Bath O.o actually how you bath them? dai86. I thought this kind of pet can't bath 1.

This kinda pet cannot bath..... if you bath, there is a method.... but advisable not to bath because it could actually cause them to become sick later.

Oh yea, about clean i remember 1 thing. Have you guys reliaze the sugar glider ear sometime got a black thing stick on thier ear, i saw it like drop skin like that. Is it a dirty thing or something else ?

On their ear outside or inside?

Is inside, not deep inside the ear hole there, is surface of the ear.
Here got a link about nail cutting, maybe i try for this XD
http://www.suzsugargliders.com/nailtrimming.htm

Oh, that is normal for most animals... ear wax. You can always take a cotton bud and wipe it clean.

Trimming nails for me is pretty easy coz when my gliders were joeys, I handled their feet and play with them alot during nail cutting. So it gets easy. However when I cut other people's glider nails, I gotta be more careful.

Just 2 weeks ago I trimmed my friend's glider's nails. He was amazed that it took me 5 minutes when it took him about an hour....

I see, maybe i need more pratice for that nail trimming. Thank you for the info crazymouse_yyh.
Ai my Ah Pit already big lady, need to tame here more time. Today feel shock that she stand on my hand and didn't move at all, maybe feel lonely or what like that, just sayang her on that time, sometime i saw her come out from the sleeping place and stand outside, didn't move at all.

That is sitting still and no movement is called Stoning. Most gliders do that. Some do it coz they feel scared, some just do it for no reason. My glider can stone for 1 hour on the table and only move when I place my hand on her.

Nail trimming just needs lots of practice and patience.

Ok i try on that trick on that website XD. Hope can really help my Ah Pit having nice nail trimming. I see, wah stone for 1 hour on table.
My Ah Pit if going out from cage..... i can say non-stop move over 1 hour also can.

1 time i forget close the cage, at midnight Ah Pit very enjoy live outside the cage, but unlucky she break my mother 1 small jade that she like alot, I also scare my mom will scold me about that, but she just forgive me and Ah Pit. On that time about morning 6am something then only take Ah Pit back to cage, on that time Ah Pit still move here move there.

mm... i dunno is good or bad giving them a bath, since sometimes they really became smelly (because of a stupid small mammal food i get from a shop with cheap price n now i seldom let them eat.). i will use warm water to wet them, then put on soap (the one tat i using), and wash with warm water again. and dry them as soon as possible after that with cloth. (but only bath them on body, not head. and mostly do it on a hot noon or evening) and then, wrap them with the cloth. cut the nail (very very careful). and dry them again with another dry cloth. and put them back to the cage which been 'big' cleaned. and reward them with fruits. (mostly fruit like strawberry or grape or other fruits tat i seldom give them or sometimes honey.)

hi
i juz got my joey today

he is eating so far
hand feed it once in the afternoon and just now
it eat little bit only but its eating and drinks quite alot of water from the hamster water thingy.

but i notice tat one of the thumb on his hind leg is like red in color, swollen abit while ta other one is pink in color.

is tis normal, wil it get well by itself or i need to apply medicine for it?
his movement doesnt seem to be restricted due to this as he is jumping around here and there but his grip is not tat firm yet thus i decided against putting him in the big cage first due to i scare he might fall down.

anyway regarding the red thumb is it dangerous?

thanks in advance

They might or might not keep it. But, the way I see it, if the leaflet points out to reliable sources, such as where the info comes from and such. And that the info is correct against what they say or teach, I think with the right approach we can educate them.

We have to be patient if we want it to work. Like we can't go and marah them, but will have to talk to them reasonably and pointing out the facts you have in hand.



Special technique or not, actually depends on the owner and how the glider response.

Most of the techniques on the net are proven ones, 'cept that you need to double up the effort it if you want to speed it up.



The only wheel I'd recommend for suggies is the Wodent Wheel. The size is big to allow them run without hurting their back and the tracks are solid with safe covers so that they will not fall off while running in the wheel.

And it is the only wheel certified safe by the ASPCA.

Small size wheels can cause back injuries to suggies.



I find that most info from pet shops re small animal or exotics are only appx. 20-30% correct. The rest are total crap.



Yup, that's the right way before deciding to get a pet. Do some research to determine whether you can or cannot care or handle the desirable pet



Never been to one yet, but hope too visit one soon

Suggies are protected animals in Aussie. Good for them!

Wah, seems like they really-really care for the pets they sell until they can refuse to sell them if they feel you're not a good owner. Hahh, we can only dream for that to happen here...



Huhh, cat food??

Don't tell me you're feeding your suggie cat food.

Suggies are like a combination of a few animals. Sometimes they'll come back when you call, sometimes they won't.

With persistance and patience, most of the suggies will come back when you call or return to their cage once done exploring or playing.

Things like this works well if you teach them from young, but it does not mean it doesn't work if they're already grown up, you just need to more time and a specific training schedule.

My adult male returns to me or his cage whenever he's done exploring. And he was an aggressive sub-adult male when I got him



Like Hun said, they can't be bathe unless you know the correct way or technique and it has to be done in a speedy time.



I've never encounter ear wax with them... Got ahh?

Yup, once you're used to it, you can do it under 5 mins



I dunno how swollen is it, but it happened once with Iggy's hind leg thumb too.

It wasn't so swollen, just a bit and look like dark red than the other thumb. But it subsided in a few days and was back to normal.

Keep an eye on it everyday. If it does not change in a day or two, better get it checked.

Iggy's one shows changes everyday until it became better.

There's no cage too big for suggies, even a joey. Trust me, they won't fall. They're born to climb, clamber, jump and glide. Tho they will smack on something when they're learning to glide, but it's harmless

Welcome to the family!


KP

thanks, i tried letting it play around in the big cage liao
the movement is not as swift but he is exploring around

once he fall down lucky got newspaper below, i tink he is ok.

but he eat very little, tis morning his hissing wake me up, i thought he is hungry, so i giv him 1 teaspoon of mix, but he juz lick a few time and then ignore it.

how much should i feed him ?
he dun seem to eat much

There's 2 types of hissing. One is to call and the other if he has difficulties peeing.

Normally they don't eat much during the day. They eat more during the night when they're awake and active.

I give them the mix once a day, during the night time feeding. One table spoon full

Sometimes got leftovers, sometimes not.


KP

ic thanks for the clarification

this morning he keep on hissing i thought he is hungry
i will feed him once every night one table spoon then

thanks

But do leave him some fresh fruits in the morning.

Sometimes they'll still eat before going back to sleep

I fed them twice everyday, late night and early morning.


KP

Yap i'm feeding cat food for my sugar glider, but not the main meal, the main meal is fruits, i just put 5 piece cat food bisket for each day, at night will eat friuts, i feel my sugar glider not eat so much in the morning, at night can eat alot apple. Add early time i have try feed fruits for my sugar glider but they won't eat until the apple become yellow ( apple become yellow will bad to sugar glider?). But she like cat food at morning.

If anything I'm doing wrong pls tell me about it.

This post has been edited by vincent09: Sep 10 2007, 12:51 PM

We don't encourage people to feed their suggies cat food. That is one teaching that is plainly wrong. It already says CAT food, so it's for cats, NOT suggies.

No doubt they will eat it if you give to them, but it is clearly not meant for them, thus not good too.

We don't feed our suggies anything cat food.

We stick to fruits, mix and mealworms/crickets.

As for fruits, there's plenty you can give them(search back for the list of fruits and such in this thread), NOT just apples. And yes, don't leave the apple till they turn yellow. Any untouched food should be discarded the following day and be replaced with a fresh one.

If you explore more on the fruits, you'll see some eagerness with some types of fruits and some not. Still, don't get discourage, cuz sometimes, what they don't eat today, they will tmrw and what they do today, they might not touch on other days.

You should give them a variety of fruits and mixes.

Wouldn't you get bored of eating the same thing every single day?


KP

KP, ear wax single gliders got but very very little if they do not know how to groom well. Most pairs groom each other so I guess your gliders won't have it lah.

Yay! You got your joey already hahaha....

It's ok, the little guy just needs time to adjust. Let him be on your body lah. His hissing could means he wants your company.

Leave fruits in the morning. I always give some pear, apple and honey dew in the mornings... then at night 1 large tablespoon of mix but this is for adults lah. You can feed smaller amounts. But I think your joey can take 1 tablespoon of the mix. Fruits do give a nice variety. I always go to those hawker stall fruit sellers and buy the cut fruits to rotate the variety

Catfood? Did you do research before on catfood? Did you know that catfood can cause a disorder known as lumpy jaw, which could cause painful mouth sores. Since we do not have proper sugar glider vets here, we should never take this risk of feeding them catfood.

Also, no other fruits? Apples are just full of Vitamin C and A, very little minerals and also low in calcium.....

Catfood can only be given if it is made soft by moistening it with water or grind into powder and mixed into glider food.

Do you feed your gliders a good supplement mix?

ya got liao loh
yesterday it follow me to work somemore

later i will bring it to work also