Today we introduced chicken to our babies and they love them. We cut the chicken into 2 small cubes for each and boiled it. Once they tasted it, they held both in each hand and went at it not bothering about us walking around. They are still in their bonding process with us and sometimes run to the back of their cage carrying their fruits but not today. Tinky was done with her meds on Sunday and I am waiting for about 21 days to get her to the vet for another test to check if she is completely cleared or still infected.

Well she is tame but a very shy and scared and I am hoping she will bond with me soon and feel totally safe with me.

We took Susu and Tinky to their 1st vet check yesterday for a regular check up and found Tinky has Giardia. For the 1st time after her youghurt treat she had lose stools and I thought introducing her to her new bonding pouch would've stressed her out causing her lose stools. It was a gd thing I had made an appt for a regular check up and since hubby was at home, we took them in the morning and got it sorted.

She hates to take her medicine and keeps curling up in my palm as soon as i take it near her mouth. I couldn't help laughing as she was soooooooooo cute. Finally has to force feed her after she kept curling up 3 to 4 times. My baby is such a grumpy touch me not. She won't bond easily as well. Hopefully she feels better after her meds and warms up pretty quick. Susu is cool cat who is so laid back.

Found a very good Malaysian Forum. Will be checking it out to see if it is still active. Called in a vet and checked if they treated and did regular check ups for sg and insisted on making an appt with the most experienced doc. Since he is the head doc in their practice, have to make an appt early as i want my baby to get the best even if it regular check up and more costly as he is the head doc.

I have decided to not opt for additional man made formula for Tinker and keep her going on fruits and youghurt including dried fruits occasionally as I met a friend whose glider is six years old and totally healthy and only needs to go to the vet for nail clipping. He gives veggies on a wile as he believes every over the counter food has some sort of perservative and a sugar glider does not get vitamin supplements or over the counter food in the jungle. He told us when he got his baby, he did not even know how to use the internet and gave all natural and did not give any extras and believe me, she looks good and active with beautiful skin and still the same colouring. He has only one glider and after 6 years, she has not self mutilated so having seen a healthy glider personally, I have decided to follow a guy who managed to keep his pet healthy without over the counter food or supplements.

I have read some sites saying HPW is an excellent high protein diet and some say don't as their gliders fell sick after a couple of years. Bought it and stopped immediately as soon as I read this and now bought Gliderade and when I tried to give the HPW with fresh fruits, Tinker won't even touch her meal. I got her gliderade as an extra supplement and I mix it with her youghurt (1/4) spoon and give her twice a week and she loves it. Now I just read that it is only to be given as a treat. Being a first time SugarGlider mom, all this some say good some say bad is really stressing me out. Please let me know if any glider feel ill or died with 5 years of consuming these diet and I would really love to be in touch with a mommy or daddy who has had their suggies for about 10 years as I would be comfortable following your method if your baby lived at least 10 years with u as you are definitely doing something right. I will be taking my baby for her first vet check up this week as eventhough we are not totally bonded, she is not uncomfortable with me and feels save to be around me so I will be able to calm her down. These are living beings and I truly believe no one should market a product that can make any animal ill. Please help!

My husband build a playpen with pvc and mesh and my baby is super tiny in such a huge place.Now she is too busy with her play pen and is not really bonding with me during her playtime. Lol. Well at least we have come a long way as she keeps running under my legs and climbs all over my back. My husband's baby girl is a tiny thing and is warming up to me as well. We are introducing them during playtime. Tinker being the only baby born and being handled by humans apart from her parents before I got her is taking time to warm up with Susu (my hubby's glider). She practically runs away when the little one hops towards her. They are super cute and gorgeous.

Just got back from temple and Tinker is fast asleep in my palm. She loves her yoghurt and papayas. She won't eat her high protein Hpw diet so she is pretty much on fruits and yoghurt (for protein). She just woke up and jumped out of my hand to do her business and had to catch her to prevent her from going behind the shelves. Got her into my shirt pocket and she crabs when I try to get her out to put her back in her cage. My Tinker crabs when her sleep is disturbed which sounds very much like grumbling. lol. The gd part is that she is not afraid of me anymore and hopefully she will trust me soon enough as i cannot wait to have her comfortably sit in my hand when wide awake.

My Tinker Bell has been with me for 2 weeks and sleeps in my palm but takes off as soon as she wakes up. She does not come to me when I put my hand in her cage. When hubby goes near, she runs towards me which gives me pleasure in knowing her trust in me is slowly building. When I did more pouch bonding, she tried to bite me. Finally took her in my hands and did cupping between my palms and she stopped crabbing and biting. Guess touch is definitely better than smell as I touched her a lot from outside the pouch and it didn't work.

When hubby brought his girl home, I told him to not leave her for a day or two and the next morning he did take her in his hands and she warmed up quite well.

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