AHH!
Precious!!! <3
I love suggies.
Yours remind me ALOT of mine.
I loooooove the white faced sugar gliders!!! I WANT ONE! :love:
Adorable photos. ^-^
Thank you! We really lucked out on Fiyero. I wanted to get a white variation just so I could tell the two boys apart. It's a quite a bit pricier, but he is just gorgeous!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
I don't think I've ever seen one before..... I want Elphaba. She's WAY prettier than any of the other colors you guys mentioned.
She is pretty cute. She and Teller are actually the same color variation, that being standard. I am a big fan of the standard coloring myself.
Pardon my stupid question but.. They are amazing animals.. Can you give us ( or me) information in what they eat etc in caring for them?
There is a lot of info out there! It's tough to say what is the "right" answer, because there are a lot of different opinions. For instance, there is a lot of controversy about diet. The short story is that they need fresh food every night, and the calcium/phosphorous(sp?) ratio has to be JUST right for bone development. They do require a lot of space for their size, because they are very active. They are nocturnal, and I mean really nocturnal... not like cats are nocturnal. They aren't necessarily the greatest pets for younger kids because they are fairly fragile, and aren't a good "starter pet" either because of all the specific attention they require. There is a lot of special care and attention that they need, and I know that writing it all out like this can look overwhelming, but once you get started it really isn't all that difficult.
I know I am only scratching the surface here, and I'm at work so I can't really go into a ton of details right now. But I can provide links!
Here is a lot of good information about suggies and their general care. This is also the diet plan that we happen to follow:
http://sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider-care.htm
Here is the "Are Sugar Gliders Right for You?" section of the same website:
http://sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider.htm
And to be fair to the other info that is out there, one of the more popular diets is called BML. I don't honestly know a whole lot about it now. (I did know more back when I was first researching sugar gliders, but since I don't use it I'm not all that familiar with it.) I *think* this is the basic recipe that most people follow:
http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/leadbeat.html
There is also a forum that I am a member of that has TONS of info and personal experience of owning sugar gliders... I am not sure if it is within the rules of Chazhound for me to post a link here. Just PM me if you are interested in seeing that as well.
Hope that helps! I know there is a lot of info to cover, and I'll be happy to ask questions if you have any!