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Re: single gliders? [Re: LSardou] #724561
01/26/09 10:41 PM
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thank you smile

its just so much harder to get info on flying squirrels =[!

I can not find any videos of them seeming to be bonded to an owner

Re: single gliders? [Re: ] #724563
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You can ask about this in your other thread about Southern Flying Squirrels.
This thread needs to stay on topic about single gliders.
I did post a reminder a few minutes ago.
Thank you

Re: single gliders? [Re: LSardou] #724570
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Re: single gliders? [Re: Jaxsuggies] #724602
01/26/09 11:35 PM
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I think that from reading your thread here and elsewhere taht a sugar glider is not for you. You seem to be more concerned about your own personal wants versus the advice most of us are trying to give you. From what I understand, you want a single pet that will be garaunteed to thrive on it's own and bond to you and be happy no matter what. The truth is, is that the majority of sugar gliders are miserable alone, even though there are a few that prefer it and do fine. Your chances of getting a sugar glider and it being happy alone are slim. I mean look at it this way, your glider will have been with it's parents since birth so it is already used to having company, and you're wanting to take it away from not only it's parents but from ALL other animals like it. What do you think the chances are of it becoming extremely lonely and depressed? I think the chances are high. The majority of the people here have told you that sugar gliders do best with a buddy of their own kind and I just don't think you're going to accept what we're trying to tell you. We're looking out for the good of the glider and the glider's life would most likely be much better and you would have a much happier glider if he or she had someone to cuddle with at night. You can't hop in the pouch with it!!! And I also understand that you are 16, which means you must go to school!! What happens if you get caught with your glider at school and can't take it? What about when you sleep at night and your glider is awake and it has no one to play with and it's all by itself in it's cage??

I honestly think that sugar gliders aren't for you and you should consider getting a different pet. I don't know about flying Squirrels but I know enough about gliders to know that it is not in your best interest or the best interest of the glider for you to get one.

Re: single gliders? [Re: ] #724608
01/26/09 11:43 PM
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im getting oppinions and from what ive seen im either getting 2 gliders or a flying squirrel..

or ALL THREE smile (flyer in seperate cage of course)

from what I have seen and how much I love animals I am not going to get a single because obviously by the people saying they do fine alone were wrong

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Good decision smile Good Luck

Re: single gliders? [Re: ] #724617
01/26/09 11:52 PM
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Ok, you posted while I was typing (I'm slow sometimes) roflmao

Originally Posted By: loopman
from what I have seen and how much I love animals I am not going to get a single because obviously by the people saying they do fine alone were wrong


This is an incorrect assumption, it is just that as I tried to explain before, all of the opinions one way or another aren't going to be able to definitively tell you whether or not YOUR glider will do ok as a single. Every glider is different and has a different personality and will handle being single a different way. In the exact same home, same people, same care one glider will handle it fine and one will absolutely not. But there is no way to tell until it happens, which is why it is always recommended to keep two together so something like that doesn't have a chance to happen.

It is just that most people who have kept singles for any amount of time are not dead set against getting a cage mate if the need should arise (or intended to have a cage mate but for various reasons, it has not occurred). The concern for someone who feels very strongly about a glider remaining a single, is if problems should arise, what would happen to the glider? That is where most of us are coming from.

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Re: single gliders? [Re: sugarlope] #724640
01/27/09 12:24 AM
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I think Loop's worry is that one sugar glider won't bond to them, which it will. I decided to get two, and it was a great decision. I have a lot of school to deal with and have to work 40 hours a week, so that can get stressful. Every night though I can go into my room for a few hours and play with my gliders, it's very rewarding. They chase each other around and play and tick each other off, it's cute. But they are awake throughout the night (though with powernaps throughout the night) and I can't be there to be their little glider buddy all night long. It's cuter to have two too, watching them snuggle is one of the most heartwarming things ever, then also hearing them chirp at each other saying "get your finger outta my eye!" is hilarious too.
Good luck!

Re: single gliders? [Re: ] #724647
01/27/09 12:32 AM
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I meant that two won't bond to them, they will bond to each other. They won't do that, they are group animals. smile

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