Suggies At Home

I know it is very tempting to travel everywhere with your sugar glider, but please try not to carry your glider ILLEGALLY when you go overseas.

Why I’m writing this is because a few days ago someone used a strange search sentence to find my blog, and it was on how to bring a sugar glider into a plane. I personally do not agree with smuggling. It’s illegal. And if one gets caught, the penalty for it is pretty serious.

Just take a look at this newspaper article:

Fuzzy intruder arrives on Las Vegas-Honolulu flight

Don’t think that it’s safe to do it. No matter how sneaky you are at hiding your glider, be it in your handbag or inside your shirt, it is not safe to bring a glider into the passengers’ cabin. Why? Firstly, think about how others would feel. Then some people may be allergic to animal fur. Or your glider may carry bacteria that can easily spread in a closed environment. Then look at how uncomfortable your glider would be for the journey. Worst is when you get caught, what will happen to your glider?

Normally, a huge fine would be smacked at you, plus some jail time…. but the worst thing of all…. your glider will be caught, taken away from you and sent away to some zoo or kept in quarantine till it gets depress and dies. I sure don’t want that to happen to my glider.

So please, don’t try to act smart and save some money by doing this illegal act. It’s cruel. It’s awful…. your glider will suffer if you get caught.

Do it legally. You would need to apply for a permit for exporting your pet overseas. Get hold of a health certificate or letter from you vet to state that your glider is healthy. Then do some paperwork with the authorities (PERHILITAN). And fly by MAS airlines coz they have special cargo rates for pets.

And…. don’t try to smuggle your pet into countries that do not allow sugar gliders. The penalty is far worst, and the glider can end up being sent back to Indonesia.

In 2 more days and we will be celebrating Chinese New Year. To all my friends and readers, may you prosper this year and have a pleasant celebration. May our gliders be healthy and happy always.

So everyone out there, have a merry happy Chinese New Year!

*** Suggies At Home will take a few days off from posting. Will be back soon!

Naya, my retired female glider has been such a strong and delightful girl. Today, she has regained back most of her lost weight from her unfortunate incident with dead joeys in pouch. I brought her for a check up at Hands and Paws clinic recently. Dr Jenny said that she is healthy and fit, good size and good weight.

It is important to monitor you glider’s weight and appetite. So far Naya has a piggy appetite as she will eat anything and everything in her bowl. So she has now gotten a nice rounded figure but never overweight or obese. How about parasites? It is common in gliders that come from dirty pet shops or suppliers, so far my gliders are parasite free after going for check ups.

Been so busy lately, I’m afraid I have neglected my blog. I apologies to all my readers for not updating lately. I’m now going through my Industrial Training, so it is getting hectic since I’m training at a busy location, but then all will be well after December.

Anyway, some updates I’d like to share. There are some good news and bad news….

Good news would be that Keera’s Joeys are now 23 days OOP. They are super adorable, Chester is the lil boy and Jenny is the li girl. I actually named her Cherry but her new owners would like to name her Jenny. Good that Keera is such a doting mom and she still sings to them every night.

Another 2 joeys OOP in September. DustStorm (male) and RainDrop (female) OOP on the 28 of September. Quix is very protective as she was a wild glider that I adopted, so she doesn’t let me peek at her kids but she has never chased my hand out of the cage so that is pretty ok. Lobo, the dad doesn’t bother about me but he is being a good dad as well. Sigh, that is why I love gliders, they got good instincts and parent-like skills when they are bringing up their offsprings.

My sad news would be my girl Naya. She recently became ill. She was lethargic, didn’t want to sleep in her pouch nor eat. That happened last weekend. She gave me a scare. For 3 days I syringe fed her glucose, isotonic drink mixed with some Wombaroo High Protein powder but she just didn’t want to eat. She kept taking in fluids, which kept her alive but not appetite for food. Then I had a gut feeling that it could be something wrong with her joeys too because there was this sticky residue lining the opening of her pouch. She had joeys in pouch for like close to 3 weeks already. When I placed my finger on her pouch, the 2 joeys in pouch didn’t move. Clearly something was wrong. So I decided to take a risk, and take out the joeys.  For some reason, the joeys died, and I suspected that could have caused her to lose appetite. But the strangest thing was why didn’t she take out the joeys and clean her pouch? What made her sick was that the joeys kinda rotted inside her pouch. The dead joeys were covered in a sticky clear slime and had that rotting flesh smell. I quickly cleaned up Naya’s pouch with warm water and some cotton buds. And I prayed that she would regain back her health.

Today, Naya is back to her old self. She is eating well, regaining back her weight and is active as before. I’m lucky that I found out what was wrong with her. I didn’t mind losing the joeys, she is more important to me. Breeding has its ups and downs. So being a breeder, there will be times where such things may happen. So it is important to read up on glider care, always get updated with the latest news and it’s good to know a little first aid.

I’ll try to update as often as I can. For now, this little post will have to do.