Saturday, January 16, 2010

An animal that looks like a squirrel/mouse/rabbit in the face with black stripe in face...?

I heard the guy at petco call him a baby something and its about the size of a hampster and he said they are smart and love to be close to humans....What was it??An animal that looks like a squirrel/mouse/rabbit in the face with black stripe in face...?
If it is a sugar glider, please don't get one.





Even the best professionals sometimes have trouble keeping them alive. Owning a pair is like a fulltime job! It's expensive, takes HOURS a day, and the poor things usually die very young. Also, buying one is very cruel since they need to live in groups to feel safe.An animal that looks like a squirrel/mouse/rabbit in the face with black stripe in face...?
sounds like a sugar glider
skunk??
Sounds like a sugar glider. The reason the cage is so large is because they like to sleep up high (in the wild, that would be tree tops). It is true that they are not the pet for everyone, and they are very time consuming. They require fresh fruits and vegetables daily, as well as protein. 75% fruits/veggies, 25% protein.


Doesnt sound all THAT hard right? I've had my 2 sugar gliders for 5 years now...5 years of cutting up fruits and veggies, and meats, and trying new things to give them variety...every night. Two 3 foot high cages because they're both male and when they hit puberty Angus chased Fergus around the cage and stressed him out for 2 days trying to mate with him...he felt the urge and well, Fergus was the only other sugar glider around! So they're ';neighbors'; now. I also put fleece around the cage to keep fruit from being spewed onto the walls...they spew when they eat.


Oh and you won't see or hear much of them until you turn the lights off to go to bed. It works for me because I work midnights and get home at 2am. Fergus is watching me type by the glow of the monitor right now, it's 3:35am and he's just getting up to eat and play.


They need a very tall cage, a sleep pouch attached near the top of the cage, wooden hidey houses, food bowls that cant be tipped over, an exercise wheel that is solid so their feet dont get caught, shelves and ropes to jump and play throughout the cage etc.


Yes they can bond to people...but it takes a lot of time and patience, and a few bite attempts before this happens...if it happens. Angus, in these 5 years, is still not used to people. I think the breeder sold him to me too young. He's stayed really small compared to Fergus, and he's somewhat aggressive. I put the food in very quickly!


They're very interesting and very neat pets...but I did a few months of research and reading, and bookmarking every website before I got them. It takes a very big committment ..and they live 10-15 years, so it's a long one as well. Do your research before getting them. This is a living breathing little creature that will depend on you knowing how to care for him properly.
Sounds like a Sugar Glider.





Here is a picture of one: http://www.sugar-glider-rescue-railroad.鈥?/a>
A baby Monster?
Sounds like a chipmunk? or Gerbil or something.


I dont know we dont have either of those in Australia lol


Probably some sort of rodent. google a chipmunk because it really sounds like that. unless you cant have them as pets i dont know.


guinea pig?
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