My Ah Pit look like don't drink water from the bottle, is it anything can do to attract Ah Pit drink from there? I didn't change the bottle but just didn't drink water from there.

hmm cool info mayb i should get a companion for my joey also

ya got liao 1 week + liao

dai86  thank you for the info about the bottle, is it like a bottle with a small bowl at below that kind .

Ya Honey no good for too much, that why i need to mix another mix food that is use fruits jam.

is ok. but if u are getting it, get those with small small 'bowl' one, so it won't polutted with the poo and pee. hehe....

ooo.. crazymouse, thanks ya. but one more things that i not understand, isn't that glider in nature get honey is those raw honey? since no one cook for them?  .... but why the internet writer suggested not give them raw honey?

From Wiki :Its diet varies considerably with both geography and the changing seasons, but the main items are the sap of acacias and certain Eucalyptus, nectar, pollen, and arthropods.

From Suncoast : Sugar gliders eat manna in the wild. Manna is a crusty sugar left from where sap flowed from a wound in a tree trunk or branch.  Gliders also consume honeydew, which is an excess sugar produced by sap sucking insects.  Honeydew and fresh fruits are considered good substitutes for the sap, manna and honeydew free ranging sugar gliders eat naturally in the wild.

From Pet Education : In the wild, sugar gliders eat blossoms, flower nectar, sap from eucalyptus trees, acacia gum, and insects.

From Glider University :What Do Gliders Eat In the Wild?

According to a year-long study by A.P. Smith, (Diet and Feeding Strategies of the Marsupial Sugar Glider in Temperate Australia, Journal of Animal Ecology, 1982, Volume 51, pp 149-166), gliders living in a small patch of forest consisting of eucalyptus and acacia in Victoria, Australia, maintained a general diet (obtained from observation, as well as examination of faecal matter and autopsy of collected gliders), which varied seasonally in this manner:

Spring and Summer: Moths and beetles that have larval stages and adult stages that shelter in foliage.

Fall and Winter: Acacia gum and eucalypt sap.

It is interesting to note that insects were preferred over gums and saps in the spring and summer, in spite of the fact that gums and saps are most plentiful in spring and summer. In addition to the above, small amounts of honeydew, manna, and pollen were found.

According to the study, feeding activity was classified into one of five categories:

  1. Acacia gum feeding
  2. Eucalypt sap feeding
  3. Eucalypt bark stripping
  4. Eucalypt branch licking
  5. Foliage gleaning or searching

When identifying the faecal samples obtained from the gliders in this area, some of the following items were identified:

  1. Soft bodied caterpillars
  2. Beetle larvae
  3. Moths
  4. Abdomens of large beetles

The Australian acacia gums are similar to commercially produced gum arabic. Acacia gum is a very important carbohydrate source, and gliders are able to digest about 90% of the gum. Gliders spent about half their time (43%) feeding on gum. Gliders also fed on sap from the E. bridgesiana eucalyptus tree by chewing the sides of the wound on the tree and eating some of the bark with the sap. In the summer, only 12.5% of the faeces collected contained bark, compared to 94% in the winter.

Pollen is relatively high in protein if gliders are able to digest it. It was not found in faecal samples, but in the stomach of a collected glider. Perhaps the absence of it in the faeces would indicate that gliders may be able to digest pollen.

Honeydew, an excess of sugars excreted by insects, was also found in abundance in the faecal remains in the summertime, but dramatically dropped in the winter. Manna, which is formed when sap from the trees comes in contact with insect saliva, was also another food source.

Gliders spent time in the summer by chasing insects through the foliage and ingesting them, as well as searching for insects by stripping the bark off the trees. Gliders may eat insects in spring and summer to satisfy their protein requirements. It is important to note that while insects were the food of choice in spring and summer, they don't satisfy the minimum energy requirements for sugar gliders. The importance of gums and saps in the glider diet is obvious. Even during the summer, gums and saps are used for energy, and in winter, they are the staple of the glider wild diet.

only 2 week SG ahh...
u can give them bird egg(without boil)add some honey to giv them protine,o mealworm(cut to two)let them suck the inside of mealworm...than u can give babyfood lol...honey...tat is enough 4 them....when they r 1 month... u started can give them some dog o cat bistkut,fruit,let them learn bite....remember... hand feed always...

4 weeks OOP is young .. they still need nutrient.8 weeks OOP is the minimum age

dont give honey ! especially for JOEYS ! .. they cant digest them . a senior suggie ok .. not for joey ..

and do u know dog or cat food can give them lumpy jaw ? its already stated its for dog and cat. not for suggies.

1) NO corn - Although sugar gliders will readily dive into it, we must not include corn in their diet because the phosphorus content is higher than any other food, thus do not offer any benefits to sugar gliders except more phosphorus that could lead to bone deficiency.

2) NO avocado - Very high in fat.

3) CAUTION on grapes - Although there is still research going on about this, we must caution on the intake of grapes or raisins due to some death in sugar gliders that points to some of the substance found only in grapes. I'd say better safe than sorry.

4) NO iceberg lettuce - Non nutritional value and can cause watery poo!

5) NO chocolates - Chocolates are a NO-NO to all animals. It causes a toxic chemical reaction in most animals.

6) CAUTION on high fat content food - Nuts especially are high in fat. Some will offer sun flower seeds to their sugar gliders, but do this sparingly and strictly as treats not a part of their diet.

7) NO fried food - Again, very high in fat.

8) cat or dog food - Although most commercial breeders feed their sugar gliders with cat or dog food, they just merely want to substitute the fresh food that needs to be prepared daily, to something easy and lasting to eat without considering their long term health and not to mention - Cheap. Cat food is designed for cats, same goes with dog food. They are not meant for sugar glider. Not to mention that cat or dog food can cause lumpy jaw (because it is hard), intestinal blockage and kidney failure in the long run.

no.. they like dog food very much...
i dun means tat givin them dog food as main food...
but u hav 2...choose the dog food tat hav high clusium...
n dog food can help them to gesek their teeth...
honey is just 4 snack...not main food also...
main food is fruit...mealworm...n etc...
dun miss understanding...

wah..so syok la then..i wanna go culik ur sg ledi..haha..post pic la..u bring ur joey along to work?ur room starting to be zoo liao it seems..what r u getting next?

is ok. but if u are getting it, get those with small small 'bowl' one, so it won't polutted with the poo and pee. hehe....

ooo.. crazymouse, thanks ya. but one more things that i not understand, isn't that glider in nature get honey is those raw honey? since no one cook for them?  .... but why the internet writer suggested not give them raw honey?

Trust me, as long as it is a bowl, it will get contaminated even tho it is small.

Try yourself and see, the next day, you will find the water clouded already. And you have to change the water everyday.

Everywhere also if you search will recommend water bottle over bowl, why do you still wanna use a bowl?

Where in the net or research that you find they feed on honey in the wild?

In the wild, they feed on tree saps and gums, fruits and insects, NO honey liao.

How the heck are suggies suppose to get the honey from the bee hive? They'll get stung by millions of bees and definitely won't  survive dey.


KP

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Where got honey??


KP

from another discussion board

he/she replying to sumone asking about mix and suggies food
i reply . took some info from 1st page
he'she reply .. the same one as the 1st quote
what to reply ?

Just now i try feed water by using bottle, lucky Ah Pit still take some from there. .  Maybe is that watermelon alot of juice.
Oh yea, maybe i know what is the problem, last time i still feed dry cat food, maybe not so much water, that's why Ah Pit will go drink water from there. Nowadays i feed mix food & fruits only.
May i know guys when you let your suger glider come out, what will you do with them? Just feed food and touch touch them?
Everytime i let Ah Pit out  ( morning or afternoon ) i just touch touch her in sleeping place and let her come out move abit. ( If too long time for coming out, she will jump here jump there. Quite hard make her coming back. )  At night i make Ah Pit come out and enjoy the mix food, after that wait her pee & poo and take her back. ( After eat the mix food, Ah Pit will stone there and pee or poo.) Just like hard to let her search around for long time.

Er just now my Ah Pit jump on the mosqito killer pad there.... if she push the button herself ..........

Maybe need to take her to somewhere is free of space let her run on floor   ( run very fast )  Or i act like tree let her jump. ( just success 1 time, most of time she will jump on floor run somewhere else.)

Anything can attract suger glider for call them back? Food, fruits like no work.