When I moved to the UK, I was missing my gliders like it was nobody's business, so my (now) husband went out to try and find me some here. They weren't as easy to get ahold of here as they were in The States, though. But we stumbled accross an ad for two boys for sale not far from us...
We went to see them, and I was disgusted! And I didn't have the money right on hand to be able to buy them off the woman. They were in a good sized cage (the only thing that she'd done right), but right next door was a pair of barn owls. I mean, their cages were touching!!! So of course, the boys were petrified to come out of their nest box... And when they did come out, it was only for food... Which was a rodent mix. No fruit, no veggies, no insects. To top it all off, the woman had 7 VERY yappy little dogs that didn't shut up the entire time we were there...
We talked her down on the price, paid £180 for both gliders and their cage.
Got them home, and now we see how bad they really are... Rocky was incredibly overweight and very aggressive!! I still have scars where he'd bitten me and this was about 3 or 4 years ago now... And poor little Gizmo was the exact opposite... So underweight and had very advanced bone disease from the lack of calcium in his diet. After going to the vet who didn't hold out much hope for him, I did what I could... And he lasted less than a year with us. He was such a sweet little guy and it broke my heart when he died...
Rocky is now a very healthy big guy (although, his tail is now going bald) and you can handle him without gloves!
He doesn't particularly like to be manhandled, but I suppose I don't blame him. he does come out for a tickle and treat, though.
There really is no point to this post, just thought I'd share my story...
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