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<br />I'm not even going to look..I just stay away from CL...just too sad for me.:(
~Erica~
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I totally understand that reaction, I feel that way about the news, but I got my 2 girls from a family advertising on CL. They had a very appropriate cage, wheel, and the girls were on a balanced diet of protein, vegetables & fruit w/needed supplements. I did feel however, that they didn't have adequate sleep options (only 1 small pouch), or toys (1 decent wheel & 2 jingle balls). They were fairly fortunate gliders, and I was fortunate to come across them on CL. I have seen several ads on CL where the gliders are in very decent environments and have knowledgeable and caring owners re-homing them because they can't continue to give adequate care and they are very choosey as to who they are adopting them out to.
However, there is the very saddening and distressing ads (like above), (I've seen mostly in links on forums), that do give CL a bad reputation. I have come to the conclusion, that it's best to search CL in your local area ONLY when prepared to rescue or re-home gliders, because of the distress it causes to feel helpless when you can't. It just so happened that I didn't see any ads at the time I was looking that were distressing, making my experience not so bad.
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I only ever look in South Florida (where I live) Luckily not too many ads go on there for Sugar Gliders, when they do theyre mostly all from Miami. It is sooo heartbreaking.