Hello I'm new on here & I'm so confused due to all the different options on here. I had a sugar Glider that we rescued from a flea market in Florida for a little over ten years named Shelby. She was in great shape, healthy, loved me & the cats use to jump up on the cage & she would clean their fur... She did bark when she wanted me & she did change her sleep habits to mine which I know you can do cause Shelby did it. 14yrs ago they weren't as popular as they are now. Anyway I have cancer my son & I were coming home from the hospital & we stopped at this small pet shop to get a beta for our small bubble wall tank. When we went in I noticed the cages on the side plus this women was selling prairie dogs, squirrels, & other exotic pets which I thought was unusual due to we live in NY. I didn't think we could do that. Anyway That's how Hope found us... She was in the last cage & the most expensive due to she is a cremino sugar glider. Which again to me is that means the color & that's it. Anyway I got rid of everything from Shelby due to how much it hurt to loss her plus I said I would never have another. They are a lot of work plus commitment worse than a dog in a lot of ways but they also have a lot of good traits but only to a true lover of a sugar glider. So we had Shelby over ten years she was healthy we fed her grapes as a treat & she loved them. She would take her little hands crack them open eat them & throw the skin away. We fed her parrot food the one that looked like foot loops. (Don't remember the name) and put honey treats hanging in her cage and that was pretty much it. Well when we were at the pet shop Hope was in the cage with two other gliders but Hope was by herself the second I saw her my heart stopped. I literally gasped & thought she looked like a little angel. I immediately asked if I could see her & the young girl said she doesn't really like people but when I put my hand in started talking to her she went in my hand laid down sucked on my finger along with licking it. Next thing it was almost two hours later she was still sleeping as I held her close to my chest. My son knew I wanted her & due to me being sick I'm home 24/7 now. He thought that I never do anything for myself so to go ahead & get her. We left & not even a hour later I called them asked if she was still there & decided to go get her. I felt a connection with her right away & when I went to put her down she held my finger everybody in the store that worked there couldn't believe it & said they never saw that. My son & I agreed to get her. I felt she was not happy there & with the addition on my room for all my machines Hope's cage fit perfect not that far from me. I bought their starter kit Again due to I don't have any of Shelby's things. But I've already replaced almost everything that was in the starter kit due to how cheap it is but I really didn't have a choice on what I could & couldn't buy at that time it was $225 the cage looks like a little house. I got Hope July 28th. The bonding pouch is already ruined but I found a beautiful large pink one on Ebay along with her new cage which is thicker iron which is 32-19-62 I always believe they should have lots of room. So here's my problem I know what toys to give her but due to all the changes & reading about all the food comments on here it actually scares me to think I'm hurting her. I have Exotic Nutrition Glider Booster, Exotic Nutrition Glider-Cal, & Exotic Nutrition Glider Complete. I don't really think she needs the extra Glider-Cal & Glider Booster I sprinkle a little on her juice. I give her 100% juice she likes grape juice & V8 100% juice ( you do have to be careful due to it will say real juice but only be 5% juice. I do put in fresh things everyday & have tried different things kinda as a trial & error to see what she likes & what she doesn't. One of the things I did find was when I separate things on tiny plates she picks the one she likes but the other day I did do something different & she really liked it. Throughout the day she likes to sleep in the bonding pouch & I put her in my sports bra lol... She stays there & she will let me know when she wants a drink which is about 2-3x's a day. I give it too her on a baby's Medicine spoon but the other day I put the remainder of the juice that she didn't want over the pellets along with a little bit of honey & it has fruits & veggies in the mix but I always add small chopped up things that I've learned she likes into the Glider Complete. She loves it & I make two a day & she eats both of them. So this is my question. Is this wrong? Am I hurting her by feeding her This Glider Complete. It's not her 100% diet cause like I said I add fresh veggies & fruits. The new stuff I put separately on a side dish & in the morning around 7-8am she calls for me to get her & I look to see what she eats. The other day when I gave her juice like I normally due ( she has a side dish with water in it 24/7) she wanted to eat so I fed her some she ate then went back to bed. Please give any thoughts on this. I'm sorry it's long but I wanted to give all the info on her. So she gets Exotic Nutrition Glider complete with some very little honey over it, some juice to soften the pellets, fresh veggies & fruits mixed in the total amount is a 1/2 cup. She won't eat it if it's but in refrigerator over night but will eat both helpings if made that day & the other half does get refrigerated & given later lol she's picky.... She also gets 100% juice 2-3x's a day, her snacks are variety of mixed fruits & veggies to see what she likes & doesn't like, she does get mealworms but counted out each day & only gets 5 of them some days she eats them some days she don't. Whatever she doesn't eat in that 24hrs gets thrown away...she doesn't like yogurt. Again sorry so long. Thank you for any help or fed back

 

Hope
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