Last week Jack went to see Dr. Haley. She is an exotics vet. and is very familuar with suggies.

She showed me the correct way to hold a suggie securely. Later that evening I took Jack out of his cage while he was in his travel pouch and had some one on one time. I am pleased to say we crossed many bridges that evening. Before it was said and done, Jack was bathing himself and letting me scratch him all over. He even let me massage his leggs, paws, ears, and around his cute little face.

Oh, Dr. Haley says Jack is just fine. She says his weight is ok and as for his cleanliness, he may just be a lazy groomer. She said I can take a warm wash cloth and and wipe him down if he gets to sticky feeling and he may go ahead and bath like he should. Of course I will not be using any soap and the wash cloth will not be dripping wet with water. I'll make sure the room is not to cool. I don't want him to get cold.

I have one post on here already and have no idea how to get to it. So hopefully I will be able to read everyones comments on this post. LOL

Can a glider be happy by itself or is it imperative to have at least two so they can play and snuggle?

What can I do to help his hygiene? My male is about 1 1/2 years old and he does not clean himself very well. His tail is so urin soaked that it is sticky feeling and you can see the fur seperated at the ends. His cage was soaked with urin when I got him and I do not know how he was cared for before he came to live with me. I let him settle in for the day and then cleaned the heck out of it the next. If I keep the cage clean will he start taking better care of himself?

Do females also mark you as they play around on you?

I was told suggies do better when there are at least two of them. If I get another suggie will Jack still play with me or prefer the other glidder?

How do you introduce glidders to each other?


Donna07

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