my sugar gliders seem to be pains in the butt!!! they are SOOOO skitish!! ive ha them for a few months no and nothing with calm them down!! i try holding them, but get disapointed when they pee on me!! they also keep me up all night with there barking and chattering!! any suggestions?!?!
ok i am no exspert on this but i think the are just being alittle bit fussie with you . try this give them so of their fav things to eat and see if that helps them. I have one of my own and he use to do the same thing . And the noise at night is normal mine dose the chattering and barking . He runs agenst his cage and trys to get out just ecnore it i just have low radio on and that puts me to sleep and it helps my day when i get up.
my sugarglider is cute. i like to pet him and carry him in a small purce. i allway talk about him 24/7 he i my babby.He likes to get on my shoulders and run acrossed it is so much fun i am happy now.
okay i dont know if you still need the help but here it goes. I have found that if you leave a lamp on or plug in a nightlight for your gliders at night they wont bark. its something fairly simple that you might want to try.
I have actually found that works great also. When my little girl gets to barking I have a lamp near her cage and she usually just calms down. Sometimes she goes to her bed, but usually she just play.
I sometimes hear my boys playing at night but I don't seem to mind; it means that they're happy and having fun. One of my boys (not sure which one) will bark at me in the middle of the night. I read that if they bark it usually means that they want something or they are lonely. I found that once I get up and quietly talk to him he'll eventually quiet down and let me go back to sleep. I think too he's paying me back for waking him up when I come home from work.
Remember these guys are nocturnal and will be up all night when you're trying to sleep. I try not to be disruptive to their cycles which I'm afraid that leaving a light on will do. Since my babies are eating well and doing well, and seem to not be stressing out so much when I socialize with them, I don't want to do anything to ruin that.
I am sorry but my thoughts on this is someone didn't do their research on gliders and didn't know that gliders are marsupials and therefor night creatures, it really takes a person that can be with them at night and enjoy them they way they are meant to be enjoyed. How would you like to be woke up in the middle of the night to be held or played with? I am 50 years old and have had night jobs all my life another words, I love my gliders life and can really learn to enjoy the way they are suppose to be. To many people see what cute little things they are and think they can just play with them anytime, but thats not true, and the crabbing and being a pain in the butt is the only way they have in telling you that it's just not really time for them to be sociable. PLEASE know that I am not being mean or fussy here, I am just trying to let you know from a gliders view point why they are fussy butts or pain in the butts. It is just that they need to either bond better with you or sleep more. Do you try the bonding with a pouch during the day while they sleep? Are you up with them to play at 2, 3 or 4 O'clock in the morning? If your not soical with them in these ways they won't be social with you either, they can be the best pets you ever owned or they can be the worst, depending on you.
Again, I will beg, PLEASE do not think I am being mean or hateful in any way it is just that I am a glider lover and truely know how to treat, feed, and play with them on THEIR terms. I have had many gliders, now down to my first 2 gliders which I will never give up. I lost my Mother the last day of 2003 and I have had to give away all my other gliders to great homes, but I can still help any of you in any way you need if you just ask, I rarely ever come to this forum because I stay really busy, but tonight decided to check it out sense I had a few minutes and here is my email address so if you have any question please just emile me and ask,, wandajo323@hotmail.com PLEASE know that I am only here to try to help not to try to cause trouble and fusses. I don't work that way, it is only that I care so much for gliders and I really do know lots of ways even if you are a day person to help you.
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My Aerith was a real fussy girl with my roommates. Ok, she hates them. She bonded with her breeder or the person at the pet store (not sure if they were the same person) and so hated Nick and John. When we moved in together, even tho nick also dislikes her, he was always on John to feed and take care of her. After I while I asked permission to do it. I felt sorry for her not being fed at a regular time.
As the weeks went by she started to warm up to me. It was scary at first as I had heard of her repeatedly drawing blood on other. She did that to me once and tried on a couple of occasions but I gave her a light tap on the head, just enough to say, "No." Now, even tho she sometimes snipes at me (especially if I wake her) she behaves. I can reach into her nest and pet her. Sometimes I will rub her belly and she will grab my finger and painlessly nibble or lick for salt. But for the most part she just holds on so that I won't stop.
It just takes time. If she is pee-ing on you, she is scared. The again I have seen her pee on her own nest. Maybe she is just marking you as her territory. Watch her and pay attention to the noises. I used to worry when I heard wheezing, but now I realize it is the sound she makes when she has to make a hard poo. If she chitters and chatters, I talk to her or play with her. If I fall asleep with a tiny lamp on (it is a reading lamp and is attached to the table the holds her cage) she is generally pretty quiet.
Soon I will be getting a retired breeder female that is 6 years old. Aerith is just under 2. I wish I could spend more time with her. we spend probably 3 hours together a day. She need more companionship.
I know I go on, but I am almost done. Sometimes I let her out of her cage and she runs wild in my room, but stays away from me. I can hold her in her cage but she freaks when she is outside the bars, so it is taking time. I am getting a buddy bag soon, but in the mean time, when I want her with me, she sleeps in a glove at the bottom of her cage that has a leather strap attached. The other day she spent all day at work with me, sleeping and getting use to my scent and sounds. When I disturbed her she got upset, but I always had worms handy so she wasn't too upset.
It takes time. It takes patience. It takes love. Try putting food in your hand (worms especially) and with each worm she eats put one further up your arm so she has to come to you, onto you, to eat. She may snatch, grab, and run away. Eventually she'll stay as long as you feed her. Eventually she'll get used to you. Don't give up.