In Reply to: sad sad sugarglider posted by jill on December 24, 1999 at 02:25:37:

: My boyfriend got a sugarglider about two months ago. When it first
: moved into his house it took about a week for it to be comfortable and
: able to come out of its nest. For the last while "Cleo" hasn't come out of her nest
: and is very irritable. I've also ben reading about how active sugargliders are, and she isn't active at all,
: or not that i'm aware of.
: The people that he got it from had been feeding her cat food. IS THIS WRONG?
: I have been thinking that it's possibly something to do with her diet. Then I was wondering
: if it was because she was lonely. Is it true that sugargliders should be in pairs?
: If there are any other suggestions as to why "Cleo" sleeps her life away, could you let me know.

: thanks
It is ok jill to feed cat food toher as long as you dont feed the cheap stuff. Try to hang a bottle of honey outside of her nest to get her to come out. It drives ours wild. as for sleep all the time, we have 2 that come out at different times of the night. One comes out real early in the evening & the other early in the morning. Just gotta catch them at the right time i guess.
One thing we learned is not to feed seeds or peanuts etc. to them. they hold no nutrition that they need. We had one that developed white bone disease.(i think thats what they call it)we got him to get better, but he still cant do what he used to. But thank god our baby is ok.
Hope this helps

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