In Reply to: Re: Incest - Info (Everybody please read and respond if you know more) posted by Maria on July 27, 2000 at 22:37:55:

Are you sure about that? I know of one group of twelve sugar gliders (8 female / 4 male) that are all one family and the only breeding pair are the parents (both wild-caught gliders)...

: In the wild, the youngsters are driven away from the family as they mature so incest doesn't happen. The youngsters eventually meet up and form their own mating/family group. In captivity, this doesn't happen so it is our job to be sure that they don't interbreed with parents/siblings.

: : Has anyone heard something about an "incest-blockage" instinct that sugar gliders are supposed to have???
: : I read something about this in a small info I got from the Sydney Zoo, but am not quite sure about this....It said that in the wild, gliders do not mate with their siblings/parents....
: : Has anyone more info???

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• Re: Incest - Info (Everybody please read and respond if you know more) Maria 14:56:56 07/28/2000 (2)
  • good point Denis 01:18:40 07/29/2000 (1)
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• Re: Incest - Info (Everybody please read and respond if you know more) K- 11:25:10 07/28/2000 (0)