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Oct 31 2009
10:29:04 AM
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I have an intacted male glider that is four months older than my female. I have read not to put a older male with a younger female but since he is not that much older is it okay to put them together?
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Oct 31 2009
10:34:16 AM
kyro298 Glider Sprinkles GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit kyro298's Photo Album kyro298's Journal CO, USA 15262 Posts
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How old is your female?
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Oct 31 2009
10:35:34 AM
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She is 4 months and my male is 8 months
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Oct 31 2009
10:45:10 AM
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Your male should be neutered than when the female is close to the same size they should do fine together. If you are not planning to neuter him, then you should wait until she is about a year old to introduce them.

That is a long time to clean two cages and deal with two lone gliders. Get your little guy neutered and they can be best friends much sooner.
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Oct 31 2009
10:46:22 AM
kyro298 Glider Sprinkles GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit kyro298's Photo Album kyro298's Journal CO, USA 15262 Posts
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I agree-she is DEFINITELY not old enough to mate
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Oct 31 2009
10:56:38 AM
suggieluver02 Face Hugger GliderMap Visit suggieluver02's Photo Album suggieluver02's Journal 442 Posts
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um im new i know a lil bit about mating. but this time i agree too
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Oct 31 2009
11:04:23 AM
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Well the female is actually already bigger than my male.
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Oct 31 2009
11:12:47 AM
suggieluver02 Face Hugger GliderMap Visit suggieluver02's Photo Album suggieluver02's Journal 442 Posts
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hmm idk then lol
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Oct 31 2009
11:15:48 AM
our2girlz Goofy Gorillatoes GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit our2girlz's Photo Album United States 2362 Posts
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At 4 months she still isn't old enough to mate. If you got your male neutered and they are the same size than I would think it would be ok.
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Oct 31 2009
11:18:41 AM
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I have also let them meet once in the tent. They got along great. My female actually was kinda pushing the male around and he let her. I had a treat in the tent and gave it to the male and she stole away from him but he never tried to take any of the treats from her.
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Oct 31 2009
11:21:39 AM
suggieluver02 Face Hugger GliderMap Visit suggieluver02's Photo Album suggieluver02's Journal 442 Posts
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lol!! i think he likes her and since he does he wants to let her have whatever she wants!!
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Oct 31 2009
11:29:24 AM
our2girlz Goofy Gorillatoes GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit our2girlz's Photo Album United States 2362 Posts
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All of this is important but #7 pertains to the issue. http://www.sugarglider.com/gliderpedia/index.asp?ReasonsToNeuter
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Oct 31 2009
11:43:27 AM
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I don't want to neuter my male yet. he is 100% leu het mosaic glider and I'm still debating if I want to breed him or not but I'm afraid that he will be lonely and I didn't want to put a male with him because I was afraid they would fight.
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Oct 31 2009
11:50:03 AM
suggieluver02 Face Hugger GliderMap Visit suggieluver02's Photo Album suggieluver02's Journal 442 Posts
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the choice is yours of course i wouldnt want to nueter either. but it takes away some of the smell. but then again i know very very very little on breeding gliders. but i agree with everyone else when i say shes too young if u were to breed those 2
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Oct 31 2009
01:11:58 PM
our2girlz Goofy Gorillatoes GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit our2girlz's Photo Album United States 2362 Posts
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Have you done any research on breeding? How long have you owned gliders? Do you know what to do if they get rejected?
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Oct 31 2009
01:38:30 PM
kyro298 Glider Sprinkles GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit kyro298's Photo Album kyro298's Journal CO, USA 15262 Posts
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If you do decide you want to breed in the future, she should be closer to a year old. She's still technically a joey at 16 weeks. She isn't capable of being a mom and the chance of her rejecting any joeys is very high. Supervised play time is fine but I imagine they're pretty lonely at night. I know it isn't an ideal situation but unless you get him neutered, they should not be living together until she is old enough to be a mom. It isn't fair to her.
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Nov 01 2009
12:08:23 AM
Rita Glider Sprinkles GliderMap Gliderpedia Editor Visit Rita's Photo Album Rita's Journal MO, USA 12214 Posts
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What everyone is trying to tell you over and over again is - your female is to young to breed. Your male is already sexually mature.

Would you purposely allow a 12 year old girl have a baby? Maybe she is already having periods - but her mind and body are not mature enough to deal with babies. It is the same with your 4 month old female. Allowing him to have his way with her at her young age is cruel.
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Nov 01 2009
02:28:11 AM
Dahlia_2020 Fuzzy Wuzzy GliderMap Visit Dahlia_2020's Photo Album SC, USA 1419 Posts
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Yep. What Rita said. Just because she is big for her age doesn't mean she's ready for joeys.
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