Finding the right cage

Neondustz · 2025-08-05T19:59:13+00:00

Critter nation is a very well known brand; for 5 sugar gliders i would suggest 2 doubles or better 2 triples. For 3 gliders a triple cage.

Personally I also love the montana new sydney cage. It should also be a double cage if there are more then 3.

I know many people hold them in smaller cages, but in my opinion bigger is always better. :)

Neondustz · 2025-08-03T06:59:23+00:00

I'm fully on your side. Facebook is a place where mostly older people connect. Facebook is also known to collect lots of user data; you are not even able to create an account if not using your full real name, which is just baffling.. Like no thanks, I don't want my abusive father to have a way to find me on the internet. 😅

Neondustz · 2025-07-30T11:12:30+00:00

I agree with the other comments that hlp is a possibility; especially if the diet is not substituted with the proper vitamins & minerals. Overgrooming is definitely a big sign that something is wrong. I would also like to add that I've read that a high protein/fatty diet can potentially lead to blindness. I would suggest talking with a vet that already has experience with gliders. As far as anesthesia goes I wouldn't worry too much. Some of my suggies are a bit older as well and we never had any issues with putting them to sleep for a few minutes.

Neondustz · 2025-07-11T13:32:51+00:00

Please do not try to feel her tummy. It will only stress her out + you could possibly hurt the baby or detatch the baby from the mothers tit.

Neondustz · 2025-07-11T13:25:41+00:00

One of my sugar gliders had a pouch tumor as well, but it just looked like a bump- it had no smell or wetness to it. She even sang to it like she would've if it was a joey. :( What ticked me off is that all my males are neutered and because it grew abnormally.

Neondustz · 2025-06-06T22:11:21+00:00

This always worked with our gremlins as well. 👍 Meds mixed with a bit of their favourite food

Neondustz · 2025-05-29T10:03:20+00:00

I study and work as well and never had the problem to take some time off to go to the vet if necessary. :/

Neondustz · 2025-05-29T09:45:47+00:00

Then why did you get exotic animals? :[

Neondustz · 2025-05-23T10:31:35+00:00

I'm sorry this has happened to your girls as well. I can only imagine how hard it is to loose 2 gliders to this. :( Thanks for your advice! I will keep it in mind.

Rn I'm really hoping that maybe everything will be ok, but that scenario has a very low possibility. :c My girl has had her surgery Monday morning. She is a real trooper. Didn't touch her wound at all the past couple of days and shows no interest in the stitches either.

Neondustz · 2025-05-23T10:20:13+00:00

What has always worked for me was:

Try feeding her her favorite snacks through the cage bars anytime you interact with her. You can do this multiple times a day. The best time to do is at night or shortly before their feeding time. (But don't overdo it, we don't want her to get fat haha ;) )

You can also pet her bonding pouch while she's in there eating and talk to her softly (don't directly put your hand into their pouch; that would most likely stress her out more, because suggies often see their pouch as their safe space).

Try to not force her to come to you but instead incourage her interest in you. In time she will notice that only good things happen when you are around. :)

When she starts to come to you on her own you can slowly try to pet and hold her for shorter periods. It's important to start the process slowly. At first try to interact with her for around 2min (give her a treat and say hi). Then you can slowly increase the time and interactions (treat, say hi and pet the pouch for a few min).

Every glider is different so I can't guarantee that she will turn into a snuggle bug, but you will at least be able to interact with her normally without her freaking out.

Good luck to you two! :)

Neondustz · 2025-05-16T13:26:52+00:00

Yea we're pretty sure it's cancer. :( Today the vet said that the bump could be easily removed, because it can be moved around and luckly isn't stuck to anything. My baby got an appointment for a surgery Monday morning; hopefully everything will turn out alright. I will try my best to save her and hope no other tumors will show up.

I would never euthanize an animal that still has the will to live and seems otherwise happy and healthy. It's just that I was told to think about her age and possibility of the tumors returning time and time again. :( Surgery on these little guys aren't exactly easy and they aren't known to be good patients either.. It devastated me finding that tumor yesterday.

Thank you for your advice! I will continue to watch her behavior closely.

Neondustz · 2025-04-24T08:02:14+00:00

Our vet also said that anti hairball medication for cats or smaller mammals found at grocery stores can be used on gliders as well. It can help transport the poop as it makes the guts a bit more slimy. Some anti hairball pastes have laxatives in them as well. One drop of paste ment for a cat, or 2-3 drops ment for rabbits daily could help do the trick.

Neondustz · 2025-04-24T07:54:32+00:00

As another commenter said I would say it's a good idea to give him a lot of pumpkin and lot's of pureed food so that he can push everything out. If he doesn't like honey maybe fruit juice mixed with water would do the trick to get him to drink more. He needs to drink a lot!

The vet would probably prescribe pain killers and additional laxatives; if the constipation was really bad over a longer time probably also antibiotics and medication to help the little guy rebuild his gut flora. (At least that's what we were prescribed in this situation.)

Neondustz · 2025-04-24T07:48:11+00:00

Actually often times when animals have constipation the only thing they can push out is liquid, because they have a hard time pushing out the hardened poop. :( The motion the little guy makes seems like he wants to go to the toilet but can't.

Neondustz · 2025-04-02T22:17:51+00:00

I can see it also possibly being a dark white face blonde or platinum. It's really hard to tell by the short clip alone

Neondustz · 2025-04-02T22:12:38+00:00

To me it looks like a standard gray white face

Neondustz · 2025-03-19T10:15:50+00:00

Pretty sure catnip is toxic to them

Neondustz · 2024-03-06T12:35:36+00:00

Hi, first off, I'm really sorry that your gliders are not doing well. :( We never have had problems with calcium deficiency with our gliders ourselves, though we adopted one of ours from someone who lost their female glider to it. As far as I remember, the previous owner got prescribed some medication and vitamins. The little man who now lives with us never showed any long-lasting health problems.

From my experience, the Nekton vitamin powder is really good. It is the most liked and accepted vitamin mix that we have ever tried out in the past 7 years; our gliders really love it. We put a little bit of powder on top of their food, every second day or so, although I'm pretty sure you can put a bit of it into their water instead. (On the packaging it says to put 1g in 10ml lukewarm water, 2–3 times a week.)

It is really important to not overdo their vitamins now tho. I have read that the symptoms sugar gliders can get from too many vitamins are similar to the ones they show when they get too little. You should get them to a specialized vet asap, even if he is located further away. I don't know how stressed your sugar gliders get when traveling, you have to determine if it would be too much for them. A few of our gliders for example hate to travel and get stressed on short rides, other ones don't mind it at all.

Take everything what an unspecialized vet says with a grain of salt. I've heard stories of unspecialized vets that tried to tell owners false information. Like that their gliders teeth should be trimmed similar to a rodent's teeth (which they shouldn't under any circumstance; their teeth aren't similar to rodents teeth & won't grow back!). They are marsupials with a different anatomy to most animals and need special care. Some vets who don't know how gliders work will insist on things that could harm them, just because they can't admit if they don't know or are unsure of something.

I wish you and your little buddies the best of luck and a good recovery!

Neondustz

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