything on him. That's his natural colour. Usually with male gliders, when they grow older, there might be yellow stains on their chest area because of their scent glands. That's normal. But chocolate colour...hmm -- trying using baby wipes to clean his fur, maybe? But be gentle about it yah!

yerp misa..thanks 4 all the advise n the links for gliders..read it.really useful n understand more bout this glider.thankss~~!

A male Sugar Glider will turn bald when it gets mature. Don't be surprise. That is their scent marking spot. It uses to make the female to make note that the female belongs to it.

The main reason why the price of male is cheaper than female because female don't have any visible scent gland. Female doesn't get bald.

thanks for the slurp

both of my babies finish them cos they hungry

Well, I know they have a balding spot on their head -- it's diamond shaped. But if they're bald bald, like totally bald it means they're stressed out and have been overgrooming themselves -- feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. But from the description given about the Seri Kembangan glider -- I thought the glider was like totally hairless.

This post has been edited by misa: Oct 8 2006, 02:11 PM

i just got my female joey, Moochi, yesterday night. she seems scared and keeps on crabbing whenever i move my finger near to pat her. after a few pats i managed to scoop her up, with a lil more crabbing, but after awhile she was climbing all over me. and she has the tendency to jump around alot.

the next morning, i was back to square one ". is this normal? is there any way i could get her to be more comfortable with me? (i have placed my tshirt on the cage) also, she doesn't seem to drink water so far,i used a drinking bottle for hamsters. should i use a water bowl instead? i placed a dish with bread, gerber baby food and blueberry jam, and i found out she has preference for blueberry jam she's nearly 2months old. is she big enough to eat mealworms? thanks to those who can help me out here

Please read up about gliders -- how to bond with them (it takes time and a lot of patience and you can't force them to do anything) also read up about their nutritional requirements. They need fresh fruits as well.

Refer to the following links:

Trust, Bonding

http://www.sugargliderinfo.com/Bonding/

About Gliders! Please read!

http://www.critterhut.com/gliderknowledge.htm

This post has been edited by misa: Oct 8 2006, 03:16 PM

Thanks! Good to know they like it

Ah.... you should buy my glider food lah hahaha... kidding lah.

Blueberry jam, a bit is ok... did you buy those that got no added sugar? Anyway, nice meeting you yesterday

It will take some time for Moochi to learn to trust you. It is better for you to buy a pouch and hang her around your neck under your shirt coz got your bodyheat and smell.... you do that, sure she will get used to you and bond...

Intro some fresh fruits such as apples, honey dew, carrot, jambu air, sun mellon, grapes and pears.... gliders love these.

2 months old still dunno how to eat mealworms, you take a mealworm, cut the head and squeeze out the juice of the mealworm for Moochi to eat lah. She will lick it and this is part of hand bonding training.

You can feed her yogurt using your fingers too.

da SG wasn't bald on the head. It was bald near the "armpit" thr

i wanna ask u guys la if i buy a pair will the bond between me n them will get further?

to those of u lucky enuf to own a glider..
cheers!!

=)

hey, done that. it wasn't so difficult to get moochi into the pouch as compared to trying to do stuff while having her in a pouch around my neck. she does eat mealworms, only if they're dead. she loves applesauce

Hehe.. welcome to the club

thanks! i'll get pics when i can hehe

Yay! Can't wait to see the pics.

Haih, BabyBoy is acting like a pig these days. Very naughty. He finished eating his mealworms (6 mealies) then ate a few tiny pieces of fruits. Two hours later, I was eating some watermelon -- he heard the plastic only, he poked his head out of the pouch and stretched his hand out. Gave him a bit. Then he went back to sleep. A few hours later, I was eating some raisins. He poked his head out again and demanded some. Gave him one -- hehe not good to give too many in a week.

Then these days at night, he eats a bigger portion of his dinner -- more of Hun's glider mix -- a big tablespoon of chopped fruits -- a tablespoon of veggies. And he cleans his plate up!

It's cool that he's got a good apetite though. Mainly I'm happy because of the glider mix. I'm not so stressed out about his nutritional needs. Today he jumped from my head to my bookcase and disappeared for an hour. Found him fast asleep on top of a few books. I'm hoping he didn't pee on my books la.

Adoi. I just ate some asam and he also poked his head out. But no, no, no, he can't have that. Haha! Just now I was having dinner also he was just looking! Worse than my cat this one.

This post has been edited by misa: Oct 9 2006, 08:59 PM

So cutttteee... Already poisoned to buy SG. Can't wait till Jan after all my overseas schedule is over Then I'll be home and office everyday to play with suggies

*everytime hear misa's suggies makes me so impatient in getting it

Hehe if you want, feel free to play with BabyBoy. He's okay with strangers. Well, so far la. Must have a gathering someday.

...although these days he gets a bit excited and tends to scramble all over my shoulder and on top of my head. At first I thought he was afraid of something and when I want to put him back in his cage, he will refuse to go in la. Then after that only he'll start to behave.

Yay! Good to know you'll be getting a glider soon!

So late? How come I din see you guys wan? *blind hammy*

I was there from 3pm to 8pm walking to Ikea, Ikano, McDs, Pet Safari (go therE play SG - that time got a couple wanna buy guinea pigs so i have more time playing with SG on my hand )


Oh, where are u misa? I come ur house play SG

Soon? It's too long...


sui teng the breeder got stock or not? I can pass my smelly shirt to them to get use of my smell