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Jul 20, 2013

Blessed Mistake [suggyfae]

Now you're probably thinking that what is a Blessed Mistake? Well, its an obvious mistake.. but it grew into place gracefully [though with several painful bites & scratches]. I stumbled upon "Sugar gliders" & read about them until i fell inlove with those little critters & being an animal enthusiast, i was eager to own a suggie.

Where i come from, breeders Dont exist. So it consumed time to find exotics. One day an amazing incidence happened, I found a suggie. but they werent tame nor young. I didnt know how old they were & i didnt care, all i knew is they had a bald spot that indicated that they were mature males, and their crabbing spooked me out but i said "They're scared, not mean." I picked a male, i named him Saranghae[Korean: Love] He cost 700 i think? i was reluctant to have those suggies at that moment because i didnt have a bonding pouch nor experience to start off with an Un-Tame suggie but if a person only adopts/buys a tame animal, then what happens to the un-tame ones? every animal must be given a chance in life no matter how tough their personality is and no matter where they come from. if you think you can handle it like i did and still am, then thats the most precious thing that you should hold on to and you should be proud of yourself for not being selfish and ignoring un-tame pets especially from pet shops.

i was determined and forced my dad to get him for me hence my journal title that says "Mistake". This mistake was the best mistake. Although i couldnt hold him like i would with tame animals, i couldnt wear gloves because they are too fragile and wearing a thick gloves may hurt them[might tighten the grib too tight]. So all i did was spending time with him in the bathroom until i bought a tent to spend time with him better. luring him to his cage in and out[didnt always work], let him lick off baby food from my finger & removing it as fast as i can or he'd bite, watch out to not have him pull me with his super sharp nails, and only pet him when he's busy eating....etc...

Now i know sugar glider enthusiasts would say "THEY ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS, THEY NEED PARTNERS" it was in my mind too ok! although he was perfectly fine being alone because as you know, not all social animals prefer to be in a clan and its a true fact related to their individual personalities. I was praying to get a tame sugar glider and after a year or so, i found tame suggies :) they were tame 4 or 5 months old and i wanted to have them all but as you all know, 700 is seriously not worth a little animal to parents. I bought a suggie, her name is Monalisa. i didnt place her immediately with Saranghae. i introduced them first while each were in their own separate homes incase he tries to do something with her, she was still so young for any accidents to happen. So then i did it again within few weeks to give them a break and time to recognize each other and to excite them & after a year or months i felt they were ready and i let them both out together. it went good Thank God and they were both enchanted with each other.

After more months i placed Monalisa near Saranghae's Ugg boots[which was meant to be mine] where he sleeps in. He was flirting with her like he did the last time they were out together, and she was reluctant to go out from the uggboot so i left them for a day, 2 days, 3..4...5 now they live together for months and both arent fixed. Hopefully getting baby suggies[MORE RESEARCH] and no, not going to sell. i never sell my animals even the evil killer ones like my Male chicken who fought with my dog and dug a hole into my dog's throat that made him bleed near death [Vet saved him..]

PS: Bought plenty of pouches :')