Vincent,

Your suggie is adorable!

Nope, I don't think she's fat... Mine is fatter and I've seen even bigger suggies

Perhaps you can take a pix of her on your hand/palm so we can see the difference

Yeah, like Reanne said, do lessen or restrict the grape intake, it's not good for them even tho they love it very much.

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Have you ever noticed that when you buy mealworms, sometimes they are small and skinny?

Since now I buy them a lot at one go, I have to keep them in proper container and feed them too. Last night I found that all the mealworms are bigger and fatter... Some are really-really big and juicy! I really couldn't resist on indulging my suggies with a lot of fat and juicy mealworms last night, I can tell they are all very-very happy by the chirping sound they make

So they had a grand feast of mealworms last night, haha...

Iggy seems to know when to stop as he will turn his face around if he doesn't want it. But Luna keeps on begging for more, and more, and more...


KP

Thank you krynzpeaches. Ok i try take some shot on my palm or hand.

KP
regarding the "threads" on diets, someone has sent a reply saying that Eucalyptus trees are found in Malaysia & are apparently quite common. This could very well be the case as they are used extensively in Thailnd for building & possibly for the production of charcoal for cooking. It may be an idea to check. The only thing is that you would have to get the branch's from outside a polluted area - if that is possible.

Yep, saw the reply

I only heard that there are some eucalyptus trees in a park here in KL, but we obviously can't go chopping down the branches of it unless we wanna get caught by the authorities

Other places, I have never heard of. Even some of our local nursery do not know of eucalyptus. Furthermore I do not know the local/Malay name for it


KP

Fair enough - Although getting the seed from Aust. , germinating it ( if it germinates ) & getting the plants to a size for chopping branch's would extend past the life span of the gliders anyway.
If the person knows of any plantations he/she could send you a separate message & I dont think the plantation owners would mind taking a few branches

Yep, hope he/she can lead me to where he/she found out about those eucalyptus trees

So far the skinny Hibiscus branch keeps my suggies occupied


KP

It has been so long I last visited the forum as I had been very very busy and tied up.

My Eowyn was pregnant and finally the joeys are OOP yesterday. She got me worried at first when I first got home after work. She was so active and once I open up my cage...she jumped on me and i found her tummy was flat ..... i was worried as where's the baby....

The next thing i do was to check on the sleeping pouch and found the 2 daddys (Frodo and Gollum) was taking care of the baby. It was an amazing sight as they really make my heart melt. For such a small little creature can be so clever in family planning. Hahahhaha...

And the best part is they take turns to come out and eat. Gollum would come out for some snack and then go back the pouch where Frodo would come out for his makan.

Eowyn was just busy running around the cage and very fussy over the food. I had to keep trying different type of fruits and mix for her to start eating again last night....finally it was something that i hardly feed her with that she layan the food.....grape and Gerber's sweet potato mixed with bread.

Hahahaha.....But I am glad the joeys had all come out safe and sound.....

KP: as for the eucalyptus trees, remember i told you i got two big trunk of it...and now they are growing...but the tree is too tall for me to get hold the leaves...ahhaha...have not given to my glider to try yet ... but i was told not to feed them too much as apparently it is like alcohol where too much will make them "mabuk"...from the documentary i saw last time for the koalas....anyone can advice...

thanks.

"KP: as for the eucalyptus trees, remember i told you i got two big trunk of it...and now they are growing...but the tree is too tall for me to get hold the leaves...ahhaha...have not given to my glider to try yet ... but i was told not to feed them too much as apparently it is like alcohol where too much will make them "mabuk"...from the documentary i saw last time for the koalas....anyone can advice..."

Sugar gliders may eat a small amount of eucalypt leaves but it would if anything me minimal. On the other hand the diet of Koalas is exclusively leaves & yes the reaction of the leaves in their digestive system can cause a form of alcohol - that is why they sleep all the time. I gather the word "mabuk" is Malay for drunk !!!!!!!!

Cheaka,

Yeah, I remember you told me about the tree but after that I got no updates from you ma...

Haha, yeah, too much eucalyptus leaves can make animals "drunk"/stone/high But I have never had the intention of feeding my suggies with the leaves, I just want the branches to make their home more surreal and give them something safe to chew or tear the bark off

Congrats on the joeys!

Yes, male gliders are amazingly good fathers You will be more amazed and understand their colony and caring nature by observing them more now

Taipan,

Ditto, "mabuk" is drunk in Malay


KP

Hhaha... Vincent, your Ah Pit loooks healthy and fine. Not fat, healthy size. A glider should look like that and not skinny.

CFP, who was the one that said that? Forum mana?

Here got eucalyptus tree? Where? HAhahah.... I was wondering if my friends could bring me branches from Aussie for me when they come back or not but I wonder if they are allowed to bring in their luggage LOL.

I got this branch from a friend, really have no idea what branch it is but it is super dry with no bark anymore.... so I put it inside Kiah and Kapi's cage, they love to go up and down and gnaw a bit. So far never seen any bad signs so I don't think toxic.... still, I don't dare to give other branches coz not sure if got pesticide or is it a toxic species.

"Here got eucalyptus tree? Where? HAhahah.... I was wondering if my friends could bring me branches from Aussie for me when they come back or not but I wonder if they are allowed to bring in their luggage LOL."

Hello Hun
As mentioned to KP - why get your friends to bring branch's back in their luggage after all i am sure they will find things to fill their bags with. You & KP could take a short sojurn to Thailand & take some back with you !!!!.

HAhaha... I would surely go.... but I have no idea when I can go Thailand hahahah..... I would love to savour the street food and of course visit the markets there.... hahah, I watch too much travel shows LOL.

Ho ho thank you, like that then i keep feeding mix food and keep watching is it still fatty or not,
but i feel before 2 month and now really grow very fast. Hmm now Ah Pit every night also waiting her mix food, also can play with her , like call her come out from sleeping place or touching her when she eating. Last time just scare come out or eat awhile and go back like that.

Oh yea, today Ah Pit act quite funny thing to me, when she sleeping, i change the wheel and replace some toy, on that time i make some noise because need to take out those toy from cage, then Ah Pit like not so happy and jump out walk around c what I'm doing, look like say to me " heh please do it fast, i want sleep~~~!! "

hhuhu..hey dude..how to make their fur ~ skin so "licin" mcm sapu minyak rambut saja haha~ ..is it cause of food or what? cn suggest what food aa?

Bulu joey not so shinny yet, coz fuzzy mah... but as long you bagi mix and buah and cengkerik or mealworms, bulu sure cantik nanti.

Anyway, here are pictures of a joey hahahah.... young girl, noisy girl but very very cute girl.







She is going to her new home soon, gonna miss her crabiness LOL.

the tail are soo fuzzy !

crazymouse_yyh hehe i like that thing ( flower ? ) that joey holding there.

Hun,

Let's go eucalyptus hunting... Haha

OMG! Cute joey!

*dies...*

The joey has fuzzy irregular fur coat. This type will definitely look more fuzzy and fluffy.

I noticed that the suggies here has 2 types of fur coat, some will have that fuzzy type, some will have the sleek type. Iggy's fur is the sleek type, while Luna is the fuzzy type. I will try to take a close up of their fur and post it here

Hey, when are we going to have a gathering?? It has been a while since all of us met up

Hun, mebbe we can do a big scale gathering plus info day on suggies and call you-know-who to do the coverage


KP

" Let's go eucalyptus hunting... Haha "

Can I come ?????????

Sure, sure

We will be dressing up in the "Steve Irwin" like gears and head for the parks and schools and nursery


KP