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Subject: Re: exchangeing gliders/ long message
Posted by Cynthia on December 23, 1998 at 14:09:43:
In Reply to: exchangeing gliders/ long message posted by Ronda on December 23, 1998 at 09:56:10:
: REAL QUESTION, They want to trade on of my males with theirs so as they can get away from inbreeding, they know that 3 out of the 5 are females. I have a proven pair, but babies are m & f so sometime I need to think about removing them or something I am hooked on them and don't want to part with them, what is one to do? Thanks for your help.
If you have already bonded to your babies and do not want to part with them you do not have to. You can always have your males neutered to prevent any inbreeding. What is happening here really makes me angry. Not with you but with the people that had the pet shop gliders first and with the pet shop itself. These animals bond. They form tight bonds and they are very intelligent. That male, female, and their babies are all a bonded family. They have just been removed from a family that they had bonded to and now the male will be removed from his mate. How long will it be before he can trust again? She too, the mother of the brood, has gone through and will go through the same separation. These animal will and do grieve. This is for anyone out there that is thinking of getting a glider, Please please please be sure that this is an animal that you will want for many years to come. They can have a life span of up to 15 years in captivity.