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Jul 07 2018
04:38:28 PM
1. How to tell when a sugar glider is pregnant
2. How many sugar gliders can a mom have until It starts to affect her health





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Jul 07 2018
07:40:34 PM
Leela Goofy Gorillatoes Gliderpedia Editor Visit Leela's Photo Album Leela's Journal 2919 Posts
1. there is no way to tell she's pregnant. There are no visible signs until a couple weeks after the mom has given birth. At that point you will start to see baby bumps in her pouch and she is no longer pregnant, at that point it's called In pouch or joeys in pouch.

2 There really isn't an answer to this. Every glider is different.

Many things can signal when it's time to stop allowing a pair to breed. Temperament, Aggression, rejecting babies, eating babies, age, medical issues and so on.

It's not determined by how many babies they have produced.


Edited by - Leela on Jul 07 2018 07:47:51 PM
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Jul 07 2018
09:27:28 PM
keena127 Joey 24 Posts
So once she rejects or eats a baby, it is recommended to neuter the male?
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Jul 15 2018
08:37:56 PM
Jennfaith Joey Visit Jennfaith's Photo Album USA 16 Posts
If you have them cannibalize or reject two times, then you should retire them from breeding. However it is up to you but that's what I've always heard.
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Jul 17 2018
02:08:07 PM
sjusovare Face Hugger Visit sjusovare's Photo Album France 694 Posts
That's more complicated than just "if they cannibalize 2 times", that's just a lazy answer some people repeat ad nauseam to justify their choice rather than searching further.
If a pair cannibalizes or rejects its own joeys repeatedly, it usually means that there is a problem, be it nutrition, housing, stress, sickness or whatever, and just retiring them from breeding does not solve the problem causing cannibalism/rejection 1st place, it's like breaking the thermometer when it says you have fever instead of searching and treating the disease which causes you fever

Edited by - sjusovare on Jul 17 2018 02:10:43 PM
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