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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 301386" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Can you guys get Aussie sugar gliders in the US? Not sure how that could be possible, not legally. OK, it would be legal for you to purchase them from someone else in the US, but at some level, it's probably been smuggled. As for the list - yes, we have it all.</p><p></p><p>But if you happen to have one now, you can get by with food other than Aussie native food. </p><p></p><p>They shouldn't be smelly as pets, though. It all depends on what you feed them and how you look after them.</p><p></p><p>A lot of Aussie native animals are lactose intolerant. You need to be careful there. We get special modified milk if we're feeding an orphan. I suggest you Google for info from US-based websites as well as Aussie ones, because the Aussie sites will tell you to go cut some native flowers for them. Not helpful. From what I recall, most fruit & vegetables will be fine. A natural diet is going to be better than a packaged food, in my opinion. Cheaper, too.</p><p></p><p>Here is what appears to be a useful link.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.allexperts.com/q/Sugar-Gliders-3567/Feeding-Sugar-Glider.htm" target="_blank">http://en.allexperts.com/q/Sugar-Gliders-3567/Feeding-Sugar-Glider.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Ironic, really. We're not allowed to keep them as pets here in Australia. We can encourage wild ones to be tamed, but we're only allowed to keep wild ones if we have a licence AND they are being cared for until they can be released back into the wild.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, I think it would be much better in so many ways if we COULD keep them as pets. It would have to be better for the species, especially if (as with birds) we had to prove they had been specially bred for pets and not merely rounded up from the wild (which is where so many die, when they get rounded up to be smuggled as pets).</p><p></p><p>I've handled pet ones, though - a professor of ours had a number of pet marsupials he brought with him. He was researching breeding, which is how he got his pets in under the radar, so to speak. Mind you, I wasn't going to pat his Eastern Quoll - aka native cat.</p><p></p><p>They are nocturnal creatures, I hope she behaves herself at night for you. The professor kept his in a nocturnal room, we went in to see the animals in artificial twilight.</p><p></p><p>They ARE cute, aren't they?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 301386, member: 1991"] Can you guys get Aussie sugar gliders in the US? Not sure how that could be possible, not legally. OK, it would be legal for you to purchase them from someone else in the US, but at some level, it's probably been smuggled. As for the list - yes, we have it all. But if you happen to have one now, you can get by with food other than Aussie native food. They shouldn't be smelly as pets, though. It all depends on what you feed them and how you look after them. A lot of Aussie native animals are lactose intolerant. You need to be careful there. We get special modified milk if we're feeding an orphan. I suggest you Google for info from US-based websites as well as Aussie ones, because the Aussie sites will tell you to go cut some native flowers for them. Not helpful. From what I recall, most fruit & vegetables will be fine. A natural diet is going to be better than a packaged food, in my opinion. Cheaper, too. Here is what appears to be a useful link. [url]http://en.allexperts.com/q/Sugar-Gliders-3567/Feeding-Sugar-Glider.htm[/url] Ironic, really. We're not allowed to keep them as pets here in Australia. We can encourage wild ones to be tamed, but we're only allowed to keep wild ones if we have a licence AND they are being cared for until they can be released back into the wild. Frankly, I think it would be much better in so many ways if we COULD keep them as pets. It would have to be better for the species, especially if (as with birds) we had to prove they had been specially bred for pets and not merely rounded up from the wild (which is where so many die, when they get rounded up to be smuggled as pets). I've handled pet ones, though - a professor of ours had a number of pet marsupials he brought with him. He was researching breeding, which is how he got his pets in under the radar, so to speak. Mind you, I wasn't going to pat his Eastern Quoll - aka native cat. They are nocturnal creatures, I hope she behaves herself at night for you. The professor kept his in a nocturnal room, we went in to see the animals in artificial twilight. They ARE cute, aren't they? Marg [/QUOTE]
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