I have one question. My gliders absolutely love mealworms. When I wave a wriggly worm in front of them they will immediately grab it and start munching like chicken drumsticks as the worms are pretty small. But what about crickets? How do you normally feed them? Just pull their 2 long legs out and give it to the while the crickets are still alive/active or do you bash them first? Coz, for crickets, I notice they entire body are kinda watery so if I were to bash the crickets will it be like too disgusting and messy? 

I have one question. My gliders absolutely love mealworms. When I wave a wriggly worm in front of them they will immediately grab it and start munching like chicken drumsticks as the worms are pretty small. But what about crickets? How do you normally feed them? Just pull their 2 long legs out and give it to the while the crickets are still alive/active or do you bash them first? Coz, for crickets, I notice they entire body are kinda watery so if I were to bash the crickets will it be like too disgusting and messy? 

I gave it to them whole, tent time where u can see then jumping around to catch them.
They just eat it the same way.
It's fascinationg to see them catcht he crickets, but disgusting the way they eat them.

Oh without even pulling out the 2 long legs? 

Leg also can eat wan ma, only the skinny part cannot eat.
U can also hold the tiny leg n let them grab the cricket.

Ok... let me experiment and then feedback on the results.

My gliders kinda have developed this bad habit that during play time I will give them some mealworm treats and at the beginning they will jump and eat on my shoulder but for the past 2 days they have escalated their habit and now they jump on top of my head and start munchign the mealworms. It's totally disgustin' to have leftover mealworm corpes all over my hair  and they seem to enjoy seeing me squirm... they will look down from the top of my head after that to look at my reaction..

I'd hate to picture the idea of crickets leftovers...

Hmmmm... now that I am not sure. Never tried before but you gotta really know what goes in. Some fruits gliders should not take. An example would be bananas.

I would still stick with holistic dogfood coz that is what I know
Not enough bonding and playtime. What have you been doing lately?
Becareful, most Malaysian fruit branches are toxic. The only branches that are safe would be from the Hibiscus plant and the guava tree. The best branches comes from the eucalyptus tree but kinda hard to get here.

LOL you gotta be brave to feed mealworms or crickets lah. I can even grab mealworms using my fingers and let them wiggle about LOL.
Cleaning up is not like how you clean a dog. It is quite easy. Just change the substrate of the tray whenever you see alot of poo and leftovers.

They won't leave any internal stuff from the insects, just the fiberous exoskeleton that they chew and spit out. Look like little brown pellets.

A weekly wipe or wash is fine. I usually wipe every few days with plain water coz if you wipe and overpower the cage with another type of smell, then your gliders would musk more, this happens with males more. Since you wanna get females, you don't need to worry bout smell.

NOt much cleaning i guess....
I change the newspaper everyday, wash the cage once a week.
JUst rinse it cos they'll mark more if it's too clean.
They need to feel home with the smell
hahaha

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Ok... let me experiment and then feedback on the results.

My gliders kinda have developed this bad habit that during play time I will give them some mealworm treats and at the beginning they will jump and eat on my shoulder but for the past 2 days they have escalated their habit and now they jump on top of my head and start munchign the mealworms. It's totally disgustin' to have leftover mealworm corpes all over my hair  and they seem to enjoy seeing me squirm... they will look down from the top of my head after that to look at my reaction..

I'd hate to picture the idea of crickets leftovers...

What do you mean by substrate? Is that newspaper or do you mean things like those errr... wood wood stuff ppl put for their hamster to reduce odour?

OK... now this is interesting. Thank you for sharing. I just home they wont make me smell like them!! Hahaha...

You can teach your suggies not to mess around your head, might take a while, but it's possible. I teach all mine not to climb or play on top of my head after the one incident where Iggy poo-ed on my head

So everytime they wander on top of my head, I will quickly scoop them up and say "No, not on my head" not sure if they really understand, but everytime they go on top of your head, scoop them down immediately, don't just freeze and let them go about on your head
Substrate to catch all to the poo and pee Best we found so far for glider cage is Litter Star or Breeders Celect. Or else normal newspapers will do but you need to change it like every 2-3 days, unlike using a good substrate, only change it once a week

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Opsss, sorry
No need to pull their hind legs also can, they know which part is edible and which is not.

Yes, you can give them alive or put them to sleep first by putting them in the freezer for a brief 30-60 seconds No bashing up needed

You can teach your suggies not to mess around your head, might take a while, but it's possible. I teach all mine not to climb or play on top of my head after the one incident where Iggy poo-ed on my head

So everytime they wander on top of my head, I will quickly scoop them up and say "No, not on my head" not sure if they really understand, but everytime they go on top of your head, scoop them down immediately, don't just freeze and let them go about on your head


KP

Opsss, sorry
No need to pull their hind legs also can, they know which part is edible and which is not.

Yes, you can give them alive or put them to sleep first by putting them in the freezer for a brief 30-60 seconds No bashing up needed

You can teach your suggies not to mess around your head, might take a while, but it's possible. I teach all mine not to climb or play on top of my head after the one incident where Iggy poo-ed on my head

So everytime they wander on top of my head, I will quickly scoop them up and say "No, not on my head" not sure if they really understand, but everytime they go on top of your head, scoop them down immediately, don't just freeze and let them go about on your head
Substrate to catch all to the poo and pee Best we found so far for glider cage is Litter Star or Breeders Celect. Or else normal newspapers will do but you need to change it like every 2-3 days, unlike using a good substrate, only change it once a week

The wood shavings like for hamsters one can also be used, but make sure if you are using any substrate there is a wire mesh between the substrate and your suggies.

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My friends say i smell like them.
I dunno, i'm too used to their smell de.
Haha, dun even think it's smelly anymore

Thanks for the 2 tips  .. btw, the freezing part, how long before the crickets gain consciousness after 'pengsan' ?

Ok, is Litter Star / Breeders Celect available here? Where to buy and what's the price? How long can a pack last?
Yes, i will make sure there is a gap between them and the substrate.

Ok, is Litter Star / Breeders Celect available here? Where to buy and what's the price? How long can a pack last?
Yes, i will make sure there is a gap between them and the substrate.

***Gathering Update***

I was just informed by Mr. Bryan (Regional Manager of PLC) that starting next week Pet Safari Ikano will be under going a major renovation which will only be completed in June 2008.

He apologizes for the inconvenience but are still agreeable and supports our gathering... He is hoping that we can postponed it to June with the launch of Pet Safari new look...

HOW???

What say you guys?

Do you wanna wait or wanna find another venue?

At the moment looking for another venue will be quite tight and a bit of a rush... Waiting for June is fine what with a newly renovated place, but it is kindda a while...

Any input appreciated.


KP