it's not advisable to handle them using gloves...
they must get used to your smell & having you touch & hold them...
that's part of the bonding process...
you must overcome your fear of their crabbing & nibbing...
when they nib at you just remove them to another part of your body...
nibbing is also their way of tasting you as they are curious creatures that likes to try new things...

one more thing, i don't think honey is good if given too much...
once a while is ok & not raw/organic honey. must be the normal types bought in stores....

wrong thread! should ask ask pet shop list thread..

btw, no more pets wonderland at one utama.. closed long2 time ago..



anyway just wondering where's kyin & jinhoe..? owh ya lar, they don't belong here...

well guys, here is where i keep the joeys before rehome to new owners:

going pet safari yesterday with ma brotha
kinda mad bcoz of the underage glider they selling
then this huy want to tunjuk terer ,she hold this cute fella and suddenly this guy/girl leap from his hand and fell to the floor

simen floor u know
haizz
i think for the talk ,1 june,hun need to advise them or anyone
haizz

hmm..i didit use glove o... i just dip abit slurp on my finger to lure them... btw it works..
cos after the 1st time i feed casper, he wont nibble or crabbing at me liao... so u can try it out..hehe..
btw that the 1st day i bought them home de..

hahaha.. i was there yesterday... i think there are 10++ underage joey... male for rm350,female for rm380...
i think they wont hurt too much lah.. if fall down.. coz in the wild, they oso jump like tat.. n fall down quite often.. but, they will learn after fall..
my glider oso like to jump or leap like tat... when they on my shoulder.. n i pasted by curtain..they sure jump to the curtain one..
juz may b they are too young.. dun know how to glide yet.. still learning.. haha

Joan, I think Teddy is scared by the hanging woods lah. I hang it near his pouch and 'canteen' and the food wasnt eaten and he sleeps in the wodent wheel this morning...

Today, I woke up at 7. The fruits I placed in their bowl is finished. So, in the morning, I place a little bit more fruits and some glider slurp. I played with them 2 and half hours.

I start off with bribing them with teaspoon. Luna will grab the spoon and lick non stop. Moka will crab at the spoon. Sometimes, they run back into the sleeping pouch. In order to get them out, I terbalikkan the sleeping pouch and lure them with a spoon. Works on one and fail on the other.

I have managed to gain more trust with Luna, the foxy lady. I hand feed her slurp and if there's food on my hand, she will come. One hand let her lick and nibble a bit, another hand can sayang her. She is OK with me now but still dont trust me enough to let me catch her.

I have no improvements with Moka, the babyface yet. Last night, lure her with apple bits, OK. Today lure her with mango and apple bits, NOT OK. Even if I bribe her with slurp, it didnt work. The only thing I can do then is to wear a glove, catch her and then she bites all she want. When she calm down, I will offer her my other finger with slurp and let her lick. She will only lick a bit and then stop. So I let her off.

Wow, this is amazingly challenging. I need a more expensive bribe. Later I will try with papaya.


Because Pennywise said so. It's more like I dont feel like it yet. I want to get through these initial days without having to handle joeys and worms at the same time. So, that has to wait.

No la, I just use the glove when I go near them because once I catch them, they will attack like mad. Then I will quickly place them on another hand with palm facing down... Let them climb to my shoulder and stay there for 1 minute before they wander off. Glove is use to catch them only. Slowly, I will remove the glove.

Crabbing is a sound I enjoy hearing. It's a nice sound. Nibbing at the finger hurts a bit, like needle prick. I didnt expect so pain lor.

Anyway, I handle them differently. The big foxy girl, Luna is easier to handle / bribe. Just dip my hand into the slurp and let her lick lick. Then I can touch her already. Grab her, harder a bit since it's only 1 day now.

The other babyface, Moka is more difficult. Tried to lure her with slurp, tak jadi. So, have to catch her with glove as she bite a whole lot more. I let her bite all she want on the glove. When she calm down, I let her run on my other hand and gently place her back into the cage as a sign of trust.

Honey not so good if given too much eh? OK. My honey bought from Cameron wan, dunno can or not. But I will feed minimal amount per week or something. Thanks for your advise.



Yes, it works for Luna but not for Moka. She is more timid and if nearer, more aggressive. Luna can touch already... give her finger also she wont nibble much. Moka is nibbling-machine! but once she calm down, put on another hand seems OK.

wat do means by tat? "they can hav mealworms... n i not yet intro them mealworms"?

means u haven buy mealworm for them or ur glider still dun know how to take mealworms?

if u haven buy mealworms.. n they know how to take mealworms..
-i hope u can buy it ASAP lo.. coz they day i heard one uncle said his glider dead bcoz he din feed them mealworms(bcoz no one tell him,even the petshop owner)


if they dun know how to eat mealworms... u hav to slowly intro it to them like how u intro slurp to them
-cut the mealworms head.. n sqeeze the juice towars their mouth... n after they take the first one.. they will ask for 2nd.. for sure...(this is based on my experience... for my little male glider)

n bout the milk
-i dun know whether can mix in slurp or not.. u hav to ask sifu..coz sometime, fr wat i think.. there might hav some chemical reaction gua.. so.. i feed them separately..
-another way to feed them milk is using syringe.. but i prefer "vitagen straw"...if they dun lick.. once they can lick.. no nid to nurse them like tat d..

Glider needs protein mah. If you gives slurp with added chicken it have enough protein, so the glider will have some protein. But its still better with mealworms, since that are natural foods for them.

@pennywise
i think u can put in some tissue inside the bonding pouch.. when u grab them out.. dun look inside at the pouch lo.. bcoz they will make u scared... even they crab.. juz pretend u din heard it..haha
n slowly put ur hand inside.. n grab them out wif tissue together.. i try b4 wif this trick..they din bite me.. n slowly dun even crab.. n now i no nid tissue anymore..

haihz....today hor casper wan come out the sleeping pouch and c me de..but rachel saw me outside cage she keep hold the casper back to pouch and dun let him out...den i hear they crabbing inside... duno they are fighting or wat....haiz...btw my baby face is casper and rachel is more bigger size den casper..haha...

Yea, I did put 4 pieces of tissue inside the sleeping pouch to prevent them from dirtying the pouch when they poop. But it's hard to get them out since one of their four hands will be grabbing onto the pouch itself. Until tissue tear also wont come out, so terbalikkan the thing and shake them out slowly lor. Now feed and played with them already, let them rest.

actually b4 i try that trick.. i do shake them out.. but, i dun think tat work well.. it will like eathquake to them..haha...

so.. u better "suicide" ur hand lo.. get bite abit.. lama-kelamaan..they wont bite d.. coz ur hand not so good taste...hahaha

or how u actually put ur hand in.. i think b4 they grab the pounch.. u juz sqeeze them into ball... n take them out lo...

when they already move out.. not at the bottom of the pouch.. i think u better dun take them.. coz sometime their nail will stuck at the mesh them...

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Added on May 24, 2008, 10:25 amdun worrying lah... they wont fight one..still joey mar.. somemore male n female.. not male and male...
they crab bcoz of tense lo.. rachel scared u mar.. then, start crab lo.. den.. casper will follow..

last time
my glider oso like tat... jeff crab.. winnie will follow crab...

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: May 24 2008, 10:25 AM

hahaha...yorr they so cute o...btw i wan to change rachel name into cindy le...cos i call rachel hor she like no response 1...den i try to call her new name cindy she will look at me =.="
so i decided i will chage rachel's name into cindy ~~
hehe casper and cindy...love u both ooo

i got a simple question, if she don't bite, she dun bising (unless i kacau her sleep), she run around at my body & my bed, starting to jump here jump there, trying to glide, just eat slurp, very less eat fruit, and she not scared at me.... is this symbol that she starting to get used to it?? cause today is only the 3rd day?

owh, this looks like my dear little casper...but not my cindy..
too bad cos cindy saw me there she will crabbing and ask casper back to the pouch..lol..
btw, y they only lick the apple but dun bite the apple leh ? i hav tried to put some slurp or juz pure apple but they dun eat oso..juz lick

This post has been edited by mikozai: May 24 2008, 11:14 AM

mikozai u mention it look like ur casper that mean wat orhh?? but my (ah bi) not like ur one call da name auto pop out the head and look, my one very naughty sengaja buat tak dengar one.... but if i walk close then she will look at me, that mean she familar with it??

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Added on May 24, 2008, 11:22 ambtw ah bi nose got wet wet a tiny little bit mean what arhh or its normal??

This post has been edited by imbiroy: May 24 2008, 11:22 AM

I tried cutting mango and apples the size of 1cm x 1cm (bigger than sliced red chili) but it seems too big for them. They cannot hold properly, so I cut smaller like 5mm x 5mm (like sliced chili padi), they can hold it more properly.

I feed them half a metal bowl of fruits and 2 tea spoon of slurp. I am worried they are not having enough. Should I go handfeed them some more?

This post has been edited by Pennywise: May 24 2008, 01:30 PM

well..here in lyn got how many ppl own glider ah ?
i mean oner...not breeder or seller..hehe
got how many ppl here a ?
so far i know is evasoon,imbiroy, pennywise and me..sumore who a ?
although evasoon is the eldest among all of us =.= "i mean more experiance"

This post has been edited by mikozai: May 24 2008, 01:47 PM

There are many more people such as krynzpeaches, jtl, crazymouse_yyh, bonai, emino, saramic and etc.

I think the guru is krynzpeachesand crazymouse_yyh... now bonai too!