i dont have a girl yet but im going to get 1. what must i do to make her adapt to my boy. what are their breeding condition. and can 1 boy mate with 2 girls. please and thank you

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Umm, judging by your previous post, you need to give having them as PETS ONLY a shot before you even think about breeding.

Please get the boys neutered. It's really not a good idea to breed any animal, especially an exotic one, until you're experienced with them.

I agree with the previous answers you recieved. One male with two females could over run you with joeys very fast. Gliders breed like rabbits. This could equal lots of inbreeding and unwanted joeys.

You just got them today and you already want to breed them?

You really should slow down and make sure you even want to have gliders. I would worry about a good diet,proper care and getting to know them before even thinking about breeding them.

Seriously there are a lot of unwanted gliders out there right now that need a good home.

Any reason you want them to breed?

please think about all the risk and money involved in breeding. your female glider could end up hurt or maybe dead. can you handle walking in on one or both the parents eating the joey? what will you do if they reject the joey? can you carry and feed it all day and night? do you have the money for the normal vet visits and money for when they get really hurt?
if you are selling them your taking away another glider's chance of having a forever home and they will stay in the rescues that are already full. let the gliders that already exist have a chance to have a home. and if someone does want a joey there are experience breeders they can get a healthy joey from. so please do more research on how they breed first there is info about it.

I agree with all of this. I'm an extremely new glider owner, and when I first got my babies I wanted them to breed. (Doing research made me realize how difficult having babies around is, and im now getting Toto neutered lol)
But I don't think you realize how much work they are yet. I call them my son and daughter because they require SO much of my care, attention, and money lol.
Owning and bonding with gliders is an amazing experience. Why not enjoy it? And if you decide you want more later down the line, there are TONS of gliders who need homes.
I know it seems awesome to have little joeys running around, BUT you need to research A LOT before making that commitment.

Don't breed. If you make the decision to breed your gliders this early on in the game when you are not an experienced enough glider owner to even begin to understand what you are getting yourself into, then you are making the decision to do so for reasons that are selfish. Yes, joeys are cute and precious... but there are WAY too many gliders out there that are in need of homes. So even if raising joeys or breeding gliders was easy, I still wouldn't suggest doing so. But the fact that they are not easy to manage, and that when things go bad, they can go REALLY bad very quickly, and you run the risk of potentially losing your female or females to mating wounds or malnutrition... its just not worth it. There is no point to it.

Enjoy your pets. Keep them AS pets. Get your male or males fixed so you don't ever have to deal with finding the remains of a half-eaten joey, or have to deal with the trauma of a mating wound.

it is not an evil thing to allow your animals to breed, but you just gotta understand what you are getting into. Lots of us here have allowed their animals to breed. Some with heartbreaking results and some with happy results. Here are a few things to consider:

1. Here at LGRS, we are flooded with colonies from people who let their gliders breed and then decided they couldn't handle it. So it's a big responsibility. If you look into the future 5 or 10 years, are you still committed to keeping them? It's easy to let them breed and unfortunately just as easy to dump them. Are you going to keep them?

2. Hobby and home breeders get the whacky idea they can actually make money in low-volume breeding. You can't. You lose money. So if you think you are going to make money, forget it. The only ones raking in the dough are the evil mill breeders and some over-charging color breeders. Home and hobby breeders usually freak out when they get up to ten or twelve gliders and can't sell them - and then they dump them on a rescue or craigs list. very sad.

3. It's hit and miss. Some gliders if they are new parents will kill their babies. Some gliders will abort them out of the pouch if they are malnourished. Some gliders just don't make it and they get eaten by mom and dad who do that to hide evidence of death to avoid predators (natural instinct). So it can be really stressful and heartbreaking for you and your pets.

4. As others have said, there are a lot of gliders up for adoption in rescues. We alone have about 70 up for adoption this week. We re-homed 5 this past month but they usually come in faster than they go out.

5. If you can't afford to neuter them, which costs between $100 - $200 in most places, then you can't afford general health care for them either. So if they get sick what are you going to do? If you can't afford to neuter them then you can't afford to keep them alive when they get sick. Now times that by 2 or 3 or 4 if you let them breed.

so I guess what I am saying is it's a bigger decision than may be readily apparent on the surface. Not trying to be rude, but please think about all these points. Think about the result and what happens to the animals afterwards. thanks

I agree - Dont Breed.

One thing no one has mentioned is mating wounds. Do you have the money to get your female glider stitched up when the male rips a hole in the back of her neck? Mating wounds are generally pretty nasy and take a long time to heal. Not to even mention the expense of the vet visit. You will need to watch her closley, medicate her and separate her from the male until she is totally healed and her fur has grown back. Do you have 2 cages, plenty of pouches, water bottles, food dishes and toys for 2 cages?

Many female gliders do not recover from an infected mating wound....

Rita's right about the cost of mating wounds. But you should also know that it happens sometimes even after the males are neutered. So the cost of vet care is a constant thing that can happen any time. Please plan for it by either putting money aside or talking to your vet about a credit or payment plan in case of emergency.

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hi guys, i have a similar question, i have had my gliders for a little over a year now and i have`nt stopped learning about them now i would love to breed them just the once. at the moment i have 3 males in one large cage 2 males are entire and 1 is neutred will i be able to put one female with my males or will they fight?

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hi guys, i have a similar question, i have had my gliders for a little over a year now and i have`nt stopped learning about them now i would love to breed them just the once. at the moment i have 3 males in one large cage 2 males are entire and 1 is neutred will i be able to put one female with my males or will they fight?

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You cannot put one female in with three males. They will fight over her (neutered or not) and likely end up hurting her.

They will most likely fight over the rights to mate with her

so one to one is best yes?

Ya or you can have multiple females and one male.

Attempting to do a breeding triangle (or circle, whatever), with multiple females and one male rarely works out from what I have read.

If you're going to breed, in my opinion, it is best to do with just one male and one female. You need to first do lots of research on breeding though... so many complications can arise.

If you are going to breed, then take the time to read up at the following site. Offers great info on caring for momma and dealing with rejected joeys.

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and have a lot of money saved up in case you have to take her or the joeys to the vet for an injury. and they will need to go to the vet anyways for a check up. and have an extra cage ready if you need to separate a glider or a pair of them because they arent getting along. you might just want to go and buy another male and female so that you dont have to break your boys up because you want a joey. it would be stressful on him and the other boys and he wouldnt be able to go back with them for a while since the mom and joey will need his help. and by then he might not want to go back and stay with his new family. i just dont think its worth it if you already have a happy little family of male gliders.

I agree it isn't worth it. You are also taking a chance at your male who is already bonded with his colony to get depressed from being seperated from them. Even though he won't be alone he will have to be pulled from his family. I think if what you have works why change it. There are too many risk involved.

thankyou for all the info, i know most of the pitfalls, i think i am prepared for most. i think i should explain a few things, i have 3 males, i started with 2 18 months ago, butone died suddenly and as my breeder refuses to sell them singly which is no bad thing i now have 3, i have had these 3 for the past year andnot one has bonded with me at all it is not for for the want of trying either i have tryed to handle them all EVERY NIGHT since i have had them and they still bite, i think my breeder keeps her babies too long before she lets them go that is no bad thing i suppose as she gets them used to be handled ut the gliders bond with her before she sells them and the reason i wanted gliders to start with is because i thought they would bond with me i will only let my gliders breed the once,
my breeder lives local she have been breeding gliders for about 10 years and i have a good local vet do you think this is selfish