I decided to redo the entire thing ...

The Story Of Boogie & Bella -
Hi everyone.. its Bella . Mommy says i have to get on here and type our story . So hmm where to start ? The beginning we suppose !
It started the day Mommy went to get Boogie . You see , she hadnt known much at the time so she hadnt had a plan to keep boogie company. She got Boogie , brought her home to a cage much smaller than the one we have now . She gave Boogie many toys , and food , but it wasnt what Boogie wanted .. Since our kind are colony animals , Boogie wanted to see something beyond the cage door . She wanted a best friend. At the time , since mommy wasnt prepared , she started to save up some money and started posting ads for Suggies that were for sale around her for decent prices ... For weeks and weeks she searched .. but her searches were unsuccessful . Each time she came up blank and had no friend for Boogie . But she didnt lose faith or hope . She kept searching when one day , she'd gotten an email from a lady named Jennifer who had 3 gliders for sale . 2 boys.. and 1 girl named bella ! (Thats me ! Hehe ) Jennifer was only asking 25 dollars for me , my pouch , and my cage ! Since Mommy had over double this saved she talked to Grandpa and he agreed it was an offer they couldnt refuse ! so the next day they made plans to meet up in a week . In a week they would meet an hour and a half away from G-Town , Ky to get me ! Grandpa had late work that day so Grandma took mommy to get me. When it was time to finally actually meet mommy i was scared ! jennifer and her boyfriend got out and handed me to mommy .. I sniffed through the pouch and heard her voice all soft . Why , it scared me so i crabbed , and i crabbed loud ! I tried to ignore her and go to sleep while the giants exchanged some words and cash . they said goodbye and then we got in some green contraption that moves like Jennifers . All the way home Mommy yapped and yapped about how my new home would have a friend i could be with . i was starting to think she was nuts just babbling away at me , so i crabbed to see if she'd shut up , but no she just<b> Giggled</b> ! Once i even heard the word "Chubby" . Pfft . A long while later , the contraption stopped and i could smell fresh air . I heard a new , deeper voice mention that he'd got my food tray , water , and pouches ready for my cage . they moved the cage in a room and hooked my pouch in there .. i came out to explore and see my new surroundings .. i ran many circles across the cage multiple times , and mommy new this was a sign of depression . I ate some food and lay down for some rest . it'd been a long day .

Later that night when i woke up to eat some more , i heard a strange noise that was odly familiar ... It was someone barking ! i listened and new it was coming from the room across the hall . I sat and listened for a while ecstatic with the idea of company close by .. Maybe i could learn to like it here after all .

Weeks later , after actually getting to see Boogie and such , i heard Boogies door open and close , and another door open, then suddenly i was being moved too ! this made me a little alarmed so i crabbed a bit at grandpa . I smelled new bars .. i was in a new freaking cage ! Woah ! but i was not alone .. at the very bottom of the cage , close to grandpa was Boogie .. She stared at me for a long while , then we both got the same thought and climbed towards eachother . Grandpa got nervouse and opened the door wider . I ignored him and went to Boogie .. It was like one of the scenes in movies where two people are running towards eachother in a field full of flowers, ya know ?

I finally got to boogie , and sniffed her a whole lot ! . Then she did the strangest thing ! She grabbed my head and started rubbing it all over her chest ! What a weirdo i thought .. then i noticed i actually kind of liked it so i ignored the fact that boogie was now getting a free ride around the cage on my back !
Soon Mom and grandpa fed us dinner and kept a close eye on us .. Mom wouldnt stop with the pictures or give us any privacy !



And that my good people , is the story of how i met my friend .

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I have to admit that the majority of these posts make me really sad. I don't understand why people are so neglectful to gliders! Do they not do the research beforehand?!?! I'm glad everyone here is so good to their gliders!

I feel you knd2m2, but you also have to see how amazing it is that these people took in these abused and neglected gliders and gave them forever loving homes. It shows the depths of evil and good, and I applaud anyone out there that rescues ANY animal, because as you can see-so many of them need loving homes. And even older gliders can still bond and love on you, sometimes it just takes a little bit of time and lots of love.

Thank you everyone for sharing!

My kids get upset with me because of my rescues, Filly. They tell me "You can't save every one!" I tell them, "I know. But I can save *this* one!" I cannot abide people who do nothing. Gets me back to words my mom used to say: "You are part of the solution, or you are part of the problem."

There are times and situations when I simply can not help. But ... when I *can* help, it seems a crime not to! These stories are both sad, and happy - they show the difference one person can make in a glider's life!

My favorite thread ever. Id love for people to add to it. I will myself when i ahve time *bump*

Definitely my favourite thread ever <3

Rocky's story:

Oh wow, what's that smell? Its, its, another giant. But she smells... nice. She smells like.. FOOD. I'm running around my cage trying to get to her. My current daddy opens the door to my cage and I glide right to her. What's this? She didn't move, everyone always moves. Let's see what happens if I try and run all over her. OMG all she does is giggle. My daddy takes me away from her, that makes me sad. I try and get back to her. Daddy and the lady are talking, I can't hear anything. What's going on?? Daddy puts me in my pouch and closes it. All of a sudden I'm all snuggly and warm. I'm getting jostled around and there's lots of noise but it’s OK. I don't know why but it’s going to be OK. Oh, the zipper's open a little, let me see if I can get through. I wiggle through and get into a pocket, what's this in here with me. It’s a rock, I like it. After a bit I get jostled around again and when I open my eyes, I'm in a new place. It smells nice here.
Is this my house? It’s HUGE, there’s so much room to run and play. My new mommy gives me yummy food and she plays with me for hours and hours. But, I’m still kind of lonely; I wish I had someone like me to play with.
I wake up and smell something new. What is that? It smells like me only, OMG it’s a girl. I want to meet her; mommy says we have to wait though. When we have playtime mommy brings the new girl into the bathroom with us. Oh, I hope she likes me. “Mom, does my hair look OK?”
Oh my goodness, she’s beautiful. I really like her. I run over and snuggle with her. And she snuggles with me. Let’s just lay like this for a bit. Look, mommy fell asleep, let’s use her butt as a landing pad, that’s always fun.
I wish I could tell mommy thank you for my new friend. Now I have someone to talk to that understands me.

~~I don't know if I can write Lily and Romeoe's story because of their recent death, but I will try and get to it soon.~~

Rocky's story is when he met lily.

Ummmm wow. This thread really puts things in perspective. I am a male and honestly had tears falling down my cheeks. People do not realize that animals have feelings too. Sometimes I feel people use animals to get over hard times than forget about them when their drama is over. It is not fair to the animal. I will share my story later when I have time, awesome thread.

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This thread had tears in my eyes, sad tears that the life these glidrs lived, but happy tears that they all came to a WONDEFUL homes that people would love and care for them. I LOVE this thread because it shows new people how important it is that they need to have a buddy and they need to be cared for proplery. Thank you everybody for sharing your storys!

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This made me cry so hard! Both with saddness and with joy. Bittersweet really.

And this gives me an idea. I'm a writer, I'm planning on publishing several books. What if I collected stories from everyone of there gliders, either from the perspective of the person or the glider. Combined this into one book and put information on sugargliders after each story, and a mass of information at the end. It would be fun to read, and informative for anyone who did read it. Anyone who contributes will be accnoledged for their contribution.

I will start a new thread with this idea, comment on it there. :)

Bump! Great thread! I will post when my lil ones meet-bookmark!

hey everyone, i do not know if i am good at telling stories but here is cupcake true story



hi, my name is cupcake. i am a female sugar glider and i live with a very nice family. and i will tell you my story. i was in a big cage with lots of sugar gliders. they had a blanket over our cage and every 5 minutes they would lift the blanket up and get 1 or 2 sugar gliders out. i just hid in the corner because i was so scared.then a family comes and starts asking about sugar gliders. these people tells them about us. the people tells them info about sugar gliders and how to take care of us. then someone takes me and another sugar glider out and puts us in a pouch. the people hand us to the family and then we leave. the family puts us in a car and then we go to our new house. the family sets up a big cage for me and the other glider maple. maple becomes my bff. the family does not play with us. then after 3 days or so then they get us out and put us in seperate pouches. then a little girl opens up my pouch and starts petting me and telling me that everything is all right. then someone tries to take maple out and maple bites the person. the person is our grandmother. maple bites our grandmother so hard that there is blood dripping from her finger. our grandmother stops bleeding and puts maple back in her pouch. the little girl (which is my mommy) keeps petting me. i think i like her! so i crawl out and get on her head. she is acting so happy!!!! our new family feeds us good food and they get me and maple out everyday. we are so happy!!! we bond to everyone in the family. then one day my mommy comes in to check on us and she runs out. me and maple feel horrible. then our grandmother comes in and get maple out. maple is sicker than i am. they leave me in the cage and try to get maple healthy. then my mommy starts crying. i am confused. my grandmother hands maple to my grandfather. maple is not moving. then my grandmother comes and gets me. they tell me everything is all right. i feel terible. i feel like this for a few days. my grandmother and mommy stay up with me every night for a week. then my mommy tells me that maple died. i am heartbroken. but i feel so bad that i forget about it. then one day i start doing what my mommy calls seizures. i finally stop doing that. then my mommy kisses me on the head and says i will always love you. then my mommy falls asleep and my grandmother stays up with me that night. then in the morning they take me to the vet. they weigh me and i weighed less than half than what i should have. and the vet tells my family i have a 50/50 chance. my mommy starts crying and goes to the car. then my family leaves. i did not even notice because i felt so bad. the vet takes me to a room and someone constantly watches me. i fall asleep and wake up with a needle in my fur. i fall back asleep. then i feel a little better and i smell something delicios!!! but i can not see!!!!! i get scared. i thought it was a dream. but it is not. i am blind. i use my sense of smell to find my food. it is delicious!!!!!!! i am so hungry. i eat all the food and go back to sleep. then myvet tries to pick me up and i crab at her. everyone starts cheering. i did not know i was strong enough to crab. 3 days later my vet takes me to a room. i see my family!!!!!!!! the vet tells my family whats going on and what to feed me. so when i get home they put my cage on a table beside my mommys bed. she is so happy to see me. she tells me how much she missed meand how happy she is to see me. i am happy to see her to. i get better everyday more and more. the vet said that i will never groom myself or ever fly again. but i do both now! then everyday my mommy is on the computer. i do not know why. then she says to my grandmother ''we can have her''. i did not know who her is. then one day we get in our car and pull up at a house. we go in the house and i smell lots of sugar gliders!!! my mommy takes me in bathroom and put me in a tub. i walk around the tub then some lady puts another sugar glider in the tub with me. i get scared. what if she does not like me? she comes over to me and siffs me. she likes me!!!!!!! so then my mommy smiles and i smile to. the lady puts me and my new bff (honey bun) in a pouch together. we play in the pouch and then we pull up at my house. honey bun is going to live with me!!!!!!!!! i am so excited!!!! then my mommy puts me and honey bun in the same cage together!! honey bun is my companion now. i am very happy and healthy now. and so is honey bun. me and honey bun are the happiest sugar gliders in the world!!!



i hope everyone liked the true story of cupcake and honey bun!!!!

So sorry to hear about Maple... but Cupcake is a great story teller! Thank you for sharing. :)

Hi my name is ziggy in im a white face in stander gray sugar glider i live with a my mate in a couple that had a baby they couldnt take care of us anymore so they put a post about us on a website called craigslist in also put a price of 300 for us in our cage i didnt understand why we already had a home. A few months late they started taking to someone bout us in as time went on i lost my one true love in then i lost weight all i can do is think of my love in why god took her away in then my mom in dad took me for a ride that seemed really long in then we stop in i was handed to a stanger she looked at me in said he is perfect i was scared a new person in i was a lone wishing my love was here right now to get me through this but i put on a brave face in look a little more at the women in when we got back to her place she cleaned me in my cage in said this is your forever home you will never have to worry bout bad things happening to you. She feed me reaaly good stuff freash fruit in vegs in meal worms in other good stuff i even got treats in before i knew she never let me out of her sight in i put on weight again when a wake up from a nightmare she took me out of my cage in held me all night long in i could feel her warmness so i knew i wasnt alone anymore i went to the vet for the frist time in my life in the vet checked me out in said i improve from what the pictures showed when they frist got me thin in my hair looked bad was as soft of i should have been in the vet ask how old i was i dont know for my last mommy didnt know they just got me in never keeped up on my age in i was feed only wheet thins. I passed my check up in now me in my new mommy moved in with her boyfriend in i bonded with him right away in we been here at our new place almost eight months in then they took me some where in i meet a female in they named her sugar baby she is a black beauty in we hit it off she came from a loving family but she had a small blad spot on her arm i asked her what happen in she told me they put another female with her in they got into a fight but a few weeks later her hair grew back but she is now my love ill never forget my true love but i got a second chance to be truely happy again with my new family in new girlfriend i feel like this is my heaven in i dont ever want to feel like i use to. I dont have nightmares anymore in im finally learning how to glid in im doing good with the jumps. This is how i meet my new family in how anyone like me can get second chances in i used to feel like no one wanted me that where i was before i got here was my last hope but now thats my past in all i look forward to is forever in this new family is were im meant to be. Thanks to the people who love us in takes care of us oh before i go remember that we love with our hearts in we care with our souls so please open your hearts to us in show us that you are there. Ziggy

This is Spaz' story. He came to live with me (the new mommy) on April 5

Here we go, in one of those noisy bumpy things that always mean a new home. i don't care anymore. i didn't really like the last one, lonely and yucky food. i don't know why, but it just made me bite people. now some people are talking and opening my bonding pouch. there is a new mommy, she talks softly and gives me a treat! she puts her hand in here with me. i swear i am gonna be good and not bite, she has treats and she smells yummy. WAIT A MINUTE!!! i smell something else...something that smells like me! there are other things like me here!!
so the mommy puts me in a weird pouch, with cloth on one side and her fur-less skin on the other. this ain't bad!! it's really soft and warm!! much better than that glove on the floor of my cage. think i will snooze.....later she take me out and puts me in a cloth pouch and there is more food than i have ever seen in my life! i think i like it here!! oh, and there are toys and hangy toys too!!
but the next day, back in the noisy thing. why, why? i was so good, i didn't bite!! some people in bright lights are looking at me and my privates, blush. then back in the pouch and in the noisy thing. that means another new home. what did i do wrong to that mommy to get rid of me so quick? then, i am being taken out of the pouch, hey whaaaaa!!!!!! yippeee, my cage and the new mommy!! she likes me! i knew that if i didn't bite something good would happen!! now to meet some of those friends that i smell....
TO BE CONTINUED
ps (mommy says: i would have liked you even if you did bite, but this is great!)