pics of baci and pixie (baby sugar glider)

[dragoriana]

Did you take them in as injured/abandoned? In Australia they are not sold in pet shops/shelters like your usual cat/dogs/rabbits/birds etc. Is it a thing in America to buy overseas wildlife as pets?

 

[tortiebaby]

Are you asking me or Baci-n-system? lol.

I rescued mine from a woman who was not taking care of them. They are 2 years old and for most of that time they were almost never handled.

They are making great progress! I can pet them both now, but they don't really like to be held. Spice actually glided onto my hubby's face the other day, it was so cute!

 

[dragoriana]

Originally Posted by TortieBaby

Are you asking me or Baci-n-system? lol.

I rescued mine from a woman who was not taking care of them. They are 2 years old and for most of that time they were almost never handled.

They are making great progress! I can pet them both now, but they don't really like to be held. Spice actually glided onto my hubby's face the other day, it was so cute!

Sorry i meant Baci. I was just curious about how things happen overseas

 

[sarahp]

Yes, I'm also amazed you can keep them as pets - they're always a creature I considered to be wild and needed a lot of space. Very curious that you can buy them as pets in the US!

Sugar gliders are absolutely beautiful creatures, so pretty

 

[rosiemac]

I'll move this to the cats and other animals forum

 

[mooficat]

wow what wonderful creatures they are - I've never seen or even heard of them before

can you let them back into the wild ?

I'm afraid my cats would just chase and eat them

 

[<3baci-n-system]

Originally Posted by Dragoriana

Did you take them in as injured/abandoned? In Australia they are not sold in pet shops/shelters like your usual cat/dogs/rabbits/birds etc. Is it a thing in America to buy overseas wildlife as pets?

they aren't sent overseas, people breed them in the u.s. for pets, but they are wild in australia...

 

[<3baci-n-system]

Originally Posted by mooficat

wow what wonderful creatures they are - I've never seen or even heard of them before

can you let them back into the wild ?

I'm afraid my cats would just chase and eat them

no i live in NJ and their not wild here, it gets way too cold here for them. they need to be in atleast 75 degrees all the time. and even though a sugar glider is a wild animal mine are not. they were breed for being a pet. they were never in the wild who knows if they would survive?