[alexh620]

Hello,

My name is Alex, I had just recently bought a sugar glider from a guy who sells and trades exotic animals. The Sugar Glider is just a little under a year old. Before me, he was in a little bird cage with just a hammock hanging and thats really about it. I just recently bought him a MUCH bigger cage for him. I have a question on taming him though. From the info i gathered, and what i have seen from his behavior is he has not had much human contact. You can stick your hand in the cage, and he just kind of ignores your hand. Also if I try to hold him, ill hold out my hand and he will climb onto my hand. He always seems to sniff my hand, and then he will bite and latch on to me. I have to shake him off to get him off of me. I was wondering what was the best solution to taming him so he can be a bit more friendly.

Thanks

Alex

 

[alexh620]

awesome thank you so much! that helped me out a lot!

looks like i have a lot more to buy for this little guy. (just spent $150 on cage and toys for him.)

I did name him, his name is Roscoe

So i should just refrain from putting my hand in there then? just to get him used to the enviroment and stuff? I did try putting food in my hand and letting him try and eat it... He just bit my finger instead.

Also, the guy i bought it from said that he tried putting a female in there, and i guess this guy killed her? I'm not sure if the guy who had sold it to me, had any idea what he was doing, i have looked online and read some of the process of finding them a companion.

I am wanting to find him a buddy, I was hoping to wait untill he stopped biting me, I was hoping to get a little baby girl, (so i have better luck of her not biting me.) and because I would like to breed them as well, and maybe try selling to a few interested. (just a little plan, who knows if i follow through or not)

and another question. How do i get him from his cage to his tent? he is a fiesty little fella and doesn't play nice.

 

[alexh620]

Yeah, i figured it would he hard to breed them.

I see where your going at with not putting a baby female in with him, and that sounds about right to him. I wasn't aware of the dangers. Thats why i looked for a forum as soon as i got him, so i could be a lot more educated with him.

I wasn't aware of knowing a background was so important. I have no idea about this guy besides he killed a female and he has never bitten the guy. (the guy also wore gloves to handle him.)

What should i know when i get my next sugar glider? what kind of background?

thanks for answering all these questions btw. I really am trying to make this sugar glider as happy as he can be.

 

[alexh620]

yeah, i guess i should start looking. Hopefully this will make Roscoe a little bit nicer. I'm not srue why, but when i stick my hand in there, he bites me, but when my dad puts his hand in there, he climbs right to him. I don't think he likes me, and im the one feeding and housing him.

 

[alexh620]

Today, while Roscoe was eating, i was petting him. He hate for a solid half hour eating little sugar glider pellets i bought him. He didn't nip and me or anything... Were we bonding? is this a good start? Or does every sugar glider do that when they are occupied with food?

 

[alexh620]

umm, i bout soem pellets that it says to give him an ounce every day. Its called Vita exotics? I dunno, i sprinkle some of that in his food, and ill give him some fruit, I've mixed it up everyday, today he had 2 slices of kiwi, and a chopped up strawberry. But ill feed him orange, banana, strawberry, grapes, and kiwi. He also drinks A LOT of water... i have a little guini pig thing that he drinks out of. I have to tap it in order for him to get water out of it, but he spends maybe 10 minutes licking out of it. is that normal?

I think tomorrow im gonna put him in a tent, and let him jump around. Going to buy one tomorrow after work!!

 

[alexh620]

Dont mind my terrible spelling either lol sorry about that.

 

[alexh620]

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Today, he was sitting in the corner of the cage, just staring outside of the cage. I felt so bad for him, because you could just tell he wanted out. so i decided to take him out. I opened the door, and let him crawl out of the cage, where he climbed all around the cage. My cage is on the dresser so he couldnt jump down, atleast he was scared too. After a few minutes of trying to get him to climb on me, he jumped at the wall, and landed on the floor. He scurryed a little, and i trapped him and grabbed him. HE DIDN'T BITE!! so i put him on me, where he crawled around my back, arms, neck and head, for a solid 2 hours. He licked my ear a few times. My brother and sister saw this and decided to join in, so he crawled on them a little with out biting. I couldn't how ever get him to come to me. i would have to take him off, or put my hand in his little path. *question* Should i have him climbing on other people? since he doesn't know who i am?

anyways, after that, he jumped back to his cage and proceeded to eat a little. i left him alone, and i came back a half hour later, he was curled up in a little ball. I had replaced his little blanket thing with another one that had smelt like me. he wouldn't sleep in it so i had to give back his old blanket and now he is asleep. any ideas why?

 

[alexh620]

his old blanket came with him from his last owner. It wasn't in his cage, but it was from his owner.