Travel with gliders

[Lottie]

Does anyone know the rules & regulations with travelling with your gliders within the EU? Are you allowed to bring your darling with you on flights? What documents would you need?

[loulou]

Travelling from the UK to another country within the EU with Sugar Gliders requires a quarantine period of 6 months, due to rabies as they have no rabies vacines registered for gliders, the only mammals i think you can travel with without quarantine are Dogs and Ferrets as these both have registered rabies vacines, BUT they must have had all their jabs with records to get their passports

[Marie]

Gliders are not a part of the pet passport scheme unfortunately!  So no, do not travel outside of the UK with your gliders, you may lose them to customs on the way back!  As for inland flying (from Birmingham to Luton for example) I have absoultely no idea.  If you're wanting to fly to another destination within the UK or Ireland then if I were you I'd contact the airline you're planning on travelling with and ask them, and then let us know what they say .  In the US, they have to go in the cargo section (I think it's called), they're not allowed to travel in the main body of the plane with you.

[maplexboy]

hi, i am new to keeping sugar gliders and it saddens me to see some people are buying them without even knowing anything about them, my guess is that these shop owners just see them as being small easy to look after animals like hamsters or mice. The place i got my male and female pair of suggies was a pet shop, but its alot better than the ones people are talking about on here. He keeps mainly exotic pets and reptiles, he has over 60 sugar gliders at a time and is a registered breeder. He has a special room at the back of the shop so they dont get disturbed throughout the day by pestering customers. When i purchased them he was chatting to me non-stop about sugar gliders care and was asking about the cage and enviroment before saying the correct way. he said its ashame that so many people will think they are like a hamster and will keep the in a small cage with hamsterfood. its such a great idea that he makes sure the customer has the right setup before selling them, he even go my parents to go there to make sure they know how much of a responsibilty it would be. why cant they make a law saying you need a licence to breed and sell sugar gliders? its the best wy forward

[loulou]

Um was the last post ment to be in this thread? would you like it moved to anywhere in particular as it does not seem to match the travel info before it. It seems like it should be in the pet shop thread but i may be mistaken

[hday]

sorry if this is in the wrong topic but the title sounds right!

read somewhere a while back that gliders dont mind traveling....
but phil and lil in their travel case had at least 4 (short) episodes of crabbing at me over the 40min journey last night
(was warm enough for them - proped hot water bottle up at one side as was soo paronid they would be too cold in my old car!!)

now was that just cos they were cross at being confined at a time when they are normally coming out to say hello

or do they not like traveling?
last time I took them to vets they were in pouch on me as it was the only thing I could get them in and they didnt crab as much then!

or is it a case of ... when traveling do so in their sleep time then they will settle quickly?

[roxyandboys]

i think a lot of small animals find driving stressfull, must be all the vibrations and strange noises.

Make sure the cage they're in is not on the floor fo the car, try wrapping a jumper you've waorn for a few days around the cage, the darkness together with the smell of you will confort them.  I sing and talk constantly to the cats when i have them in the car as they get really freaked, or sometimes i play some relaxing classical music which helps to sooth i think.

[Marie]

Gliders travel no problem, but they are best off travelling in their sleeping pouch for comfort in a small carry case. 

[hday]

were in both their pouch and carry case and with fleecey blanket around them!

think it is lil being stroppy as tonight on way back from vets she did grumpy crab pretty much every time I pulled away from slowing down (must be change in engine note as my car isnt nippy enough to provide g forces!)

hmm tough I guess there is no other way of carrying and wouldnt trust her in pouch in car just incase...!

[Marie]

i think a lot of small animals find driving stressfull, must be all the vibrations and strange noises.

I think the problem is they have difficulty reaching the pedals and the wheel at the same time!!

[hday]

there are  a few humans who have that problem too! my sister being one!

is that why previously they were happier on me (ie less vibration as the human cushions it?!)

[Marie]

hi, i am new to keeping sugar gliders and it saddens me to see some people are buying them without even knowing anything about them, my guess is that these shop owners just see them as being small easy to look after animals like hamsters or mice. The place i got my male and female pair of suggies was a pet shop, but its alot better than the ones people are talking about on here. He keeps mainly exotic pets and reptiles, he has over 60 sugar gliders at a time and is a registered breeder. He has a special room at the back of the shop so they dont get disturbed throughout the day by pestering customers. When i purchased them he was chatting to me non-stop about sugar gliders care and was asking about the cage and enviroment before saying the correct way. he said its ashame that so many people will think they are like a hamster and will keep the in a small cage with hamsterfood. its such a great idea that he makes sure the customer has the right setup before selling them, he even go my parents to go there to make sure they know how much of a responsibilty it would be. why cant they make a law saying you need a licence to breed and sell sugar gliders? its the best wy forward

A registered breeder??  There is no such register for gliders


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They were probably happier on you because they know you now, the warmth and familiar smell of you would all be comforting to them

[roxyandboys]

i think a lot of small animals find driving stressfull, must be all the vibrations and strange noises.

I think the problem is they have difficulty reaching the pedals and the wheel at the same time!!

LOL, yes, i walked right into that one didn't I!

(sorry, off topic)

[hday]

mentioned a while back I was crabbed at, after stopping  in car last time took mine on journey (to vet) in plastic cage
whereas in pouch less stroppy

the suggestion was that in the pouch they can smell me....

Iam now also wondering if the human body was a shock absorber....
on journey to roxys tonight, put plastic cage ontop of thick cushion... didnt have a peep out of them (and is it is 12 hours since lils overindulence dont think it is due to that)

so maybe if they are directly on a seat as my car is old they get too many vibrations whereas with person or cushion between them and seat this is reduced

what do people think?
and whos going to patent a suggie travel throne?!

[Amalthea]

I have never traveled with gliders in any way, but with them in a pouch around my neck, so I honestly don't know...  I would imagine they would feel comforted with you being close, though.