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Sugar Glider as a pet? Anonymous
Can I get an estimate on the cost of a sugar glider & cost to take care of them? are they prone to sickness or anything else I should know?
>> Juba, The Baghdad Sniper !1EVr3uyPJI
>>299059
>And they are prone to jumping all over the house, streaming shit behind them.
I wanna get one just to see this, it sounds hilarious.
>> Anonymous
I used to have one. You probably want to get a pair, as they like to be in groups. My guy got really lonely and started overgrooming, which resulted in bald spots. He also wasn't hand trained, so I couldn't take him out of the cage for very long periods of time (sometimes he would curl up in my sleeve and I would walk around with him.) They sleep all day in their little pouches, and are up and very active at night. They make really cute, but LOUD noises. One was what we called 'barking', he would do this when he was running around at night, and the other was called 'the pencil sharpener', which he made when he was angry. I kept him in a huge ferret cage, around 6 feet tall. These guys are very sneaky, and can squeeze out of small gaps, and he even learned to open the door to the cage. They get really smelly too, and I would hose down the cage once a month, and wash it down with a wash clothe almost every day. And they also require a very specific and strict diet. He looooved meal worms.

So, I loved my little boy and the noises at night never bothered any of us, he was the cutest thing ever. I gave him to a girl who had to females when I left for school. He seemed a lot happier being with them, so I didn't feel bad. One day I will probably get a pair, they are totally worth the hard work.
By the way, I adopted him for $250 from another girl. It would be worth looking up breeders in tyour area who hand raise their babies. And I spent a lot of money on toys and his diet, like fresh veggies every day.
>> Anonymous
Are these legal in all the states? I've never EVER seen one where I live in pet stores or in petsmart, even though they sell things for sugar gliders on their site.
>> Anonymous
>>299081

Thanks.

The only thing bothering me is that they are nocturnal. Right now I live with my fiance and his sister and the cage would need to be in our bedroom. are they REALLY loud at night? or just little scampering and chirping noises?
>> Anonymous
>>299085

Also they ARE illegal in some states but completely legal where I live (Arizona).
>> Anonymous
>>299091
They can be REALLY load at night. I also have one and agree 100% with what the first person said. IF at all possible, keep it in another room.

Mines cute but likes to pee on all my shirts. Somtimes multiple shirts a night as I change them. I got her from my neighbor for $70 and yes I've seen them in pet stores in IN. Since I'm at college I dont get to spend the whole year with her and would love to give her to someone else who had one so she'd have more company but I've yet to meet anyone like that.

They are playful and make wonderful companions...if your a night owl and can devote alot of your time to them.

I let mine out and it'll run all around my room. But make sure you keep it out of the bathroom...they have a habit of drowning in toilets.
>> Anonymous
Sugar gliders can get very expensive. They do take a lot of time to train. The biggest thing will be the bonding period, get a camping tent or sugar glider proof a room so you can spend hours with your glider. It can take MANY months before it is bonded with you. Also the bonding pouch.

Best advice you can get is from a sugar glider forum check out http://www.sugarglidercentral.com/forum/default.asp

Also, if you get one, get one from a breeder dont get one fromc raigslist or from a petstore.. they will be MUCH too hard to train.
>> Anonymous
>>299113
>>299131

Thanks. I guess I'll hold off on getting one until we get our own place or if his sis doesn't mind the cage being in the living room.

One more question that I didn't think of or find anything on. I'm 2 months pregnant. Are there any health issues with that?
>> Anonymous
>>299161
theoretically, yes. Sugar gliders CAN carry zoonotic disease.

More importantly, you are going to have your hands more than full in seven months. You might want to hold off getting a pet for a couple of years.
>> Anonymous
>>299161
If you're two months pregnant you might want to settle for a small rodent or something like that.
>> Anonymous
>>299171
>>299164

Darn, I guess theres only room for one "mammas little baby" (what I've heard people call their sugar gliders).

I guess I'll get a gerbil or something :\
>> Anonymous
>>299185
Out of curiosity, why do you think now is a good time to get a pet? You're going to have a black hole of time and money born in 7 months. Will you really have time to give to a pet?
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>> Anonymous
>>299205

We don't have to worry about money. And I'll still have a lot of time on my hands. I figured if I have 7 months to bond he/she will be my little buddy by then and I'll spend lots of time with it at night...I'll be having to wake up for the baby every 3 hours at night anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>299943
Uh huh... and when will you sleep?

Face it, the pet's going to end up ignored once the kid comes. Not trying to rain on your parade, but you should probably wait until your child is a year or two old and doesn't need to be taken care of constantly. You don't think the child will be enough to take care of? You really want to add a pet to that, too?

Not trying to be a bitch, just saying...
>> Anonymous
These things are really adorable, really fun, but take a fair amount of money (for a rodent) and LOTS of time. Dont get one unless you have tons of time on your hands to play with it for a few hours a day and tons of room for it to play. If the dont get enough attention, theyll get stressed out and die. Also, they cant have temperature extremes at all, heat exhaustion happened to my brothers because his AC broke while he was at work ;_; They require much care and attention, and cost roughly 2-300.
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
>>299957
This anon is right. And what about when the kid gets older? You think that the glider is going to do well with a shrieking, grabby, drooling child? They don't, let me tell you. If the kid doesn't step on it or strangle it while you're not looking, then it will probably have a heart attack from stress from just being around the kid. It's best to wait until the kid is old enough to handle the animal, not when you think you just gotsta have it.
>> Anonymous
>>299957
Nah. I doubt itll be an issue. The glider is asleep when the baby is up. And you put the baby to bed well before the glider wakes up. They never see each other.

Until the kid gets old enough to have nightmares and runs to mommy and daddy's room. Opens the door then *Whoosh* lands right on their face and the kid will NEVER go to their room again.
>> Anonymous
>>300324
marsupial, dumbass
>> Anonymous
Man, I'm jealous.
You guys in the states get to keep these as pets, but here in Australia WHERE THEY FUCKING COME FROM its illegal. what the hell.
>> Anonymous
>>301267
lol irony
>> Sugar Gliders... Anonymous
Several things you should know.

1. They aren't cage animals. They require an entire aviary or equivalent of space. Basically, half of, or all of, an entire room. They are *extremely agile* and will jump from area to area, sometimes getting to places you can't reach easily. They can effortlessly do a back flip and hang from something three feet above them, in a little more time than it takes to blink.

2. They cannot be trained to defecate or urinate in one place, and they will throw feces, and leave it *everywhere*, including on you and your clothing.

3. They need to be fed a *variety* of things, not just meal worms. You will have to "cook" for them for at least 15 minutes every day, mixing fruits and vegetables, and meal worms together. This alone can get expensive.

4. They can be difficult to find a vet for. They are an "exotic" pet, and not every vet will treat them. Many just aren't trained for it. The ones that will see them, often charge a lot.

5. They will chirp all night. Maybe not all the time, but loud enough that you will *not* want them in your bedroom.

6. You will want to get TWO OR MORE of them, as they live in packs of more than twenty in the wild. They will become lonely if alone, and MANY (almost all) of them will mutilate themselves in one way or another (ripping out fur, tearing their testicles off/out), and may even die of self-inflicted injury.

7. They will grow to be anti-social if you do not spend a LOT of time every day tending to them. This means wearing a sack with them in it around your neck, every day for several hours, for several weeks. You will likely be bitten, and it *does* hurt despite what people tell you. You may think you're too fast, but they can grab with with their hands very quickly and navigate their mouth around your finger.
>> Anonymous
Continued from above post...

I babysat these with my girlfriend for almost 3 months. Unless you're willing to get them young, train them early, and clean up a lot.... don't get them. Do yourself AND the animals a favor, and don't. There's a *reason* so many are on Craigslist and whatnot.

If you're truly interested, look up second and third opinions from people who have actually owned them, or kept them. The cost for the actual gliders is about $200-350 each depending on gender and age. Add in about 7 dollars a day for food (including vitamins), and an initial $400-1,000 dollar habitat (if you do it right).

That's what you're looking at.
>> Anonymous
>>301969
>>301970
tl;dr: 90% of Sugar Glider owners probably treat them wrong.