The look good. So which method have you been doing with DD?

Don't be blinded by the cheap price and the usual saying of "Buy cheap adults, then can get tame joeys"

There is always a risk. Sometimes the adults may be unhealthy and with parasites. And if the adults are not tame and you only buy them just coz you want the joey, you will meet a speed bump and give up. The joey would most likely be as wild and unfriendly as the parents. And the wild adults may even attack you if you touch the joeys. This is some of the mistakes people do when buying breeding pairs. Adults can be tamed, but it takes a longer period and it can be frustrating for people with the lack of patience.

If you are serious in taming an adult and not just wanting it to breed, then adopt an adult that needs a home. If not, start off with joeys to experience the wonderful pain and love a joey could give you

Luckily you go to see Dr Jenny. Do monitor your boy coz he may also have mites as it is contagious. Mites comes from gliders that have been kept in dirty conditions or with animals that already have mites. So it could have been from the breeder you bought from.

Wash all the cagestuff with mild detol, then sun it for an hour or 2. This is to kill of whatever mites are in the cage.

Can wan. Human also can have mites mah. Mites normally come from other pets or from wild animals. Like hedgehogs, it can come from wood shavings, and some mites comes from mealworms and crickets.....

There is no harm into putting fruits overnight. You just have to make sure to clean it up right after you wake up. The mites are not attracted to fruits or uneaten fruits. They want to chew and eat our pet's skin rather than eat fruits.

Yes, gliders get hungry when they are at their peak time. Since nocturnal, so they active and eat at night lo. In the wild, gliders are seen active on trees and hunting for insects and birds at night.

The joeys in PS, the fur looks nice coz it is young, still considered new fur. The condition of the fur is not really noticeable now coz they just got it. If the joeys have been there for a few weeks, can see some poor conditioned ones. Also, they don't have mites.

You can do research not only here. You can search all over the web. There is no need to wait for answers here but then it is a good start for you. Keep up on your research.

Certain words can light up a flame. Coz there are many newbies here, we also do not want to teach wrong things to newbies. And if you said we must try things before we know if it is good or bad.... you can do that to inanimate objects, but for animals, it is not the best thing to do. I still would take caution with certain things.... like people would tell me they have fed grapes to their gliders for 10 years and no problem, or even tofu and soy.... but my own research tells me it should be limited or not fed at all..... things like that lah.

Bout bringing them on a plane.... wanna risk it? A few days ago a man got caught carrying pigeons on a plane. 1 was in his hand luggage and 2 were in his pant legs, in vitamin bottles. Is that a safe way to transport pets? Why must we risk it? What would happen to the animals if you get caught?

It depends. Some joeys can be quiet, but very often they would hiss cry for their mom. Then there would be crabbing coz they are scared of you and barking at night. These are not pets for people who cannot tahan night noises lo.

You try and ask which petshop can help you. Last I remembered my friend's father hired an agent to get his gliders to Indonesia. It took 2 to 3 months to process.

Jabatan people memang dunno what is glider. Can just tell them is tupai. LOL....

But then good luck to you since it's gonna be next tuesday.

Neslo? That time you at mamak ke?

You just wash her off with water, avoid the head. No shampoo or soap. Then quickly use tissue to blot out all water, then use towel to dry. Wrap up in towel and put inside your shirt to keep warm. No hairdryer.

Bathing sand, meant only for hamsters and chinchillas. Not for gliders yah. You can only use wet wipes and cornstarch powder for pets for gliders. No talcum powder, sand bath or dust bath. No shampoo baths and wet baths.

Wah, at night also got fruit flies?

You can try feeding the way you just told me. But I dunno how long can HPW tahan in 1 night.

Yups, the mites eat the skin.... they either chew or bury themselves inside. It happens to dogs and cats alot loh.... even hedgehogs and rabbits and guinea pigs.

You can try. Sometimes bad coat is due to not enough vitamins or something lack from their diet. I seen a few cases where joey with bad fur, after eat a proper diet, have sleek smooth fur.

But the bathing method, remember ah, just for emergency cases like yours.... Coz gliders should have baths heheheh.

When there is a need for a bath, is normally due to when the glider is covered with oil, grease, sticky residue, paint and so forth.... now for oil, grease and paint.... that one would need detergent but please do not try it at home.

At the moment, no shampoo lo.... I use powder for animals. You can buy from Pet Safari, those for puppies.... nice smell and safe for gliders also as long tak masuk mata lah. Anyway, it's safe coz made of tepung jagung.

Hahaha... it's not powder with puppy saliva lah.... tepung jagung je. Can use for cats also.... just that normally it is sold for puppies coz kucing jarang guna. Don't worry friend, it is safe. Or you can find powder for rabbits too.

I make my own hooks from those wire that can get at hardware store but I make sure it is covered with a protector so won't rust easily. I think those rings, can find from book shops or stationary shops.

Strong. Want some? I got alot hehehe.... give free wan if you want coz DIY only. But let me see the design of your toys, then I do the correct hook for you. Now I use "S" hooks for my pouches and toys.

Great to hear that. Good job. You got patience. Keep it up yah.

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Added on February 8, 2009, 11:57 amYou should touch him while eating. Get him to know your touch and hands are good things to him. Slowly lah. Each glider different when it comes to bonding. Some takes a few days or a week, some takes a few weeks to a month.... depends loh.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Feb 8 2009, 11:57 AM

Ah, DG is your manja baby rite? Well, gliders normally would bite when it is terribly scared or terribly angry.... maybe something scared him.

When wanna yum cha lah? Our gliders also need to have a get together too rite?

You organize yah? Coz I will be super busy but it would be great. March, good month for glider gathering. I'll also invite a mag editor to come if he is free hehehe.

If baru OOP, better not bring anywhere yet. Best is to wait till they are independent enough with big bright eyes, then safer. Like what you said loh, it can be stressful.

Well, gathering must before April ah.... coz April I go industrial training, hard to make to any gatherings till mid July. Sob sob....

Bring glider or not, come loh. Can mingle with each other heheheh....

Next week is valentine weekend lah.... wanna have valentines dinner with glider owners ke? LOL

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