Ok so a few of you know about that trio I bought from an ex member here. The trio was sold to me as a breeding pair but after some research and some information from some memebers here.. I find out that they were never supposed to breed because they were rescues and the male had some issues after oop. Well I got our male neutered a few weeks ago. Well.. my issue is.. we didn't catch it in time.. now our bella obviously has a couple babies in pouch. I've dealt with joeys before, so that's not the issue. But.. because of their history.. I won't be able to sell these joeys. Would it still be ok to give them to a good home.. or should I just keep them? I don't know what to do :( I have no problem keeping them.. it just wasn't in the plans.. so adjustments will have to be made.

In MY honest opinion and I KNOW others will disagree and that is okay. You didn't plan for those babies so it isn't your fault, nor is it their fault. Lck of lineage doesn't mean the end of the world. If you want to keep them keep them but I will tell you right now, I am a pet only suggie mommy and I would NOT mind at all to adopt suggies with no lineage, esp from someone in your situation where I know it wasn't a mill breeder. There are risks in simply having suggies so to me it wouldn't matter if my suggie was the result of an accident or the result of the most top notch lineage in the US.

I have six, soon to be 7 fluffbutts and I love every single one of them the same regardless of where they came from: 6 neutered boys and 1 sweet little girl.

Remi is a rescue but he was already neutered and I do believe he was an impulse buy for his original owner and perhaps even a pocket pet descendent. Who cares, he's awesome either way.

Again, this is just my opinion and I am sure that I am not the ONLY pet only suggie mommy on the board.

Resa

Well I know for a fact there are people that would love to adopt them.. I just wouldn't feel comfortable selling them. It was a huge disapointment when all of this came to light.. because this trio would have made some beautiful suggie joeys :) but I don't love them any less

None of my gliders have linage, and I could care less. I have no plans to breed them. I have 3 females, and 1 neutered male. The 2 youngest girls are PPP descendents.

Alot of people want pet only gliders, and don't see a problem selling them as such. Since you don't want to sell them, if any are males, you could have them neutered before you rehome them, and just charge for the neuter, and vet fees to have them checked out.

My four do not have lineage either and I do not have a problem with it. They all seem healthy. I do not want to breed so Dallas is neutered. I would definitely buy another without lineage.

I know alot of people (me included) would not mind taking in unlineaged joeys from someone on this site. If you are in my area and don't want to keep them feel free to let me know!

I'm in oregon :)

Aww poo. I'm in Michigan.

That is a good ides sldy63!

Resa

What kind of "issues" did the male have when he came OOP? I ask because I am curious if that is a tangible reason to wonder about a future medical reason.

Here is the bottom line - Your gliders offspring may not have lineage...but they are NOT second class gliders because of it. And *sometimes* people in the community can certainly make you feel that way. I do agree they should not be bred. But what's done is done. You did your best.

You absolutely can rehome them with a rehoming fee no less (and I advise you do unless you know them- see below) to a PET ONLY home that you are sure will not want to breed (and neuter what you can). You will find that most pet only homes are not hyper focused on it and might not even care as the posters above mentioned. The most important thing (to me) is that you understand any medical issues in the background and that you have some idea about their relation if possible - so if there are any risks, you can share those with a new home to be full disclosure.

For the rehoming fee - in the general public this is a MUST in my opinion. You need to use this as part of your screening process. If you rehome to someone and you do not want to charge a rehoming fee because you feel bad - then have them give you their vet information....a good exotic vet if possible. Have them pay the rehoming fees to the vet on their account with the name of the new gliders. The point is, they still have to show they are willing to pay $$$ towards the gliders and the $$$ is going to the vet and the end result is that your babies are the beneficiaries. This also helps to build their vet fund for emergencies and general care off the gate. Another option is to have them pay for the neuters if they are boys, or to have them even pay toward your vet account and then the parents of the babies get to have some medical care as a result of their hard work with their joeys.

For example, say you have two joeys (male and female) and you want to rehome them for $300 total. Have the new owners meet you at the vet on neuter day. They open an account in their name. They pay for the boy's neuter there and the neuter is done. They pay the remaining amount ($150 or whatever) to their account as a prepayment. Then they are both getting set up nicely for the next visit which should cover two wellness and the fecals at least or God forbid...a simple sick visit?