thtat is easy to say before actually having one in your total care...either way like I said no one can convince you to do anyhting different....

ok lets say I DID stick to what im saying..

for the most part would it make a happy glider?

I got mine as a single, not knowing any better...when I got him a friend, (due to advice of knowledgable people on this site) his WHOLE personality changed, he was happier, more playful...just all around a better glider. I would NEVER recommend someone to have a single lonely glider if he or she knew better from the start. If you're going to get one, you have the perfect opportunity right now to ensure his happiness by getting him a friend, not just guess whether or not he is happy after. To me, it's a no brainer...it's more of a probability than a possibility that he will be depressed. And let's say you end up getting another after the fact...there is also a chance that by then, it would be too late and he may not accept the friend due to already being territorial...then what? You'll be stuck with two, in seperatge cages...?

Human interaction doesn't replace a cagemate.

hmmm I dont know then =[

I do NOT think that gliders should be kept single, especially if this is your first glider. I had a girl that I got at 8 wks out of pouch and was told that she would be fine as a single glider. I spent EVERY WAKING MOMENT, literally, with my glider and she began overgrooming. I thought she was just fine until she started ripping her own fur out. She was miserable and I didn't even know it because I had never owned a glider before so I didn't know what a TRULY happy glider looked like. When I got her cagemate, her fur immediately started growing back in. And I IMMEDIATELY noticed how much happier she was.

You said that your glider would never SEE another glider, as if this would mean that he or she wouldn't miss them. Guess what...your glider saw mom and dad and maybe a brother or sister. All your glider knew for the first 8 weeks of his or her life is colony life. Believe me, they remember that.

As others have said, the fact is that some gliders tolerate being single better than others. But why make them "tolerate" cage life when they can ENJOY it instead? I don't see any reason not to get a second glider, especially since you are risking the health (mental and physical) of your first glider by only having one.

I hope I did not come across as rude, I just feel very passionately about this particular topic.

I dont know im scared of getting one now =[ i have looked into flying squirrels and they do well alone but just dont seem as friendly =[

I actually had a flyng squirrel and he was very very friendly especially from a baby...he loved being on me and with me...

honestly?

can you tell me anything about them? PLEASE

whats are their personalitys like? do they truly bond like a glider? which would u say bond more?

and also do you think I could get one bonded enough to take it everywhere with me as i was going to do with a glider?

also what do you mean by espeically from a baby? he got less tame as he got older? also what happened to him?

I have a young man who (despite what I'm seeing right now) I am going to TRY to put in with another pair after he gets neutered. He came to me as what I would classify as a "rescue"...he spent a couple years in an animal shelter, being treated like he was a RODENT (toilet paper cores, bottle caps, stuff like that in a crate). The tip of his tail is missing also, and he was classified as a "chewer". Since he came to live with me, he has NOT chewed on the baby apple branches OR the barrel o' monkeys OR his own tail...he lives in a reptarium (a screen house if you will) and hasn't chewed a hole through it either.

But....if another glider walks on his rept, he's bent for election on going after the "intruder". Doesn't matter if it's a boy or girl...it's an INTRUDER. If I run my finger around the side of his rept, he's chasing IT too. He can be very sweet at times...but there's this "dark side" to him. Had he been given a friend, chances are that he wouldn't be like this. Can I change it? I don't know...I'm trying, and I know I'm making SOME progress with him. But will he ever be a companion for another? Only time and patience will tell.

yah but all these guys explain self mutilating gliders comeing from horrbiel conditions...

mine is going to be well cared for as I know just about everything about them now

yes honestly I had mine from a baby my husband found him after his mommy was killed and I had to nurse him etc. when he was hungry he would come out of his bed and climb up my leg and nibble on my ear...I could go for walks with im and he wouldnt leave my body...he was great...I think they both bond about the same but in different ways....but you have to keep in mind they usually only bond to one person..they will tolerate other but their true bon d is with one person...

thats good I want him to bond with only me!

and what do you mean by they bond in different ways?

also what happened to him?

sugar gliders bond in a way that you are their friend where as squirrel gliders bond like htey would rather be with you than anything else(at elast in my experience) Actually it is VEry unfortunate what happend to my baby...my husband and I had a trip planned with our kids to a theme park and had arranged for my mom to babysit him and he actually broke his neck trying to get out of the cage so he could find me....this was many years ago...and it still hurts badly....I wish I NEVER woulda went as I didnt think he would reast like that but I guess I was like him mommy in a way....

I brought my glider home in december, i did not want 2! But I wasnt thinking about my glider i was thinking of myself. I thought if I only had 1 then he would bond to me and be happy with just me and my family. The fact is they are nocturnal and when OUR day is over theirs begins. I am currently looking into getting number 2 even if it means going through the whole 30 day quarantine and swapping out pouches because I know he must be lonely at night. I want whats best for him, thats whats important. Sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night and go check on him and hes so happy to see me but reality is I have to go back to bed and that means he is all alone. Just give it some serious thought. Look at the whole picture, I didnt at first. Good luck!

thats sad

so your saying they do bond as much?

and also just to make sure im talking about southern flying squirrels not squirrel gliders

squirrel gliders are like a massive version of a sugar glider that are twice as big if not a bit bigger (if you have not heard of one) I doubt your refering to those as they are endangered

I was talking about sugar gliders.

I know sorry I ment suggiemama

yes a southern flying squirrel...yes they do bond as much...they bon with one person...so that why I say to get one while its a baby because it is harder to convince them to bond to someone else after they are already bonded...

heck for that matter I had mine litter trained to go potty in a litter pan...he was awesome and I feel so badly about going on a stupid trip....

do you think they could be tame enough to go places with me like malls and stuff?

I have seen and heard of people doing this with sugars many times

oh yeah I totally think that is possible you could easily let them sleep in a pocket or bonding pouch wherever you go..mine did I could even take him outside and let him climb in the trees and he wouldnt take off he would come right back to me...that was after a HUGE amount of bonding though...

that ones hard to believe lol im sure you cant even do that with your glider(S)?

no thye would probably take off...were nto THAT bonded to one another yet...but I was like his mama so he wouldnt go too far from me...which was good in a way but bad in another...

how could that POSSIBLY be bad lol

bad because of what happened to him because he was so binded to me...

oo well what is their diet like?

honestly they like a bird seed for large parrots type mixture with nuts and seed and dried fruit in it as well as nuts a fruits and veggies...

hmmm now this is a hard decision squirrel or glider?

darn lol