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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
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02/21/10 02:04 AM
02/21/10 02:04 AM
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7glider7
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I used to have no heat lamp for my gliders and their cage would range probably from 60 degrees F in the winter up to 90 degrees F in the summer. The past few years, we have had a ceramic heat lamp clamped to the outside of the gliders' cage and try to keep the room closer to 70-75 degrees Farenheit. Since increasing the average temperature, I have noticed my gliders seem a lot more active. Furthermore, when they get up at first, I don't see them sitting still and shivering like they used to. They are just ready to go. I don't think some range in temperature is harmful. However, I think particularly for those of us who live in more temperate climates, in the winter months especially, it's wise to have a ceramic heat lamp so our gliders have the opportunity to thermoregulate and move closer to the heat if needed. If they were in the wild, gliders thermoregulate to stay at the temp they need. When it's cold, they would huddle together for warmth in a tree cavity and warm up with collective body heat. When it's too hot, then vice versa. Although gliders CAN survive temp extremes this way, that doesn't mean it's what's IDEAL for them. I can survive when it's 90 degrees out or 30 degrees out by changing my behavior, but it stresses my body, and can leave me immunocomprimised. Therefore, I still think it's prudent to have at least one area of the cage that is at least 75 degrees where your gliders can go to warm up if they feel the need to do so. Just my two cents (and that of my vet as well).
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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08/14/12 11:19 PM
08/14/12 11:19 PM
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dixxi_moon
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my gliders have their own room. i cant afford to run the air all day and me not home so i just put a box fan in their room to blow some cool air around to keep it from getting too hot which they are asleep in a warm pouch all day anyways. now when winter comes and it is ice cold i will have to use a space heater
DIXXI_MOON babies are Brandi & Chris (human babies) Sassy Playing at the Rainbow Bridge,Skeeter,Kiko a 18 yr old chawawa named Sally and my honey Johnny
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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08/15/12 12:18 AM
08/15/12 12:18 AM
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lilangels
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I keep my glider room at 72 degrees year round. Most of the time we need the space heater running even in the summer to keep it at that temp. I think all year I've had maybe 5 days I was able to turn the heater off and keep the room about 70 degrees.
Connie: soon to be wife to Harold, mom to 3 children, 2 precious kitties, and my treasured gliders.
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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09/05/12 06:10 PM
09/05/12 06:10 PM
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cathy1229
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Glad I saw this post. I am getting my gliders in about 6 weeks and it will be getting much chillier here in NH. I am putting them in the living room. I generally keep the temp @ 69-70 yr round. So hopefully they will acclimate. I know the breeder says she keeps her glider room between 66-74. If I need to bump up the heat for a bit then gradually lower it I will so they aren't temp shocked.
Cathy
Wife to a very special man &
Proud Mommy of: 1 aussie/bordercollie/husky/plotthound Wimpy 1 Sun Conure Cisco 3 Amazing fuzzbutts Akiah (my little princess) & her brother Acoose,Princess 'Tudie, and Tochee
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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09/09/12 03:59 PM
09/09/12 03:59 PM
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sugarlope
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For cooler homes, adding a couple of extra fleece blankets and giving them warmer pouches (double layer fleece, which most are) will help.
~Gretchen
If we never loved, then maybe we would never feel pain. Love anyway. It's worth it.
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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11/08/12 02:12 PM
11/08/12 02:12 PM
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GliderMom
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My apartment is kept around 68-75 as well. I have only had my SG for 2 wks, but that is the comfortable temps for my family. He has been doing good with it, and was actually kept cooler at the " breeders" house prior to living with me. She kept her house around 60-62 (her words).
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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11/09/12 03:40 AM
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louissa
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Cathy, I'm also in NH and I keep my glider room between 66-74 in the winter and it can get as high as 80 in the summer and my guys do great .. I make sure they have little fleece blankies in with them so they can snuggle up and the cage covers keep off drafts ..
If life hands you sugar, then fill the world with sweet lollipops.
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: queenduck]
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10/15/13 06:28 PM
10/15/13 06:28 PM
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aWiiPeanut
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I was told btwn 72-82 degrees...luckily my happy temperature is 72-76 so if I'm too cold then I crank up the heat =)
Steve Gare Watson (has crossed the rainbow bridge)
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Re: You must keep your glider room between x & y temp.
[Re: aWiiPeanut]
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03/18/14 05:48 PM
03/18/14 05:48 PM
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6ftGlider
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I think this is an interesting topic, maybe even something that we should collect data about. It seems to me that constant vs varying temp could play a large part in how often they breed (as others have stated). We should collect info from breeders who keep a steady temp, and ones who don't and see if it's obvious in the number of joeys born per female. They may be less active in the winter, but that could be a much needed rest. I'm less active in the winter too, but it doesn't make me less healthy/happy. I keep my house from getting too cold or too hot, but it does vary for each season. I read somewhere (Suncoast I think) that they had joeys less frequently per female when kept in trios instead of pairs. I don't know if that's true or not, but we are trying that and of course I will know if they are having twice as many joeys than average pairs. There are many variables though. Light could be part of it too. We are supposed to have less daylight in the winter than we do in the summer. I wonder if turning the light on/off at the same times everyday plays a part. Would a room lit by a window or a light that was adjusted for each season would have an effect? I am getting off topic here a bit, but I wonder if all these things are what make our captive gliders have babies so often compared to wild ones. When I imagine my wife getting preggers every time she has a baby it only takes a couple seconds to realize that would be hellish on both of us . I think anything we could do to make them breed less often would be great as long as it doesn't hurt their lifespan. I wish we could compare data between all the different variables and see what we come up with. Natural vs steady light, flux vs steady temp, pairs vs trios/quads. I know that steady diet also plays a part in breeding cycles, but adjusting the diet would likely effect health/lifespan I think. I wonder what others think about this too. Maybe that should be a seperate topic?
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