In Reply to: Sad, lonely depressed glider needs a friend posted by Stephen on December 19, 1999 at 16:50:54:

: I've got a single male sugar glider that has become depressed. I blame it on the fact that i am usually too busy to play with him and stuff but he is somewhat tame. I've build him a bigger cage and started playing with him more and handling him more but i've been thinking about getting him a companion sugar glider and I am confused on what sex to get for my male. I've come up with three senarios

: get another male

: pros: no babies to worry about

: cons: Don't want to have two males in the evening and wake up with only one male left. I'm not sure how rough they would play with each other

If they are sexually mature or close to it you will have at least one dead glider. They are very territorial.

: get a female

: pros: make mine really happy

: cons: I'm not ready for breeding them yet and i don't know what to do with the babies

If you breed and sell or give away the joeys you will need a USDA license and all that it entails (money, inspections, paperwork, etc.) or risk losing all your gliders.

: get a female and nueter my male

: pros: no babies, and they won't tear each other apart

: cons: pretty sure that it would expensive to get him nuetered and as a fellow male, i can't do that to him.

Actually this is the smartest solution.

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