hi people i am a owner of a sugar glider named rufus. He is a good boy he doesn't bit to much . He allso has a little problum with eatting is wrong to feed them so late . Like i feed him at 7pm ,but not every night . I just notic he eats a little then he used to . i give him gerber and other foods . he is alittle bigger and i have no idea what to do should i change his food plan ? Because this is really scaring me just alittle . I have a book on him ,or his kind . Ok this seems so weird ,but i talk to him. This is one more thing about rufus i can't find out how old he is i got him september 22,2002 and i have no clue how old he is? please help me!
I doubt that we can help you with how old he is. The person you got him from should have some idea how old he is.
I'm not sure I read your post right. Are you saying you don't feed him every night, or that you feed him at 7:00 every night?
If his appetite has dropped off, that's a problem. It could be because he doesn't like his diet plan (your diet plan needs some work), or it could be because he's sick. Sick gliders don't always look sick, and decreased appetite can be one of the signs that will help you know that something's wrong.
Go to www.sugargliders.org and read about diets there. Then pick one of the diets, and stay with it. The diet you are feeding won't meet his nutritional needs, so you really need to make a quick re-adjustment. Lucy37990.3761342593
If you feed him cat food, try feeding him monkey food! You can get it at most pet stores or a near zoo. But before I got my little girl, I was told to feed her cat food, and fruit! but When we bought her, the owner told us to feed her monkey food, and fruit! They told us that the cat isnt as good for them as monkey food! The monkey food is a little bit more expensive, but its well worth it! I havent had a problem with mine yet!
try it out and see how it goes!
Question for Summer. What kind of monkey food did you get? Where did you get your baby from? The lady I bought my babies from said to only use monkey pellets and fruits. She says the BML diet is horrible. Is this what you've heard?
BML diet is not horrible, I recommend that and priccilla Price's diet over any other glider diet...
Sugar gliders eat by sucking and spitting. How ca a pelletted diet be any good for a glider...I recommend a hard pelletted diet to stay in the cage at all times, just as a lil' snack if they wake up and get hungry.
I strongly urge everyone to try a diet out that is not pre made...this is from my own expirience, when i did this virsus using pellets when I first had gliders 3 1/2 years ago, my gliders were more active and they looked more healthy when I used a diet like priscilla's or the BML.
Here are a few links I recommend:
http://www.worldwidesugarglidernetwork. ... rition.htm http://worldwidesugarglidernetwork.com/ ... m.php?f=17 http://worldwidesugarglidernetwork.com/ ... m.php?f=37