Aiyak, baru wanna reply, said the thread close edy

Haha, great, great, V4 already!




KP

Yeah, better speed up on V3

As for Repti Cal or other supplements, have to let Hun to answer that, I dunno the local ones here.

It is better to give them the vitamin & calcium supplements cuz it'll make them healthier and higher chance of living longer

Mix fruit alone is not really enuff.


KP

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Added on September 10, 2007, 6:48 pmOkay, this is my current cage set up.

(You can also see the Wodent Wheel, feeding cups, sleeping pouch & other accessories)

This cage can be found at Pet Safari Ikano for RM100.

This is the most minimum size cage for suggies. If using this type of cage, please let your suggie out more often

DO NOT settle for anything less than this size.

Hun, feel free to add this to the above housing for a cage that can be found locally

Hackerz, the pix is also for your reference


KP

This post has been edited by krynzpeaches: Sep 10 2007, 06:50 PM

*DIET* still compiling. Coming soon! Too many things to add



No worries lah.

It depends on how much they east also.

Unless if you see he is having difficulties to poo or pee, then got problem. If not, it's ok



Ohh, not the dry meal worms in cube. That on is only for fishes and it is not made of mealworm but tiny red worms for fish.

The mealworms are the live ones. Can also be found at the fish shops. Ask for mealworm or "ulat"

Do make sure that the suggies are kept in twos or threes only. Don't put all together especially non-neutered or different sexes one.


KP

Ikano got no vitamin or calcium supplement suitable for suggies.

Been there, checked all dy.

Calcium for human with magnesium, I'm not sure, have to check with Hun or a vet.


KP

Help how?



Calcium drink? Dunno, but better safe than sorry, so don't lah.

Yeah, you can give your suggies yogurt, try peach or blueberry flavor Mine loves the peach one

You can give them yogurts like twice a week, it's good for them too, but as usual, don't overdo it.

Cat food can cause intestinal blockage and kidney failure in the long run, would you wanna risk that?

I'll be adding that to the 1st page intro later.


KP

Yes, time to change.

Replace with protein. You still haven't answer me why you do not want to feed mealworm. It's a great source of protein.

NO TOFU. It's not good too.

No need non-fat yogurt, take any low fat will do.



That basically tell you the content of Ca/Phophorus ration in food. But it does help you analyze the food you give them

Yeah, tofu no good.



Haha, new owners of suggies will always be mystified by the "pulp"...

It's normal, they'll always produce the pulp



Must change her bad habit then. It'll be difficult at first, but you must be persistant.

I think it's better to substitute honey with something else, maybe natural jam without added sugar or preservative... (Correct not Hun?)



Would you wanna use anything that is expired for yourself???

If you wouldn't, then don't use it for your suggie. It's a simple rule what.

Keep in freezer, the frozen part. If you take out and keep back before it completely melts back, it will not spoil. Same rule with ice-cream.

Egg, put everything lar, even the original recipe they put in with the egg shell! Why do you say the yolk is not good pulak?

Just a suggestion, if so mafan to do, just buy lar.

KP

No limit if your glider is used to it.

The more time spent, the better.



Aieee, don't give them the cube worm(tubifix)... It's not for suggies lah.

If they're not used to live mealworms, you can try plucking off the head and give to them. Sooner or later they will learn to love it

I think baking mealworms are as hard as baking crickets, everything need to be right, or else, it'll get burnt.

If you wanna keep the live ones and don't want them to smell bad, put oatmeal bedding for them. Don't put anything fresh too long, it will spoil and cause the rotten smell too.

Speaking of baking mealworms, I think I have seen a bottled of dried mealworms before near my place, I'll try and check it out if still got, but I dunno if suggies will eat it or not.




Huh??

Don't get what you mean...

How can suggies eat without chewing?

Don't you give her fruits? Apples, pears, mangos and so on? If don't chew, how she eat?


KP

All gliders do that lah. They will always produce "pulp" (this has been mentioned in just a few replies back...)

For mealworms and crickets, the excess will also contain the exoskeleton (search wiki, if you dunno what's exoskeleton).

For other foods also they do that, they chew and get off all the nutrition needed, they throw the pulp.


KP

Adorable and high maintenance, haha

We humans are merely slave to them, become toilet, preparing and serving fresh food daily and cleaning up their homes every week

Muahaha


KP

No gaji, and gaji habis to them, muahahaha

Ohh, I forgot to ask, anyone here got house gecko(cicak) problem?

My apartment got huge-huge house gecko lah... Last time they stole mealworms(cuz I didn't close the container)... Then another time, I found one huge one, sitting nicely in Iggy's cage!

Huge one, sitting splat at the bottom part of the cage. I chased it and got a bit of his tail off.

This morning(early sahur), there was another huge house gecko on the wall on top of the cage! I think it is the same one as before cuz the tail seems like regenerated back...

Iggy musked a lot till my apartment quite smelly, I think he wanted to protect his cage area...

I chase the gecko and sprayed it with Sheltox(dunno what else to use ), it ran outside this time...

Sighhh, I think the house geckos are stealing foods from Iggy's cage!

Grrr...

Any suggestion how to get rid of them?


KP

Vincent,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I'll see about the sticky paper. I've read that once someone used a sticky paper to catch those fruit flies around their suggie cage area, ended up stuck on their suggies tail Such a havoc, took a lot of time to remove it from the tail.



Broken_string,

I think you're doing fine



Yeah, I like gecko's too, but not house gecko's The fancy ones you keep as pets only.

Although they are good natural insect eater, they poo too damn lot around my apt and I don't like it if they start to mess with my suggies food

Yeah, you can PM me or email me about the wheels.



I couldn't think of anything else that time, just grabbed the Sheltox and spray away...

Cayenne Pepper + tabasco + garlic + dishwashing soap? Wouldn't the smell be... Euwww??? Hahaha...

Icy cold water? By the time I open my fridge, grab the water bottle, fill in the spray bottle, I think that would be enough time for the gecko to make an escape But if I manage to, I'll defintiely do it

If I got leopard gecko, sure I'll like it, but house gecko, I still don't like

Thanks people!


KP

Ooo, peacock's tail? If it works, then I cari lor, decorate around their cage

Hmm, maybe cuz the peacock's tail got that top part which looks like an owl's eye, that's why they hate/scared...

Haha, but it is kindda funny


KP

Aiyo, Hackerz, be a man Hahaha, mealworm pun nak takut ka?

We all girl also can pegang, summore play2 with it during cleaning their container, tak takut pun

I like giving my suggies mealworm, cuz it's their fav and they will always make that "yum, yum" sound while eating

Like to watch how they hold their food too

Nowadays I buy mealworms a lot at one go, last time RM1 can last me a month, now RM1 for 1 week only Summore I feed the mealworm, make them fat-fat first before giving Iggy & Luna

Normally live insects like mealworm or cricket, best to hand feed them. If so takut, get a tweezer lah. Those live one cannot leave like that, they'll sure crawl or hop all over later

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This afternoon, went to see Dr. Yeoh.

He was full handed, somehow so many patients

Spoke to him for a bit re Iggy and already set the appointment...

The big day is, 29 September...

Iggy was somehow well behaved just now, didn't resist or try to bite me when I took him out, but then he quickly ran under my tudung as usual and stayed there

I silently pray that everything will go well and that it will allow other people the same option too


KP

He was in a hurry and it totally slipped off my mind too. Gonna call and ask about the price on Monday. I hope it doesn't cost a bomb or more than neutering a cat or dog



Yup.


KP

Sorry didn't update your name.

But the set, cannot put there yet lar, hope you understand

Will let you know about it thru PM.


KP

Yup, snip2, neuter, call it whatever you want.

It's not easy to breed animals, especially your own pet, if you really love them. It's kindda sad to put them thru the whole breeding process. So I'd rather be a responsible owner and have my pets neutered.

There's a lot of positive sides to see too, for instance, no more "botak" head, no more musking, no more naked/yellow chest and so on

I just hope the procedure will be okay

I'll keep it posted for everyone.

dai,

Besides mealworm and cricket, the other big one that loves like mealworm is called 'super worms'. That also can, but not all suggies like it, summore look so ugly

Other than that, we don't have lor available here (you can refer to the 1st page about this what). In the US, the can get farm raised grasshoppers, june bugs and so on. We don't have those in Malaysia.


KP

That's normal if you feed that type of fruits.

You can refer to the list of fruits and remarks about those fruits in the first page.

What you can do is alternate the fruit types. Say today you already feed a type of fruit that is watery, tmrw give something that doesn't, like apples or pears perhaps



At most local fish shops, RM1 is one small cup. The cup is red in color, normally some people use it to make "kuih" with or tea serving at temples(correct me if I'm wrong )

Like Hun said also, there are young smaller ones and also, big juicy ones. But that actually depends on the shop. I normally like to take a peek first, see if the mealworm they sell fat and juicy or not

As for feeding the mealworm, oatmeal is the best. Not those instant one with added sugar and such, but those normal rolled out oatmeals.

You can also feed them carrot or vege bits, but it has to be removed immediately the next day. You cannot leave foods that can root or become smelly, or else your whole mealworm will spoil.

I feed my mealworms with oatmeal and those supplements, overnight they'll become fat and juicier


KP

From my observation, most sugar gliders that are not bonded or not fully bonded tend to do they.

They'll pee or poo when they're shocked or scared.

Others mostly when they're out or especially just woken up, they'll will need to do their biz. So for the first 10-15 mins they woke up, be prepared with some tissues


KP

Haha, better tasting than the right ear



Your suggie still needs to eat fruits.

Mebbe you should reduce the amount of mix you give her lah, limit to one tablespoon per serving.

That's how much I give my suggies, 1 tablespoon per serving once a day only.


KP

Nope, the foods sold at PS is not recommended, be it the pellet or the treat with egg & honey.

The pellet content is really misleading, the pellet is hard and the smell is not yummy at all.

The treat contains honey, a bit skeptical to try. It is supposed to be mixed with water they say, but I wouldn't wanna try it.

I've never even seen those food anywhere recommended in the net. Dunno where the heck PS got those food



Yes, like carzymouse said, St. Dakfour is okay.

What 100ml? That's a lot lah, even 70ml also still a lot.

If you use the recipe you find in the net and follow according to the measurement, replace the honey with the natural jam and use back the same measurement given, don't simple taruk your own measurement. If they say, half a cup, then use half a cup only.

Yes, sugar gliders need big wheels, a 12" is the best. Another one to look into is that the wheels need to have covers to prevent them from falling off while running. The ones available here are either big without cover or small with cover, we don't have the right ones available for sugar gliders here.



Nope, no roti.

Why do you wanna feed them roti anyway?


KP