Ok, someone suggested to me to give my gliders some "live" food, like a pinky mouse or something.

I just dont know if I could EVER give my gliders a live, helpless, little baby mouse, when I see a baby mouse I dont think of it as a rat, I think of it as just another baby animal that has not gotten the chance to live!

is there anything else that I could give my gliders as live food? I give them mealies and crickets all the time, someone also suggested me to give them a baby chick or a small bird but I thought that was just plain strange! is it? They also suggested to buy a live, small feeder mouse and they could have that but I dont know

sure they hunt birds in the wild, but I dont know!! any thoughts?
I know this soulds like a strange question lol, im just curious on what else I would give my gliders as live food.

Oh and another reson why I dont want to give them a pinky because my friend (who also has gliders) gave his boys two pinkies and one of the gliders started to treat it like a JOEY and the other one killed the piny and left it there.

I think that usually people feed frozen pinky mice. I personally couldn't do it either. Mealworms are about as far as I go for live food.

omg i could never do that :( poor little aniamls. bugs r a diffrent story

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<br />I think that usually people feed frozen pinky mice. I personally couldn't do it either. Mealworms are about as far as I go for live food.
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yea I know same, but my friend told me that if you didnt give it to them live, they wouldnt be interusted in it

I know the gliders would have a blast hunting something down live, but I dont know lol.
I would never beable to watch them take down a bird or a mouse tho I would just have to make my brother give it to them

I herd that if they have a pinkie they might eat there future joeys if they have any as if they are pinkie mice.

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<br />I herd that if they have a pinkie they might eat there future joeys if they have any as if they are pinkie mice.
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ya I herd the same thing, thats another reson why I didnt want to give them a pinky, I do want to give them something safe though and im just seeing if anyone has tried anything else other then bugs or pinkies.
when my friend gave his male glider a pinky he thought it WAS a joey lol, he took it into the nest and started cleaning it, he even protected it from the other glider it was so cute! the pinky was with him for a few hours and he still was treating it like a baby (even though there was not a female around) he was a dad before so I was not that suprised.

we did take the pinky from him and gave it to someone with a pet rat that was about to have some babies the baby mouse is alive and happy, we could not watch the other male kill it, it was to sad

I think that's a myth. I've never once heard about that happening and we've almost heard it all, I think. They eat small animals in the wild.

Feeding pinkies wont make them want to eat their young. They have an amazing sense of smell - so they can definitely tell the difference between the two.

I could never feed a live pinkie mouse. Can you imagine the horror of being eaten alive> And the screaming that poor baby mouse would do?? At least with mealies, one bite and they are dead... but it wouldnt be that way for pinkies.

Now, I have heard of people buying them frozen and putting them in a cup of warm water for an hour or so before feeding. This, too, is not something I want to do with my gliders. I just couldnt...

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<br />I think that's a myth. I've never once heard about that happening and we've almost heard it all, I think. They eat small animals in the wild.
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well then I guess this is a first for you
Trust me, I was ther, he did have something wrong with his smell though, he was a rescue and the previous owners did not treat him right, poor guy! Im not sure what happened to his nose but he dose not have the greatest sence of smell.

yeah i couldn't do it either :( I worked at a pet store for 3 yrs and it's hard to get use to.

I have 7 gliders, 3 chinchillas, and among those I have 2 snakes..lol..so basically I am used to feeding live mice to the snakes, but I wouldnt ever feed one to the sugar gliders, so I only go as far as mealworms and crickets.

I have no problem giving live mice to my python; that's what they are for. I once went to a pet store where the clerk asked me why I wanted the mice; when I said snake food, she refused to sell them to me. So I let my snake starve?!? Found another pet store. Anyway, I will not give them to the gliders; I saw a video on YouTube of gliders eating a lizard; I won't do that either. I want my guys to eat safe meat, USDA approved and cooked.

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<br />I think that's a myth. I've never once heard about that happening and we've almost heard it all, I think. They eat small animals in the wild.
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Step - I think that she was referring to the myth that feeding pinkies will cause gliders to eat their joeys.

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<br />I think that's a myth. I've never once heard about that happening and we've almost heard it all, I think. They eat small animals in the wild.
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Step - I think that she was referring to the myth that feeding pinkies will cause gliders to eat their joeys.
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ohhhh, I see lol.
Yea, I just dont have the heart to let something die so young (sigh)

Some gliders DO cannibalize their young. For what reason only they will know. But its not due to them eating pinky mice. Gliders know the difference between pinkie mice and their joeys...

Petsmart wont sell live feeder mice! I mean, what do they think people do with mice?

have them as pets/...i know my sister and i did. we had atleast 5 mice within 2 years. i didn't want them to get eatn

lol i even bought like 10 feeder gold fish just to have them die like 3 days later...dang feeder goldfish. i was tryn to save them!



same as my rats i had. i bought them to save them from getting eatn.

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<br />omg i could never do that :( poor little aniamls. bugs r a diffrent story
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How is a bug any different from a mouse? Or is it because a mouse is actually "cute"?

why would anyone do that?

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<br />lol i even bought like 10 feeder gold fish just to have them die like 3 days later...dang feeder goldfish. i was tryn to save them!



same as my rats i had. i bought them to save them from getting eatn.
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Rats are prolific though, they are meant to be a food source for other animals (which is why they have the position on the food chain that they do). So essentially you paid money to save maybe 1 billionth of a % of their population.

I don't have a problem with feeding mice to my corn snake, although I do feed her frozen pinkies because I don't think I would like seeing them so helpless, and get eaten alive :(

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<br />omg i could never do that :( poor little aniamls. bugs r a diffrent story
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How is a bug any different from a mouse? Or is it because a mouse is actually "cute"?
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Blood, bones, sounds...to name a few.

Well feeding a snake is a little different then feeding a glider I guess, snakes eat there food whole while a glider would tear the crap out of it lol, I would never want to watch that!

I have fed live baby pinky mice to my sugar gliders. The really tiny ones they'll eat but not ones that are larger and have hair. I think it could be nutritious for them to eat them. It was sad when I heard the baby mouse crying when my glider started to nibble him. I may not do it again. This was a while back I did it. I've fed 4 little mice total I think.

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<br />I have fed live baby pinky mice to my sugar gliders. The really tiny ones they'll eat but not ones that are larger and have hair. I think it could be nutritious for them to eat them. It was sad when I heard the baby mouse crying when my glider started to nibble him. I may not do it again. This was a while back I did it. I've fed 4 little mice total I think.
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poor pinky! I have herd that some gliders bite there heads off at the beginning, not to sure if this is true

I've seen a video of someone feeding their gliders live mice. them things are as big as the gliders!

protein wise my girls get EB eggs and nasty sticky dead crickets.

Oh If what I said isnt true sorry. I've heared that happened but I bet he had a nose problem.

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<br />I've seen a video of someone feeding their gliders live mice. them things are as big as the gliders!
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where did you see thaat! lol

I don't think I will ever do that.It is as though you are watching your glider being eaten by your cat alive.Poor pinkies.