Pocket Pets Sugar Bears - Page 2

Naomi · #21 05-18-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kittykat

The guy here at work has 2 and he says they dont live very long, they get scared easily and their heart stops..

wouldn't last long either 10 cats pouncing all at once
they are very cute

Panama Girl · #22 05-18-2009, 03:27 PM

I'd rather have a prairie dog... but with four cats and a fifth who's now a regular visitor, no can do.

filly47 · #23 02-08-2010, 06:53 PM

No! I cry no! You have all been fulled by the wonderfully fed lies from gues what.....a sugar glider (this is the only name they actually have) mill. Yes Pocket Pets is a very hated sugar glider mill known for selling inbred (mom and son, brother and sister, ect.), diseased, still nursing underage gliders by cranking out tens of thousands of gliders a year (bliders should have a maximum of 4 babies a year) in cramped tiny cages. And they do this by outright lying to the consumer and pushing what in all actuality is a very wild very exotic creature onto children and the elderly by turning them into cartoons. I am a sugar glider owner and I know the joys and curses (being woken up at 3 AM by barking, having an extensive and complicated diet, and oh yeah the stink!) of having gliders. I am an active member on something they tell you not to go on for fear of you learning the truth-a sugar glider online community. There are 2 main ones out there-sugarglider.com and glidergossip (don't have site address right now). If you want to know the honest truth of owning a glider and about the truth of PPP (perfect pocket pets because they advertise them as a perfect pet) go onto those sites.

Here are just a few very big lies I can personally verify are false.

They don't smell.
They are nocturnal and therefore very scent driven and mark everything, and I mean everything (including you) in urine. And they have a musky odor to them and their urine, especially including boys.

They don't bite. They aren't noisy.
Oh boy do they bite! Some are love nips, some are tasting nips (they eat sap in the wild and scrape the bark on trees to get to it, so they will scrape your skin to get to 'sap' or rather blood in the case of humans!). Some are defence or scared bites, which I have had a few where it has gone down to the muscle. They are an omnivore with very sharp little teeth made to chow down on bug exoskeletons.
They can be very noisy-they bark for attention, crab when startled, chirp, blow, and chatter. Most are very cute and some are very annoying when it is very late at night and you are trying to sleep!

They only need pellets and a slice of apple.
Gliders are sapsuckers in the wild, and can only really process liquid or semi liquid food. Pellets can easily injure their mouths and teeth and the ones sold by PPP consist mostly of corn which is deadly due to it's high Phosphourous content and low Calcium content. They can not live on a captive pellet diet like a dog or cat. Instead they need a fresh fruit and veggie diet with a 2:1 or more Ca:Ph ratio with a high protien source consisting the other half of the diet. This can be cooked meats, yogurt, bugs, egg, or specially formulated powder/pollen mixes like High Protien Wambaroo Diet (HPW). Diet prep is time consuming and expensive. If the ratios are wrong, a glider will easily succumb to Hind Leg Paralysis (HLP) and die if not caught soon enough.

Gliders are awake during the day. They only need a few minutes of playtime a day.
Gliders are nocturnal not diurnal. They sleep all day and usually wake up between 9PM-1AM to play. Without a buddy for them expect to spend a good 6 or more hours a day with them or they can self mutilate. With a buddy they should be out to play an hour or more each day.

They don't need a large cage.
They need lots of space. Their territories in the wild are many square miles. In captivity they are still very active and need room to glide and play in. Think about getting at least a five foot tall cage with plenty of time outside of it.

Yes they are very cute. Yes they are very cuddly. Are they perfect? No......they can be very dangerous for kids and the elderly, require lots of time, and require a complicated diet. That is the truth.

I am doing everything in my power to spread the awareness of thes animals and mills like Pocket Pets. Unfortunately many people succumb to impulse buying. I have had to counsel people who have lost their gliders within weeks or months of getting them and wondering why. Why is because they were feeding them a death diet and they also could have purchased sick and mistreated gliders that were taken away from their mother before they were ready, unable to eat solid foods meaning they died from starvation.

Do yourself and these creatures a favor. Stop. Think. Research. Then Buy.

BillW · #24 02-08-2010, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Naomi

My oldest girl Mariah would eat the little critter

i ws just going to say that they look like kitty treats to me.

cracker · #25 02-08-2010, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by filly47

Do yourself and these creatures a favor. Stop. Think. Research. Then Buy.

I couldn't agree more. I bought a "baby sugar glider" off of e-bay. Friggin' thing turned out to be a hyena.

outbackg · #26 02-09-2010, 03:00 AM

Pocket Pets - Glider Mill Breeders -
Over the course of my years in sugar gliders, I have heard and seen many people’s sad stories of sugar gliders they bought from pet stores. I have only one feeling about buying animals from pet stores, Malls, Trade Shows, especially exotics–DON’T DO IT!!
There is absolutely no reason to purchase a sugar glider from a Mall, pet store, trade shows, flea market ect - All From MILL Breeders, all have been investigated for animal cruelty and abuse. Many former employees have come forward with horrifying stories of how animals are mistreated, neglected and abused in pet stores.
Sugar Gliders shouldn’t be separated from their mothers until eight-week-old -these shady temporary set up are Sugar Glider Mills- breeders

Sugar gliders coming from these pocket pets breeders are glider mills- selling Sick and injured sugar gliders to the public, have gotten the sex wrong when selling to the public, the gliders are in breed and taken away from their mothers at 3-4 weeks of age

Glider Mill breeders keep Sugar gliders in Small Cages ,aquariums lined with toxic cedar shavings, and have been known to use inhumane methods of killing sick and unwanted animals.

The Glider mill breeders sells Dry Pellets food for these little pets - but Sugar Glider need a more complex diet to live a healthy life and will die on just the pellets they sell

Glider mills have been known to sell gliders with highly contagious illnesses that not only are a danger to other sugar gliders, but to humans as well. If you have purchased a sugar glider from a glider mill such as Pocket Pets or Custom Cage Works (Animals Exotique), Red River Exotics, or a trade show, these gliders have been exposed to nasty things like Giardia, which can easily spread to your entire colony, and can be fatal if untreated.

So, what can be done about Glider Mills ? First of all, know what to look for local breeders, not buying form the large chains glider mills.

See your glider before buying them - ask for a lineage to see your glider isn’t Inbreed
If you witness abuse at a pet store or one of the temporary setup selling gliders , don’t just go online and tell everyone how awful it was–contact your local SPCA or Humane Society to see what can be done and to whom you can make an official report.

Above all, do not buy from known glider mills, no matter what your motivation. Do not support pet stores and glider mills in any fashion. This will only continue cruelty and abuse. For more information on stopping pet store cruelty and making a positive change for sugar gliders and other animals, so If youve bought from pocket pets please have your glider checked out by a vet and change there diets .