Last night I heard a new sound I hadn't heard before. The sound was something like a zipper opening and closing over and over again. Any ideas for what that sound could mean?

Hmmm.....could you be talking about the crabbing????? Or is it more like a 'hissing' sound?

Noe, think about a zipper being zipped up and down over and over again. I've had Snickerz for over 3 years and Twix for February and I have never heard this noise and they were fine and healthy this morning when I checked them over

Could it be like chattering?

Hmmm no lol sorry, but they only way to describe it is like a zipper on a jacket being zipped up and down over and over again.

The only thing I can think of that sounds semi-zipperish would be crabbing...lol sorry!

lol Thanks tisha, it was definitely not a crab though.

Can you see if you can get a recording of it? I am not recalling my gliders making any sounds like that before.

What are they doing when they make the sound. And is it fast or slow?

i dont know ive never heard it b4. but to me it would seem like a happy noise.(i just got my backpack zipper to hear it)i doesnt sound like crabbing. if u listen crabbing sounds more like sandpaper blocks and a scratchy sound.(to me anyways)

IT COULD BE THEM BARKING!!! Go to GliderChat on here, and they have sound effects you can choose from, barking, crabbing, and sometin else. Check it out

I think I might know what you mean. For lack of better words, I call it a half-ass crab. It seems so be like a "hey, you're sitting on my face" sound or when one is trying to take food from the other. To me, it's a sound of annoyance if we're talking about the same thing. It's usually pretty short-lived.

I call it fussing. It's a noise I never heard til I had more than one. I listened closely a little while ago, when I handed out mealies, and it does sound kind of like a zipper.

Edited to add link:http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/sounds/

That link doesn't work. Here's a workable one:

http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/sounds