I got a joey three weeks ago. He was 7 weeks out of pouch and very adorable:) he used to crab every once in awhile but never showed any aggression. I took him everywhere in his bonding pouch and would play with him. He's getting bigger now since its been three weeks. He wouldn't really come to the front of the cage but when I would put my hand in the cage next to him he always choose me over his cage. When he was with me sleeping in his bonding pouch i would put my hand in there with him and he would tangle himself up in my fingers to sleep. He would sleep in my hand if I took him out. At night when he would wake up he would bite my fingers hard and softly like in a playful way it seems? (is that aggression or play??) He never crabs or lunges at me . But last night it seemed to backtrack. He would jump off my hand and would go to the back of the cage to get away from me it seemed.. This morning it's still the same. He holds on to his cage when I try to grab him. Does he need space? Or what's the problem?
This is my only sugar glider..

I can't find anything on the forums or on any search engines about this:
My Joey is constantly itching himself. It seems like way more than any suggie ive seen. Is there something wrong with him? He's perfectly happy besides itching. He doesn't have any weird symptoms. He has a great diet. He's clean/smells good. What's the problem?

I have one sugar glider who is extremely mean that I got already aged from a local pet store because I felt bad about his living conditions. I still don't know the official gender because the lady said he's a male but he's rather large and does not have a scent gland and either he's neutered or it's a female. I've never had a problem with Him(Thor) barking at night before, until last night. Yesterday I acquired a new baby suggie just out of pouch. I forget how many weeks but he's tiny. So far he(Loki) has been extremely good with me and my boyfriend . And actually chooses us over his seperated cage from Thor.

He did good the whole day we had him yesterday. I never once left him alone. Then when it got late and I was settling down for the night I decided it was to chilly in the room because the air vent was aimed on the cage. He has a heat rock in there but I didn't like the idea of a cold wind . So I placed his cage in the closet because it's nice and warm in there. Well the problems started there. He was crying alllllll night. Not barking, but his normal soft baby sneeze/crab noise that joeys have. Thor, who is always quiet began barking all night too..it's morning now and even though I'm holding Loki, he is still crying. What is the problem?!?

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